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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: you were rather being nice
Well thanks  Are you sure it was me?
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I think so. Or, was it someone named Michael?
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I sense another argument brewing. 
/ravi
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Rajesh wrote: ... including their sense of humour ...
Josh wrote: I have no recollection of this whatsoever
It's good that you Aussies (allegedly) have a sense of humour, but your memory management algorithm seems to surpass it tenfold. 
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If money is your hope for independence, you cannot reach it.
Being loved gives you strength,
while loving gives you courage.
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_Josh_ wrote: I have no recollection of this whatsoever
Voilà, I knew alcohol was somehow involved. 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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yeah Australians _are_ offensive
you get used to it.
bryce
MCAD
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Well, I'm used to it, and I now know to f***ing talk like them.
But more swearing are the Kiwis. Actually, neither are trying to be offensive, but using swear words are just an acceptable part of how they are. It took me a (f***ing) while to figure it out.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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My boss, in his infinite wisdom, has paid a fortune to get two consultants (from the consulting company he worked for before joining us) in for a month to look at our build process. They are very young and VERY cool. One even wears a beanie all day in the office. I've bitten my tongue and not asked if he's feeling cold. I'm calling them the 'Build Bobs'.
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Do they use up vast quantities of post-it notes, sticking them onto every available surface, and spending most of their day perusing them, occasionally pausing to move one from one wall to another?
I ask because, at a previous place, we had a beanie-wearing consultant who was single-handedly keeping 3M's shareholders in luxury!
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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YES! But the company in question is known for its use of sticky notes. They're also sharing a desk! One desk, one pc, two chairs (but naturally, they both have mac book airs)
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Oh god - it's them!
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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Geez Max, what's a man gotta do around here to bait a Mac lover?
modified 26-Aug-13 2:36am.
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So now it's your turn to get some lessons by the guys who think they invented everything themselves?
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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Truer words were never spoken in jest.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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In this company we are only ever positive. I will tell anyone who wants to listen how brilliant these guys are and how brilliant our manager is for getting them in here.
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If they are the same folk I came across (or clones thereof) they actually were quite brilliant.
Unfortunately the report they ended up producing essentially suggested hiring them (or another batch from the same company) to implement their recommendations.
Having spent thousands on getting a report telling them that tens of thousands needed to be spent, the usual happened.
I got told to do it in a week.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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I suspect they're from the same company. I know they have offices up your way.
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Then keep the boys busy and out of trouble. Buy them some ice cream.
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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Right there. That's your problem! Get realistic and join the real world. 
I will send you the bill for my services and you don't even have to look at my 'beenie'.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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_Josh_ wrote: In this company we are only ever positive.
Got an opening for me?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Reminds me of the time my MD brought in a chum from his previous company after I had estimated 3 months for delivery of a web site, interacting with a (large) customer's existing site, invisibly, taking part credit card payments and providing all sorts of tricky functionality.
His chum took a quick look at what was required and told him he could do it in less than three weeks.
It took nearly four months.
He wrote it in VB (not .Net, VB) with an Access database, with no thoughts on how to scale up, any interaction with existing systems at either end etc. etc.
Then he put it live without any sort of testing on an actual web server.
He then worked on it for another couple of months (mostly off line, but sometimes hacking the live Access database while punters out there were using the site to purchase.
EVERYTHING was hard-coded. So any time any tiny thing needed to be changed, his consultant came in for a day (plus travel and accommodation expenses) to change it.
For some reason, when I queried the MD on the financial benefit of this situation, he asked me to leave his office!
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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I had a boss in years gone by who wore a propeller beenie when he didn't want to be disturbed. I had a pirate flag that went on top of my monitor for a similar purpose.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
"Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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I also wear a beanie the whole day, withoutit I feel naked. I also slept wearing a beanie. I over 50, most given as presents, I am in love with them...
I remain joe!
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Funny, you don't look Druish[^].
This is not meant to insult, just a poor attempt at humor.
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