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V. wrote: or used BY the missus, more likely...
Ain't that the truth!
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I know what you mean, because it never happens with any of my own code that I look at 
I just discovered a pivotal piece of code(not written by me) that has a parameter in the signature of a stored procedure which is not referenced in the body of the stored procedure.
Am I going to 'fix' it?
Heck no - the whole darn edifice will come crumbling down just as I leave for home if I do that!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: Am I going to 'fix' it?
Shot, boiled in oil, hung, drawn and quartered, the penalty for removing or reordering a parameter in a stored proc.
We have a whole set of reporting procedures that take in the same 3 parameters, some are not used but the service passes them to conform to a reporting framework we use  .
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Charming!
That is a possibility and why I did not 'fix' it - however it's not a pattern I have seen in any of the code where I work.
A better way of coding for this sort of issue is not to have unnecessary parameters but to have an 'entry point' stored procedure which then decides on which stored procedure to call.
The entry point stored procedure having all the parameters and each subsequently called stored procedure only having the parameters required.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Yeah, one of those day. The program didn't happen to store part of the code in database and inject them dynamically, does it. That is exactly what I have to deal with recently.
I inherited a web application where all the page elements plus the JavaScript code for handling user interactions as well as the associated data are all stored in the database. When the whole thing injected onto the browser, it didn't have anything showing in the DevTool. The whole app is the slowest I've ever seen. The really odd thing is the Web app is used by a single person at a time.
Luckily I convinced the customer to rewrite the whole thing from scratch in Desktop.
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Bug ahem...those where feature someone put in the program...you are not supposed to fix things that are not broken.
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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With $500 million of debt.
So a guitar, advertised by Jimmy Page, Slash, Bowie, AC/DC etc etc etc, I mean, etc for the next freaking 6 miles of typing etc, goes bust? Realy?!!!???!!!!! 
What the hell kind of moronic management have they had in there? I mean a three year old could manage this. Just dont change anything! Keep churning out Les Pauls and SGs!
F*** me!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: advertised by Jimmy Page, Slash, Bowie, AC/DC
WHo? Oh those old guys.
It's all Adam Levine and First Act guitars now. Kwality. WAlmart.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZR25E.jpg [^]
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raddevus wrote: WHo
Rickenbackers wasnt it? 
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Yeah, SGs in his later days. But the classics, pretty sure it was a Rickenbacker.
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Yes, was. He has gone over to the Dark Side now. That would be Fender. 
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The days of teenagers motivated to pick up an ax and learn a few chords is long gone. They're all playing their virtual games and strumming on their air guitars, if that even. Besides, a good guitar (or any instrument) doesn't have the built in obsolescence that the typical product nowadays.
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Marc Clifton wrote: They're all playing their virtual games . . .
They're also used to being kept in low- and no-stress situations. So, having to actually do something - by that I means, something real - means they might not get immediate success. Or ever achieve success at all. It's better to just make sure the earbuds fit snugly.
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They are complete drips arent they.
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How does a guitar company accumulate $500 million in debt? Amazing and sad, all at the same time. 
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Mad eh? I mean, they could have given away Les Pauls for the last 20 years and probably not used up that much!
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By buying up other companies that have little to do with your core business (the guitars) and investing in concepts that did not pan out like all of the synthesizer stuff they were doing. None of those have added anything besides debt and losses to their bottom line.
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I have to admit I've never been that much of a fan of Gibsons. They are heavier than I like for gigging and if you want a cheaper equivalent, later model Epi's are just as good. My biggest problem with them, certainly for the LPs, they are prone to headstock breakage. I've lost count of the people I know who've had to end up getting their headstock repaired - there's just an inherent weakness in the neck. Of course, I am known for being a fan of super strats, Ibanez in particular, so I might be biased.
This space for rent
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I heard that too. Mine dropped of the wall once and aside from a dent and having to retune, nothing happened to it. 
I also have a fender and ESP (LTD), a Chapman and a PRS and I like them all for their own character.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: later model Epi's are just as good
I have heard they vary from crap to reasonable.
A les paul does play very smoothly though. Also heard Tokais are very good.
I have one of each (strat and les paul (well, its a custom built in les paul style)). The les paul supports a lower action, plays quicker, and has way more punch from the humbuckers. The strat is twangier, lighter, more comfy, and has the whangy bar of course.
I kind of switch between them depending on mood.
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It has been coming these past few years with quality going down the drain since 2005'ish (or a bit after, mine is from 2005 and is an excellent instrument). Their acquisitions all over the place didn't do them much good.
My guess is they will sell most of their non-core assets and try to find some investors for the core products.
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Quote: Keep churning out Les Pauls and SGs!
That's what I thought, then a guitarist friend of mine (I'm a bass player) showed me the massive difference between old 50's & 60's Les Paul (which he had just inherited) and his 1994 model he had from new. The wood that was used in the '60s was older growth, not intensively grown meaning it was denser where as new growth wood is less dense. Gibson made a big thin out of tone which has changed despite there best efforts. The issue was pretty much the same when Fender were facing it the 1980's , combined with a Chairman who did his best to spread out to many weird and wonderful things the holding company looks ill. I don't imagine the brand will fall completely, I wonder if it comes to that wether Legend will look to pick it up?
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