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You think I should preach an Edict of Grace first?
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Thanks for the clue, I get it now. Which is quite unusual for me. 
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Seeing as Richard's obviously not in the mood to give the answer, it's TORQUEMADA
TORQUE = force (the stuff that Jeremy Clarkson gets mildly orgasmic about on Top Gear)
MA and DA are short for mother and father.
And, as we all know, no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition of which Torquemada was one of the leading bad guys.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Is spot on! You are up tomorrow. 
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Sorry, but I am so bad at these I doubt that I could come up with a decent one for tomorrow.
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You should up your game man, or this might happen to you too! 
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In pitch dark
I go walking in your landscape
Broken branches
Trip me as I speak
Just 'cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it's there
Just 'cause you feel it
Doesn't mean it's there
There there- Radiohead
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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You are so not ready to move into management! 
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That's ok, ties stop me from breathing, so I just can't!  
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Super Lloyd wrote: ties stop me from breathing
Wait - its Thursday already! Gotta go!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Super Lloyd wrote: very frustrating when old static variable have tentacle everywhere
tentacle programming?
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Tentacle oriented architecture. One day it will be a big thing.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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The moment it stops to irk you, quit!!!
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: The moment it stops to irk you, quit!!! apply to managing
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I work on a software development pseudo-Scrum team that sends nearly all of the actual coding work to an overseas development company. What I've observed over the last 3 years here is just how slowly and poorly the software is built (compared to my previous job). You might be tempted to think that we're just cheap, but when you figure in the cost per man-hour of delivered software, they're actually far more expensive.
The problem isn't necessarily geographic separation either (although it contributes), since we have plenty of great communication tools for non-collocated teams. In my opinion the problem is that they're deficient in critical skillets and turn over every 6 to 12 months.
While discussing these concerns with upper management, I was surprised to find that they already knew about these problems. They explained that they're not optimizing for speed, quality or cost, but rather flexibility. With the uncertainty of our yearly budget and workloads, offshore companies allow us to quickly add or remove bodies in a tight timeline. If funding is cut, we only lose a few contractors and not our more expensive systems experts.
Do any of you work for a company with the same mindset? Any ideas for either convincing the higher-ups to change, or at least for making the current process work better?
Console.WriteLine("Scott Clayton");
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Good point. Perhaps part of our problem is simply that we don't retain anybody long enough to let them build domain knowledge. I've heard that they treat the positions they're in as entry-level and then leave after they've acquired enough experience.
Did you hire your offshore staff directly or through a company?
Console.WriteLine("Scott Clayton");
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They worked through one of the major body shops. The team will probably evolve into a permanent team dedicated to the Bank I work for. I think the volume of developers fluctuated from 5 to about 20 and they had real trouble retaining devs in the initial stages. Once they had a stable core progress was a lot quicker and the error rate dropped.
By error I mean misinterpretation of requirements.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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O....Kay.
Didn't realise this was a gardening thread, or that bamboo grew in response to song. I thought it grew due to sheer annoyance...
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This[^] didn't work. Maybe not enough food in the song 
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