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I came across this in our company hour registration system 
"It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter." - Nathaniel S. Borenstein
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Well, it makes sense. Otherwise, you'd have to write a custom method for each city you want to destroy. I do, however, feel that additional parameters might be necessary, such as ordinance type, a flag indicating collateral damage support, as well as some exception handling, for things like city already destroyed, an things like that.
".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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Quote: city already destroyed
This should throw a "CityAlreadyDestroyedException" or possibly a "CityNotFoundException".
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I think either one of those, or CityIsAlreadySmokingHoleInGroundException.
".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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No need to destroy the city. Let it destroy itself.
public class Bagdhad : IDisposable {
}
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Borenstein is one of the authors of the MIME protocol.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Now I know who to maim.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Sander Rossel wrote: asic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure
Thinking abstractly, but not too abstractly, is a skill that many lack. Or, if you prefer:
Programming should be made as abstract as possible, but not overly abstract.
Marc
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Yeah, such an important skill and many people miss it... 
Maybe they should code a little in Piet[^]. It doesn't get more abstract than Mondriaan 
On a side note, one of the windows in our building has a sticker of part of Mondriaan's Victory Boodie Woogie
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Even that's too specific for my tastes.
I'd prefer something along the lines of
public void DestroyLocation(latitude, longitude, radius)
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How about something that could take out that pesky driver in front of me.
public void DestroyLocation(currentlatitude, currentlongitude, direction, velocity, radius)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I think you might need a somewhat accurate timestamp too; else if there is a time delay of even a few 100 milliseconds, you might instead destroy yourself.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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That seems awfully specific as well!
public void DestroyStuff(stuff)
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Why stop there? We're on a roll...
public void Stuff(action, latitude, longitude, radius)
Jeremy Falcon
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Actually the method would be called "Destroy" and the class, derived from the class "Target", would be "City", "Bridge", "ToyotaPickup" or whatever.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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=[]~_=() (8)
Early today, having meeting till 12:30
Hints:
1. Only in Germany!
2. There is no speed limit!
3.
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
modified 29-Jul-16 6:32am.
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3W
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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From the 2nd hint.
Edit, spelling I'm not German 
autobahn
modified 29-Jul-16 7:02am.
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Winner ! You are up on Monday
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Which means he got a problem...The Lounge[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Which means, I suspect that you will be doing the FSOW on Monday.
Which means you'd better hurry back from your holidays! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I can do it on Monday, no problems.
Monday 8th August
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You'll have to talk that over with HobbyProggy and see if he'll do it for you.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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