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use
SELECT TOP (1000) instead of
SELECT TOP (1024)
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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The old Macs counted 1000 bytes as a kB.
They always boasted to have 2.4% more disk space than DOS/ Windows with the same hard drive.
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Disk manufacturers always specify capacity in decimal units - kilo, mega, giga, tera. I recently bought a 16 tera disk: 'Properties' says that it holds 16 000 881 782 784 bytes, or 14.5 TB. (It is a pity that Windows won't use the proper unit, Te bytes, not T bytes!)
Network people also use decimal units. Plus, they count bits, not bytes. When we switched from analog modems to ISDN, some people where complaining loudly: They expected a B-channel to carry 65 536 bytes/sec, while it did carry 64 000 bits/sec (or 8000 bytes/sec).
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ISDN was the most short lived internet technology in my area. I was glad the company I was working for at the time loaned me the $1000 modem to use it.
It was better than dialup because it would use both 64000 bit digital channels. And the digital “call” would complete sub second versus the old audio modem dial and handshake.
Due to Mother Nature taking out the old DSL system in my current neighborhood, we were upgraded to optical fiber.
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That reminds me of my favorite hour long (at least) debugging session a long time ago in C++, wondering why the loop executed only once (therein lies the fault of my expectations, lol). Here's the essence of it:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++);
{
}
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Been there, done that.
Soooooooooooooo frustrating.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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At least with C#, Visual Studio would give you a warning.
I haven't been working with C(++) in Visual Studio for quite a while, so maybe it is limited to C#. Another side of the coin: I sometimes make code where empty statements do make sense, so I have to ignore the warning. But I never make {} blocks for no explicit reason. (Note: Variable declarations within the block is a good reason.) So in a case like this, I would rather prefer a warning about redundant {}s.
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My version of that:
if (condition)
{
}
{
}
Software Zen: delete this;
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Thanks for deleting the unnecessary comment from my original check in.
if (condition)
{
}
{
}
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This isn't a sign you need more coffee. It's a sign you need to head to the nearest pub and call it a day.
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Well, it is past 9am...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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FYI, after invocation of a couple minor deities, if it's 9:00 am in Toronto, it's 11:00 pm in Canberra.
Through inheritance, extrapolation, and a little jive you can therefore drink to your heart's content.
Software Zen: delete this;
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A big chunk of my heart still lives in Canberra so I reckon I've got enough justification.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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ALWAYS!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Your coffee cup is empty!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Wordle 389 6/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Just made it.
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Wordle 389 3/6
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 389 4/6
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 389 4/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 389 3/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Quite easy
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Wordle 389 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 389 4/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 389 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Tried a new promising starter, this time wasn't as good as my usual one.
GCS/GE d--(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--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Wordle 389 3/6*
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Wordle 389 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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