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I'm working in a mixed-threat environment with little-to-no documentation (leaning heavily closer to "no" than "little") of Excel spreadhseet files, Access databases, something caled Vista FileMan, xmod files, DAT files created and FTP'd to special locations on the network from SQL Server jobs, and the SQL server databases all appear to be populated with user-created one-time-use tables.
It's a f*ckin' mess.
All of the stuff was apparently created by a non-DBA or non-programmer.
I'd like to repeat that there's little-no-documentation describing why something is done, the order in which it needs to be done, or where the f*cking resources are that were used to create what I am loathe to refer to as "data".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I didn't know you were working on the same project, I also inhereted a mess. What are the odds  .
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8 months ago I got an AS/400 database, with no documentation at all, table and field name was in form of Tn/Fn and I had to interpret the meaning by its content. To goal to convert that old DB to used the data with our application that, that customer bought...Pure joy!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Screams "attempt at job security" to me (by the previous incumbent...)
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Well, a professional developer would have been able to see through the mess and fix it... Just saying! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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A professional developer would scrap it all and start over. It is really that bad.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So you've scrapped it all and started again?
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Well, I can't delete anything - yet, but I can start implementing better alternatives and once it's all replaced...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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hell is other people's programs
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Chris Losinger wrote: hell is other people's programs
Hell is your own code after 6 months if you haven't documented it...
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Hell is my own code right after it's done - and it just goes downhill from there.
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Have you tried plugging the local ethernet into the mains outlet, to see if that will resolve the issue? 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I'm working in a mixed-threat environment
"If you don't get the coding done I'm going to shoot you then set you on fire"?
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By "mixed threat", I was referring to the software they're using to do their work.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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And to really make it interesting you cannot find a business owner for the entire process. Oh wait that is the system we are working on! Oh for a greenfield project again!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Is the word "Solution" not clear enough for non-native English speakers? It happens somewhat often where someone asking a question in QA will add more info, such as their code, as a solution.
Perhaps there is a better word?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I like "idiot" instead of "someone"...
Swearwords prefix it nicely as well.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I was trying to give the user the benefit of the doubt since I see it often and usually appears to be someone who may not natively speak English.
But yes, "idiot" fills in the blank quite often in QA. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: usually appears to be someone who may not natively speak English.
Yeah, I know that feeling.
This is one recently:
"where I can it and how to assembly referenced it EmailHandler include in c#"
...and that's after the request for clarification! 
Not, BTW, a suggestion that the user gets kicked. It's not his fault his English is poor. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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We, non-native speakers, know very well the meaning of 'solution' but fail to understand what has to do chemistry with Q&A.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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If you're not part of the solution, then you are part of the precipitate.
A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
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So today we have StellasVoice[^]in the Canteen, giving out leaflets. From what I can gather they are a charity that wants to get rid off Child Slavery (though I noticed one of them was wearing Nike's). I just don't think they've chosen the right name though as 'Stella's Voice' to me is something like..
"Go on hit her, hit her again"
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P0mpey3 wrote: they are a charity that wants to get rid off Child Slavery (though I noticed one of them was wearing Nike's).
Did you point out how insensitive it was to be wearing apparel produced in an Asian sweatshop that exploits children? 
I hate it when people are unaware of the issues of which they are trying to make you aware.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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