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May you never meet the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without one!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
modified 25-May-16 8:12am.
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9082365 wrote: Bugblatter Beast of Trall
No idea what that is outside the US, but in the US we call that the mother in law.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Someone didn't hitchhike through the galaxy here ...
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
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Oh, is that what it is? No, I think I saw the movie. Clearly an unforgettable movie. 
While I'm making enemies, I also don't like Star Trek or The Walking Dead.
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: I think I saw the movie.
<pukes>
Never give a good story to hollywood or disney.
... And especially never give an absolutely fantastic piece of work to them.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The movie is rubbish. 
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A mother-in-law is much worse. The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal will only eat you; Your mother-in-law will give you a living death!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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9082365 wrote: Bugblatter Beast of Trall
It's the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You are a Vogon and I claim my five pounds! Now corrected.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Do you know the best way to get a drink out of a Vogon?
Stick your finger down his throat.
RIP Douglas.
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and a Happy Towel Day to you also
We were just musing on the fate of the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation in our team meeting this morning because of the wayward behaviour of the lifts
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unless you have some Vogon poetry in your pocket ... 
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Quote: unless you have some Vogon poetry in your pocket ...
...in which case, keep it there for the sake of everyone's sanity!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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...The business tries to implement something and you say "there's no way that can be done". So it get's pushed back up the chain and back to the customer and they change everything because YOU said it couldn't be done and everything gets delayed as you only noticed it couldn't be done a week before roll-out. Then you start reviewing the new proposal and it dawns on you that actually the old way could have been done?
Yeah that's just happened to me this morning. I will be keeping stum. 
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PompeyThree wrote: I will be keeping stum.
Whereas, if you were a manager, you would now be shouting at everybody that you already explained an alternative solution, but nobody would listen to you.
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keep fingers crossed and prey nobody else realize that it could be done the old way.
Spare some time to find, why the old way is / was NOT the right way, even if it could be done (which you may have to admit if someone else finds out).. and then don't un-cross the fingers 
Thanks,
Milind
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MT_ wrote: keep fingers crossed and prey nobody else realize that it could be done the old way.
Nobody else will notice - it's a tribal knowledge thing and I'm chief of this particular tribe.
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You can un-cross the fingers in that case.
Thanks,
Milind
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How long would the change have taken to write and test? Would it delay the roll out? Could you guarantee that it wouldn't have impacts elsewhere?
If the answer to any of these questions indicates that it's a risk then you were right to state it couldn't be done. You just left out the phrase, "and deliver the project to time and on budget".
This space for rent
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: How long would the change have taken to write and test? Would it delay the roll out? Could you guarantee that it wouldn't have impacts elsewhere?
It would probably be quicker to use the original method - but it would mean asking a lot of people (Pm's , EC engineers etc) to undo a lot of changes I asked them to make for no reason. There probably is an element of risk in the future as my solution would just be more tribal knowledge. The customer is a homophone of the surname of the famous gangster twins - so it's not as if we are speaking a big deal or anything 
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PompeyThree wrote: I will be keeping stum.
Personally, I'd forget the unfermented grape juice[^], and keep shtum[^] instead.
Especially when you also realise that the new proposal really can't be done.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thought I was spelling it wrong but Google didn't give me the curly red line - so I thought I was OK.
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I thought it was spelled differently, but I decided to stay MUM about it.
Yes, I'm American. What of it?
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"New programming technology has made it possible."
Followed by:
"I've managed to give the customer exactly what he wanted. Where's my bonus?"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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