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OK list not great. Missing Brendan Eich and Grady Booch.
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When I drop over from SQL to C# I usually type something like this:
if (_applied <> 0)
{
}
I am usually capable of keeping the swearing under my breath.
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I do that all the time... Back in the early 00's when I was maintaining old VB6 systems, that worked 
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So, use != in SQL as well - I do!
The only DB I know of that doesn't accept it is Access 2010 - and I try to avoid using that as much as possible anyway!
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 usually do the following in SQL:
IF @SomeBoolVar
BEGIN
END The worst part is I usually can't find why it won't run because this stuff is so obvious 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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For me it's the quotes and apostrophes. 
(I use != for both languages.)
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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MehGerbil wrote: I am usually capable of keeping the swearing under my breath.
Why?
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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It's funny reading this. I'm here because I'm taking a moment break after figuring out the classic asp script wouldn't compile because I had a semicolon in there 
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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 Glad to see I'm not the only one still maintaining good old classic asp!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Yeah, all of our new stuff is in MVC. However, anything we haven't upated yet still gets a new feature now and again.
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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I guess you haven't tried != yet in SQL, to see if it works 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I've managed to avoid SQL so far, so I don't have that problem.
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This one's usually okay for me because SQL is so different from the coding language, plus you know if you're in a database or application programming context. It's switching between coding languages which are closely related (C#, Java, ActionScript, JavaScript) that leads to me doing dumb stuff like that.
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I'm installing the Tom Tom software on my laptop as I'll have to do map swaps in Hungary. Just started running and the first screen says "Preparing InstallShield..."
You need know nothing more about Tom Tom.
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I remember the days when InstallShield meant quality. I think BBC2 existed in colour!
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See, I told you your drug habit was out of hand.
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I think after his stint with VB.NET his drug habit is just starting
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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I just want to forget, what I'm not sure, so I'll have another pill
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Or you could join the French Foreign Legion. 
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 have a Tom Tom live, which gives you a year of traffic updates before trying to get you to shell out £8/month to keep the service going. Bloody nerve.
But, unbeknown to me when I bought my Nokia phone, it actually has better navigation software, with traffic updates all built in. I think Nokia bought Tom Tom or something, maybe.
Anyway, Tom Tom now lives in shame in the glovebox. I just need to find a way of securing my phone. The Toyota Yaris seems to be designed such that if you put anything anywhere, it falls on the floor.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Actually my Android phone seems to have maps with traffic just as good as, or better than, my Tom Tom, so the Tom Tom is also in disuse.
As far as securing the phone when driving, I found a little thingy that attaches to the windscreen glass with a suction cup that works quite nicely. I bought it at Fry's for US$ 10, more or less. I just leave it in the car and slap my cellphone in place when I need to use the navigation maps.
Sort of like this[^], but with a longer, flexible extension and less cost.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Rob Philpott wrote: I have a Tom Tom live, which gives you a year of traffic updates before trying to get you to shell out £8/month to keep the service going. Bloody nerve.
Especially since if their UK pricing is similar to in the US an extra £8 up front would probably have gotten you lifetime maps.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I don't believe any such offer exists, I would certainly have taken it.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Amazon[^] claims it did as an option for 2012 and 2013 models. Adding lifetime maps to the search term inexplicably fails to turn up this year's models, but searching for them by name[^] it appears that it's become a standard feature and the marginally cheaper suckers version no longer exists...
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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InstallShield has the #2 spot on my list of software-teams-put-against-the-wall-when-the-revolution-comes.
The #1 spot is held, of course, by the Lotus Notes team.
Software Zen: delete this;
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