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Alas, the victim of a buyout by These Guys[^], they've no particular interest in anything about the company except for milking it for money. Apparently it's starting to show.
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We needed a dedicated employee at RIM just to take care of that software enterprise wise... The poor guy was swamped day in day out with support requirements from enterprise users...
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You should teach him a simple phrase:
This is what you get.
Being obliging is nice, but you have to be realistically obliging.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I just tried to add a line series to a stacked bar chart that has a reference line (allows you to add a horizontal line that represents a goal type of value).
When I do, it UNSTACKS the bars, and REMOVES the reference line.
In their "community" forums, the answer was:
"I am afraid - that is not possible as of now in qv."
How f*cking nice.
Then, I tried to add a trend line. Well, it adds a trend line for EVERY bar series. Even worse, the lines aren't smooth - they stair-step depending on the slope.
".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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Jeeze, I see what you mean. You have to be able to move your eyes independently, on half the pages.
It's like a manic powerpoint user were given a wysiwyg web-page editor.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I can't recall saying "f*ck" out loud so many times in a single day.
Well, that sounds like a very nice memory-management fringe benefit.
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Awetoe-korrect kan bee ah Hillary.
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I just got a call on my work phone from a mobile in Chad (Africa). 
They hung up when I answered, so I figure it's a really wrong number rather than a telemarketer. Most telemarketers use fake local numbers for Canada.
I need an app that will automatically deliver a new BBBBBBBBaBB (beautiful blonde bimbo brandishing bountiful bobbing bare breasts and bodacious butt) every day.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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They just copied your personal info from the phone - it takes fraction of seconds so the AI called you hanged up almost immediately... 
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 don't know what they'll get from a desk phone. 
I need an app that will automatically deliver a new BBBBBBBBaBB (beautiful blonde bimbo brandishing bountiful bobbing bare breasts and bodacious butt) every day.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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A hefty phone bill.
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--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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They now know what biscuits you have in your drawer. They'll sell that to spammers.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And that's why I have a US$20 flip-phone with no "Apps". Included charger.
Added bonuse: security and peace of mind.
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Now he has a 'charger' too 
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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Indeed, but as long as every minute a sucker is born, this will only get worse.
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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And I thought I was the only one!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Alas, I've hear rumor that "flip phones" will be coming back in style (users bored with broken screens, perhaps?). They'll be expensive and probably have all the crap the others do.*
What'll we do if we're suddenly apparently stylish? Wait out the storm, I suppose.
* Except for the voice part, I believe the once called these notepads and laptops.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I've hear rumor that "flip phones" will be coming back
I too have heard this, it had better not effect the price! I paid $12 for my current one, which is the second one I've purchased in the last 10 years.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You do realize that a) the OP was called on his office desk phone - not an evil smartphone and b) the secondary response about his personal information being stolen was a joke... right?
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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It doesn't matter - we're just about scoring points in these forum discussions.
Smart phone or smart person - there's no middle ground.
Mike Mullikin wrote: he secondary response about his personal information being stolen was a joke... right?
That's exactly what they'd like you to believe.
Aside to myself: Where's my heavy duty Reynold's Wrap?
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I used to work with VirtualBox for years and it was fine (loved the seamless mode especially), however the last 3 updates were problematic (each in different way) so I'm looking for suggestion what to use instead...if any...
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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The version before the previous 3
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I have worked with VMWare for years (prof with the full version and private with the player version), up to now happy with it. (Hopefully remains so)
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I second Nelek : I find VMware products quite reliable.
You always obtain more by being rather polite and armed than polite only.
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VMWare.
Interesting, I haven't clicked on the "update Virtual Box" in more than a year, glad I haven't.
Marc
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