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... that copying cells in Excel and pasting them as an "Enhanced metafile" in powerpoint or word results in a cropped image being pasted. Internet forums are full of requests for this being fixed and of workarounds with every combination of Word and Excel versions.
I wonder what my boss would say if I had not fixed a bug after 18 years.
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Rage wrote: I wonder what my boss would say if I had not fixed a bug after 18 years.
"Congratulations on your long service at Microsoft!"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Life long membership in the Mickeysoft Club?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Have you seen Microsoft's bug list? It's enormous - beyond imagination (all products/divisions included), so I have been told.
I assure you that this bug will NEVER get fixed. It would cost more money to fix the bug then not.
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And have you saw that part of the list that full of real bugs but closed nevertheless?
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Microsoft will never fix any bug that will cost them more money to fix it, then if they didn't. As long as it does not impact overall product satisfaction and use.
....um, so they close them, or leave them open, doesn't matter - never gonna get done.
Simples
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Slacker007 wrote: Have you seen Microsoft's bug list?
I just can't resist.
The real question is has Microsoft?
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Rage wrote: I wonder what my boss would say if I had not fixed a bug after 18 years.
You fix every bug in your project? Is that the goal, delivering bug-free software? Or to make money?
It is not the kind of bug that hurts sales, does it? Is it the kind of bug that creates huge problems for users? No, doesn't sound like it.
If your project is as large as "Office" with the same turnover, you need a boss that can prioritize between real problems and stuff that is less important.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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While I get your point, I do not subscribe to it. It means that you end up fixing exclusively things that brings you money or really annoys the customer.
In our system, priority of bugs increase proportionally to the time they have been opened, so that eventually everything gets addressed.
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Rage wrote: In our system, priority of bugs increase proportionally to the time they have been opened, so that eventually everything gets addressed.
That's a choice.
Rage wrote: While I get your point, I do not subscribe to it. It means that you end up fixing exclusively things that brings you money or really annoys the customer.
You end up wasting a lot of resources on bugs that aren't really bothering anybody. People will also start to call any RFC a "bug", since that means you'll be fixing it for free
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: People will also start to call any RFC a "bug"
When did they ever stop?
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The other thing to consider when a bug has been opened for so long is that people have come to expect it, and so what comes into play is whether or not changing the now-expected behavior will break things.
And that can translate into a real cost for customers.
MS has a long list of well-documented "bugs" they'll never fix for this reason.
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Rage wrote: I wonder what my boss would say if I had not fixed a bug after 18 years.
He would say you could have rewritten the application with the fix in that time. 
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is no bug!
is pending feature.
other feature more important.
you try update.
if no then coming soon.
be patient, many feature to make.
ps: only clippy know when.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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Rule relaxed about new trade regulations at first (7)
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
modified 22-May-18 6:13am.
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Control
relaxed = cool
New Trade Regulations at first = NTR
about = co-ntr-ol
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Yep!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Two Very good clues, as well as yesterdays
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Thanks!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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So it's almost 8:15 and I'm still at home having breakfast.
Going to work in about 15 minutes.
I still have a pretty huge commute ahead of me, but at least it's not in the dead of night (well, maybe tonight as I'll be home late  ).
This almost feels like the good old days (which lasted up to eight months ago) when I left for work at 9:30 
In the meantime I've been leaving at 5:30 
I hope never to leave before 8 again, but that's wishful thinking 
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Sander Rossel wrote: that's wishful thinking
Or mindful dreaming.
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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So stop working as a security guard. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I should stop working so damn far from home.
The reason I had to start so early is to avoid traffic.
I get past two big cities with a lot of traffic jams.
If I leave at the wrong time I'm looking at a 2+ hour commute easily
If I leave at the right time it's still well over an hour.
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