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So Windows 10 is coming to life and Microsoft asked me to fill a survey to see how they can better sell me things...
On the 3rd page there is a question: "What is the most important goal for your app development team?"...
All the answers about fun/self-promotion/money, not a word about quality/commitment/end-user/service...
Unfortunately my answer is required to continue on - so I closed the survey...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I'm filling out a Word Doc and the instructions are:
Quote: Please e-mail a scanned copy of the form and the relevant documentation to ...
So I'm to fill in the Word doc, print it, scan it, and email it back.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You definitely should dump them. The correct procedure is to fax it back.
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Indivara wrote: The correct procedure is to fax telex it back.
FTFY!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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They could have wanted a scanned copy of a printed copy of a screenshot of a scanned copy of the printed document, so be thankful that they kept it simple.
(I actually received an image like that as part of a bug report about such images not being readable.  )
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Better send it on a floppy.
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And the floppy must be delivered by a rider of the Pony Express, who must protect it with his life.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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...an 8" floppy...
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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Hoho. Our CEO's PA would type up stuff in word for the monthly board papers, convert it to a PDF, print it, then scan it back in as a PDF to email it to the board members. Perhaps she went to the same school as the people at your bank...
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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At least you didn't have to fax anything.
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I thought this was going to be about Greece.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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pwasser wrote: about Greece
You can't change banks in Greece at the moment, buy a bank possibly but change not a chance.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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You can't buy a bank in Greece at the moment!
You can only withdraw €60, and any Greek bank is worth at least €75... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ahh, that's why Gyros has become more expensive!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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How about 60 eur and a boat, I know I have a boat or 2 floating around here somewhere!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Maybe you can buy it for your change. 
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I take it they don't require your signature on the document?
The only time I have had to do this is when I need to sign something - when it does make sense to print, scan and email it back.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Chris Maunder wrote: So I'm to fill in the Word doc, print it, scan it, and email it back.
Did you intentionally skip "Sign it" between print it & scan it?
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Guess I should change country.
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Name and shame. Which bank is it?
If this is representative of their grasp on technology, you kinda hope they have no presence on the web.
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Be a rebel. Take a photo of the monitor with your phone, print that, scan, etc...
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SetRantLevel(RantLevel.Extreme);
SetRantMode(RantMode.On);
1) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I press F5 to start my app, that it should come up wherever my mouse is, you sir are an idiot!.
2) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I drag a window around that it should automatically dock itself, you sir are an idiot!
3) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I do that thing where all my windows minimize, you sir are an idiot!
SetRantMode(RantMode.Off);
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: 1) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I press F5 to start my app, that it should come up wherever my mouse is
It does? That does sound annoying, especially if the pointer is somewhere at the edge of the screen. It's been a while since I used VS, which version does this, or was it always like that?
The other ones, I've got used to them, I don't even notice it happens.
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1. Are you sure that's Microsoft's fault; never happened to me (C++ or C# projects)?
2. One of the more useful features of Windows, I use it all the time.
3. Another useful feature of Windows, although I use it less often.
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I use feature 3 the most of 2 and 3.
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