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... my area would get into national press coverage for good news as opposed to some sunshine got drunk and did something elephanting retarded.[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Its the same everywhere, the press think we don't want to read the nice stuff, we don't do we?
You should take a look at the Luton local press! 
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Well be fair: if Luton was destroyed by a nuclear weapons test, it would only get the headline "Urban improvements in Luton".
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I had to go reread this to make sure this wasn't my state or Missouri or Texas or......
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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At least it's interesting, these are the most recent stories on the website for my local paper;
Joss is set to promote her book at special literary festival
LICHFIELD author Joss Musgrove Knibb is to speak at one of the most prestigious literary events in the country when she takes the stage alongside Michael Palin,...
Burntwood group given Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
A BURNTWOOD group has received an award from the Queen equivalent to an MBE for its outstanding contribution to local life.Embroidery for Burntwood Community...
Help raise money for the We Love Lichfield Fund at Le Reve's Gatsby Gathering
THE glamour of the 1920s is being recreated at city bar Le Reve on Sunday (June 7) to raise money for the We Love Lichfield Fund.The Gatsby Gathering promises...
CCTV image issued following Lichfield bike theft
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) want to speak to this man following the theft of a bike at Lichfield City railway station.The bike was stolen on Friday, 10...
HS2 to start in 2017 after election gives Government 'vote of confidence' for high-speed rail
TRANSPORT Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has claimed the general election result gave the Government "a massive vote of confidence in favour of HS2".The...
Canal trust's towpath trail may scoop national award
A TOWPATH trail created by the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust is in the running for a prestigious award.Judges from The Living Waterways...
Firm appointed to build new £2.5 million city primary school
A BUILDING company has been appointed by Staffordshire County Council to deliver Lichfield's new £2.5million primary school on Cherry Orchard.Seddon is...
St Giles Hospice says thanks to all of its volunteers
AN "incredible" 1,500 volunteers are giving their time for free to support staff and patients at St Giles Hospice this week.Running until Sunday...
Lichfield Cathedral hosts children's Herkenrode Glass exhibition
LICHFIELD Cathedral has announced a new exhibition featuring works of art produced by children inspired by the recently restored Herkenrode Glass.The glass is...
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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That is because in England bad news isn't surprising, but Good news is surprising? <grin> I am only teasing
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Thought I'd have a look at my local paper and found this
Quote: ATHLETICS legend Colin Jackson has organised a charity 5k run in Worcester with a wacky twist – participants will be wearing Y-fronts over their running kit.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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It should have been obvious he wasn't a real cop; he didn't shoot anyone's dog.
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GenJerDan wrote: he didn't shoot a person of color.
FTFY
(I know, that's probably really in bad taste)
Marc
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Accurate though... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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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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Dan Neely wrote: elephanting retarded.
You have retarded elephants? 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Which one of the following people is an errorist?
1) The customer, whining about some bugs.
2) Our tester, finding bugs where nobody has found any before.
3) Bosses who generally don't know what's going on and made an art out of it.
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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Well. at least it's not the software developer, because it works on his machine... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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It's the third one.
"Someone who repeatedly makes mistakes. Says stuff he believes is true, but anyone with common sense can see he's wrong."
Urban dictionary[^]
Also known as a "manager".
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Not all managers are mistaken. Some simply are treacherous liars.
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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It's the bosses!
It's always the bosses!
It has to be the bosses!
It cannot be anyone other than the bosses!
Nothing else would make sense: It's the BOSSES!
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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3 -
The other two are just doing their jobs as best they can in their situation which isn't all the good anyway.
The Boss on the other hand. Knows his position but also knows or doesn't know that he knows nothing.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Quote from a boss:
"A project leader does not need to know anything about the project he manages. In fact, that would be a great distraction."
And that was not intended to be a joke.
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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The customer is always wrong. He doesn't know how to use the product ...
... in the way the developer intended it to be used. 
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My guess would have been
4) a dyslexic terrorist 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Who moved my Cheeeeeeeeeeese.
Scroll wheel down to scroll up anyone?
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... update from the field-hospital at the front: mirabile dictu the gone-awol hard-drive has now reappeared after several re-boots ... viewing it in "This PC" it appears with a red content-utilized bar rather than the usual blue ... signifying, I guess, "wounded." ...
Another small triumph for the demons: today, I tried doing a Win System Image (8.1) back-up onto a 1.5 gig (Sata 3.0) hard-drive (with lots of free space); it failed, and now the 1.5 gig Tb drive won't mount. I've done the usual bit about dis-connecting the drive and re-connectiing, re-booting, examining the BIOS info, etc.
The fact the fried-critter don't show up in the BIOS is, I assume, a death sentencel, but I'll try mounting it on another machine and see what happens.
Whilst the drive is still under warranty, and replacement under warranty here in Thailand (for WD drives) is fast and no-questions-asked, and no inscrutable forms to fill-out, this drive happens to have my entire prized collection of movies, downloaded British TV programs, music, etc., on it 
Now: don't you feel happy because this didn't happen to you; doesn't it make you just want to smirk and utter profound platitudes like "one back-up is never enough" ?
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
modified 3-Jun-15 12:11pm.
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BillWoodruff wrote: smirk and utter profound platitudes like "one back-up is never enough"
Ummm... if the data existed only on the failed HD then it wasn't really a back-up at all. 
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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