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Instructions unclear: bacon set fire to office, calling the fire brigade right now.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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There are so many uses for dead pig parts: Salami rocket[^]
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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Yesterday was a stupid day: my reading glasses fell apart, and so I had to scrabble round on the carpet looking for a teeny, tiny little screw (without my make-little-things-bigger glasses) until I found it, then it wouldn't go back in without spinning round and round uselessly.
OK, trip to the opticians, get 'em fixed. New screw, spinning round and round...Oh oh... Took the nice lady about half an hour to fix 'em, no charge (which was nice) and then found out I am due another eye test (my mother had glaucoma so I have to have annual tests instead of bi-annual). Ok, arrange that for later in the week.
Pull out of the parking space to drive home...clunk, clunk, clunk... 
Don't go home. Go to garage. CV joint has gone on the right front. They will order the parts, in today, will fix it tomorrow. Get home, and realize that it's lunchtime Monday and due to the two appointments I didn't know I was going to get, I'm already over a day late for the week... 
Then 1AM, I'm woken by Herself yelling at the smoke detector to shut up. Not, you will note, by the smoke detector, or by Herself dealing with the smoke detector - just by her yelling at it from the comfort of the nice warm bed she is not about to get out of.
Get out of nice warm bed. Open smoke detector, remove battery. Back to bed.
*BEEP* -yelling-
Get out of nice warm bed. Open other smoke detector, remove battery. Back to bed.
*BEEP* -yelling-
Get out of nice warm bed. Look at both smoke detectors with torch. Neither have any battery or mains connector. *BEEP*. It's the Carbon Monoxide detector. Locate. Can't find battery. *BEEP* It's screwed together, so lights on, find screwdriver, open. *BEEP* Can't see battery. Get reading glasses, read sticker on *BEEP* inside: "no battery, when it beeps replace whole unit". *BEEP* "Cut this wire to stop beeping". Scissors, scissors...cut wire. Ahhhh....
Back up to now cold bed. Herself snoring away like nothing was happening, myself now wide awake...
So I'm now over a day behind schedule, tired, and just a touch elephanted off!
How's your week going? Good I hope! 
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 picked up the rebuilt front mudguard for Piroska, today I'm buffing up some of the chrome fixings and maybe refit it. Then I can go out :broomBroomParp:
Apart from that, I didn't sleep last night [happens about 2-3 nights a week] and I've already had my first mystery caller [useless agency with useless job], so I'm on track for a good day.
speramus in juniperus
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3 problems, 3 solutions:
1. Get eye laser surgery. Nothing to maintain after. It works and you'll not need glasses anymore.
2. Nothing to say here, just sell your old car and get a new one... i.e.[^]
3. Get some Nest Protect devices[^].
I'm sure you'll be happier with all those small and cheap changes.
Probably the only realistic one is the third one... 
But after knowing from that company after hearing Google had bought it I looked at their web site and thought they had interesting products...
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I'm not convinced by laser eye surgery to be honest - I have annual eye tests, and end up with new glasses each time, indicating my eyesight is changing. So I just get the feeling that if I fork out the money for the surgery, I'll end up back with glasses a year or so later...
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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As long as you don't end up blind without it (or with it, who knows).
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My wife made it and she is ultra-happy with it, no more glasses neither contact lenses.
She always says it was like a reset on her eyesight.
Don't know, I find myself with a good vision so I've not tried it.
She ended up at Barraquer's clinic[^] in Barcelona which is like a referral in he vision world (at least it is full of Dubai people).
So if you are thinking about it you could combine it with a leisure travel to make tourism in Barcelona. The recovery seems to be fast (two days was what it took on my wife).
But after all this, I've seen you are not worried about the Mercedes neither about the nest thing... will you get any of them?
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The Merc isn't my kind of car: I switched from a Mitsubishi Shogun to a old-style Merc A Class a couple of years ago and it's about the right size. Herself can get in and out of it, even on a bad day (she has arthritis in her hips, so some cars are close to impossible) and it's reasonably cheap to run.
Cars don't enthuse me: I preferred the speed and acceleration of motorcycles! 
I don't burn the toast. 
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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OK to the merc...
Which kind of gasses where detected last night?
 
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None - just the CO detector at end-of-life: the actual detector uses an electrochemical sensor (unlike the radioactive ionization sensor of a smoke alarm) which only lasts five years. Then you have to work out how to get rid of it safely... 
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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OK, never used one so I don't have a clue of how they work (trying to joke a little before  ).
No nest then, only replacements for your devices...
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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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For me today is one of these many days when you just shouldn't leave the bed. My day started terrably. At least now i am immune to the cat's early аwakenings. Today i managed to get away only with one scratch and it didn't even bleed. Better luck next morning.
I don't want to talk about work i just wonder if its painful to starve to death.
The only thing that keeps me going is the cute little face of Diablo on my screen and this forum to brighten my boring day.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Our little Dij has gone back to "Winter mode" where he sleeps between my ankles (or knees) but on top of the duvet. Which is nice, but...you do wake up with stiff legs, and it's a PITA to roll over in your sleep. And, if he wakes up before me, my toes are fair game apparently...OUCH!
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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Ah yes, my little cute kitty (under year, male) still doesn't sleep long enough. He has the habit of sleeping on my legs (4.6 kilos when we visit the vet last week) and he wakes up he goes to my head sits on top and stats purring. Oh the joy of his purring in 4 am.
I develop the special skill of not moving my legs with unnesessery movements. Note i love sleeping in a cocoon mode with the duvet folded on the both sides and under my legs and he stills manage to scratch my legs...
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Today sucks. Get back to bed.
[See my post, you are having a great day]
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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It is now approaching 5pm and I've just dodged a sunshine of a late meeting, I've managed to simplify he data structure by chucking out a bunch of useless requirements. Deployed said changes to UAT and am looking forward to some tasty fresh sashimi for dinner.
Altogether I'd say my week is shaping up to be pretty good so far. Although it is only Tuesday so I suppose it can only go downhill from here.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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For me so far tis a good week
Took delivery of 2 new monitors. Now just need time to get use to them.
waiting for the parent company to get off their behind and give the go ahead on a new project which they are funding.
all in all an easy week.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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My week isn't necessarily going better.
Caught a damn cold yesterday and it is getting worse. Not much sleep last night, at least not for someone having a cold. Now typing away in agony, with a presentation of one of my final projects due tomorrow. Gonna be nice to present this one, buggered by the cold.
Oh, and I am supposed to make the Nassi–Shneiderman diagrams for a STK600 Assembly-Language Real Time Clock, due by tomorrow and handed to the respective teacher (And I know that guy pretty well, a cold is not accepted as excuse).
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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Not met them before: I can see what they are trying to do, but it does look - um - rather messy and forced?
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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They have their use, but they were initially invented in 1973, so they are not usable for anything else than structured programming. Every teacher at my school thinks that these diagrams are the ultimate way to plan a structured program (which Assembler is, unfortunately).
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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I got into Dimensional Flowcharting from the late 70's / early 80's when I was on my first Industrial Training placement from Uni: it was structured as well, and did help with designing a logic flow that didn't resemble spaghetti! It didn't catch on, but I still use it to an extent for "paper" designs.
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'd stick with normal flow diagrams, If I had the choice. Whatever, the teacher sticks with "Flow diagrams end up in spaghetti code, use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams!".
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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I can see what they are saying - "normal" ones do encourage unstructured code. But those aren't particularly well designed either to my mind. But...if you gotta use 'em, you gotta use 'em!
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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