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Metaphorically, where as McCoy when he told Kirk he belongs in the Captain's chair of a starship exploring the galaxy, not sitting behind some desk pushing paper in a cubicle under florescent lights with no window in sight.
What amazes me is that software that runs an insurance business can have bugs. I mean, it's all pushing numbers around, some conditional logic, and some math. 
Marc
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There are a lot of simians instead of developers. They could fail even finding their own backside output port in the toilet.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: They could fail even finding their own backside output port in the toilet.
I prefer to say "couldn't find his own ass with both hands and a map" myself.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: ass
When did Wales join the USA? Was this one of the effects of Brexit that the BBC hasn't covered? 
Google translate can't seem to find the proper Welsh word - does dinau work?
Otherwise, stick to a proper English "arse". 
"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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I wasn't sure it would get through the MickMartinFilter™, so went with a donkey synonym instead.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Good catch. 
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OG was just proving that he is (at least) biligual, he can speak both English and American!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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In the same sentence as well!!!
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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Yes, that was the original sentence. I like more being indirectly vulgar when I can 
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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 So true.
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If you want to know true boredom, get someone in the business to explain the difference between reinsurance and coinsurance 
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Having an Englishman and an Indian explaining the rules of Cricket, in depth, worked for me as well.
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But cricket is so simple:
There are two sides, one is in the other is out.
There side that is in stays in, except the two players who are in and they go out with the side that is out.
Each player that is in stays out until the side that is out gets them out when they go in and the next player who is in comes out.
When all the players on the side that are in are out, except for the last player in who is not out, the side that was in are out and the side that was out are no in.
Simple.
veni bibi saltavi
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I can (rather vividly) remember tea, and the break for it, being of utter importance.
I also remember Gin being mentioned on several occasions. And whether its mixture with tonic water was considered to be doping or not, and for which team.
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Thank god my dad pegged out ten years ago. He was an insurance man would spout that crap at the drop of a hat.
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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Marc Clifton wrote: What amazes me is that software that runs an insurance business can have bugs. I mean, it's all pushing numbers around, some conditional logic, and some math.
I mean, I can't count how many times I missed a minus sign or a 2 in my math and physics problems...
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I feel your pain. I was on two contracts in Pennsylvania, one in Philly and the other in Allentown. Both were insurance companies. I hated every minute of it, not only because, you know, insurance, but also everything had to be written in VB6. 
Of course, this was back in the 90's.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Donathan.Hutchings wrote: but also everything had to be written in VB6.
Happily, it's C#. Other positives, the people are really really nice and as a contractor, the pay is great.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: the people are really really nice and as a contractor, the pay is great
Hold your nose, take the money and run! 
Software Zen: delete this;
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Sounds like the perfect job for buying time. Now you can learn anything you'd like in a relatively stress free environment and still pay rent!
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I've been coding for an insurance company for years. How not to get board?
I solve the problems as abstractly as I can - they work for the insurance business, but only because they're a subset of the "everything" that they're made to fit. My fun is making it as generic as possible and as robust as possible.
Now, I admit that sometimes they make me actually do the odd report - but even that's mostly taken care of with a "generic reporting" interface. The DBA can use it to create the reports that automatically go to table (with a too-Excel link, when appropriate), and generally, I palm the ugly work off onto the people who are supposed to do it.
The method to this madness is to get the work for them done very well and reliably so - but on my terms. Those that understand (fortunately, that now includes the CEO!) appreciate stuff that's built to last through business changes.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I've been coding for an insurance company for years. How not to get board?
Insurance companies give you boards? What for?
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Board? Water you talking about?
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Yes, otherwise I'd get bored.
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