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Precisesly, the rest is look&feel (and getting used to). I'm ok with Firefox now...
Geek code v 3.12
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--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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For the end user, they're all pretty similar in function. IE is still the browser that demands more developer attention than all the others to get things working which is disappointing after all these years.
Chrome on the other hand is great to develop on, but the latest version seems to hang quite a bit. You'd have thought Google would have solved that problem (along with memory usage) a long time ago.
I wouldn't really say any browser is excellent, they're just not as awful as they used to be 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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MehGerbil wrote: I just think we've way too many web pages that suck really, really bad
Spot on.
One thing I'm really sick of is pages that dance after it looks like they've opened, because graphics/divs/whatever are inserted at the top -- all too often above a link you've just clicked, which invariable sends you to some cr@p address that redirects nine times, making it a nightmare to get back to the page you wanted.
I hate to sound all ludditistic, but we never had that problem when everyone used tables.
Doesn't the miracle that is html5 allow you to set the dimensions that objects are allowed to fill?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I've been a paid consultant, uninterrupted, for ca. 12 years running. Now, I'm going to actually be hired! Starts Monday.
Paid Holiday, Paid Vacation.
Actually, the bottom line won't change significantly, if at all.
Odd, though:
If I fill out a credit application, they may ask how long I've been with my present employer. It's about to become a very short time.
Prior to this, it seems like I've been with my present employer pretty much since I've been born.
Not the only one here (i.e., CP), today, taking this leap into the employed market, either.
Time to run - for those of you in the northern hemisphere, keep your feet warm.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Congrats
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Now, I'm going to actually be hired!
My condolences.
W∴ Balboos wrote: Paid Holiday, Paid Vacation.
Are those two somehow different?
Marc
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The difference (per native speakers of English):
Holiday: typically an official observance of some event (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, etc.
Vacation: A block of time, employee selected in most cases (in US) wherein one stays away from his place of employment (and work). Normally, these last a week at a time - an employee earns these days at a rate proportional to days worked. It is common to earn two weeks a year, to start, and often this increases with longevity with one's employer.
The subtle difference: Holidays vs. Holiday. The former refers to the periodic vacation days based upon calendar data and typically last one or two days, the latter is the term often used by British types to equate to what we call Vacation. US Holidays are often 'observed' on the Monday following to create 3-day weekends. Also, should it turn up on a Sat or Sun, the paid day off will be moved to Fri or Mon, respectively.
Not the same two months off that's typical of Europeans.
Also, does not include strikes (this is so you don't confuse it with the French concept of holidays and vacations).
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Congratulations ! ... and deepest sympathies 
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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Works Christmas meal this afternoon.
Three bottles of wine per table.
I was the only one on my table not driving.
Hic!
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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OK - I'll arrange for someone to come round and hoover your room enthusiastically early doors tomorrow...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Oops.  I really wasn't that drunk, just a little uninhibited.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Ah. "Stationary Cupboard" uninhibited, or "Tell 'em what you really think" uninhibited? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Awaiting dear wife's return and then there's a nice whitein the fridge.
veni bibi saltavi
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On first read I somehow saw that as "nice wife in the fridge"!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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So I'm running through some practice tests for the MCSA, and it seems that the questions that require me to actually type out a SQL query almost never accept my answer as correct, and the only thing I can come up with is that case matters, along with spacing between operators. This is highly annoying (and adds to my pre-existing negative attitude towards MS certifications), and I'm hoping the actual cert tests don't do this.
I've taken to opening notepad and saving both my answer and the expected answer for the questions that are scored as wrong. This way, I can go back and count up these incorrectly scored questions and adjust my score accordingly. This adds about an hour to every run through of the test.
As a result, I'm actually passing the tests more often then not, but I'm in an increasingly foul mood.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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What do you get in return for the frustration? AKA, what was the bribe to get you to do this?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I get to keep my job (and the tangible value of that "benefit" is becoming less attractive every day).
I wasn't informed until AFTER my first day that the MCDBA for SQL 2008 cert was required, which hasn't been available for a year or more. To make matters worse, I can only get MCSA for SQL 2012, which doesn't conform to the contract language, and will be completely pointless because the customer is going to *skip* that version of SQL Server.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I get to keep my job
Yes, temporarily forgot, but I read most of the other posts.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: and will be completely pointless
Respect for your endurance. I can only wish you a lot of patience - sounds like a place where I would not have much of that.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The power of bad software!
cat fud heer
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Well, I already gave you my opinion to your predicament.
However, in the mean time, just write the sql statements the way they want, and allow your foul mood to ferment in time for the Holidays...of which, I wish you and your family the best.
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Jeez, that would annoy the hell out of me as well. Surely the damned test should compare the results of your query to those it expects, and the text of your query should have almost zero weight.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Actually, SQL is case-insensitive and operator spacing agnostic, but I'm not entirely convinced that these VCE files are capable of distinguishing that, or if they are, the particular one I'm using is FUBAR.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Even if the test that is such a dumb elephant was also case-insensitive and operator spacing agnostic, you might like to write your T-SQL bunched up, or like I do, each keyword and column name on a new line; whatever, as long as it has the same damned outcome on the DB.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Philosophical debate as to what 'lucky' is postponed.
After some years of soul searching as a -mainly- freelancer, I gave up, and 'prayed' for a return to frustrating but reliable corporate life. After an apparent multitude of interviews, and tests, and etc. [I know what I did there re redundancy], I had one first interview, and the "talent manager" directly said he wanted to make me an offer.
This was not only the first time - in the last decade - that I've had such direct feedback at the first interview, but also the only interview out of about twenty where no external recruiter was involved.
I had done several written assessments for companies (lets face it, i wouldn't want to even interview someone that can't fix a syntax error in a Hello World), but I really clicked with the dev manager that interviewed me. I started 17 November 2014.
I have never worked for a real dev house before, but have known several fine people from other houses, but where I find myself now is unprecedented in my working history in terms of the sheer number of people, from my company and the client I am now at, that are so clued up and focused on the work we as [agile] developers are expected [by me and others] to know and do.
For me, being at work this December makes for a much greater Christmas gift than any other stay at home could ever.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
modified 19-Dec-14 12:50pm.
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Hi Brady, Congratulations !
Towards the end of his life, Sigmund Freud, in his retrospective book, "Civilisation and Its Discontents," wrote that he had come to view life as having two essential elements, "leben und arbeit," "love and work."
To have "good work" with people you respect, with peers, and with those whose skills are advanced compared to your own: what a gift !
cheers, Bill
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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