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Yes, the comment is quite bad... He should have also commented the four spaces preceding the closing bracket, what a slacker! 
Wout
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But, but, it took him an hour to find the missing close bracket. Might as well comment it!
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The best thing about this particular example is that it doesn't even tell you which code block it is closing!
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yep... noticed that too... I use that for #ifdef conditionals since they're not indented... but even I have enough sense to say which one I closed
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I comment the end of my code blocks. Sometimes they get nested. When you have two using statements, an if statement, a try catch, finally, and a while loop all mixed together it gets helpful.
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He was probably raging at the elephanting sunshine who wrote the >1000 line method with broken indenting; and the coding policies that forbid making anything beyond the minimum possible change to fix a bug/implement a feature (meaning whitespace fix, or breaking into 20 smaller logical functions).
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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C'mon, the method was only 300+ lines longs ... and he wrote it himself.
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After recently having JIRA introduced forced on us at work I'm loving this page.[^]
OK the swear filter is breaking the link. You need to replace "%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A" with "ducker" starting with f.(SFW)
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We have JIRA too. It's rubbish, but infinitely preferable to what we had before which was somebody coming over and taking a maximum of 3 seconds to verbally communicate a month's work, only to forget what it was as soon as they leave the room.
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I was so inspired by the page I bought myself a switchblade.
I might widdle something later.
I'm kinda new to the whole gangster thing.
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MehGerbil wrote: I might widdle something later
you mean whittle? Or are you going to pee up something?
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I liken most of my fault reports to the captain of the QE2 docking the ship, walking down the gangplank, saying "something's not working", and walking away, expecting you to (a) instantly grasp where the problem is (b) know exactly what to do to fix it and (c) fix it yesterday.
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Coincidentally, I read your post while waiting for JIRA to load...
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What a elephanting fantastic elephanting site. Elephanting love it. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Very nice, thanks for sharing!
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So, I like to have a refreshing drink now and then so I started making my own Ginger Beer. It takes just a day to ferment and is very nice with a reasonable kick. The alcohol content is negligible.
That was until the weekend.
I put together a batch on Friday morning and didn't stop the fermentation until yesterday afternoon when I filtered and bottled it; two or three litres. Dang that's a good one, but unfortunately Mrs Wife tasted it.
Ginger beer production has been banned with immediate effect. 
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I did not get why.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Can you pass us the recipe? I haven't had home made GB in yonks! (And I have a pile of ginger I was going to grate and bottle in vinegar for cookery...)
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I have no fixed recipe but I do something like:
Grate the ginger, the more the stronger. However much ginger you have add the same in sugar, I use light brown sugar but I doubt it really matters. Then add boiling water, again this is just judgement but I think around 0.5 litre of water for every 1cm of root [the thick part].
Allow to cool to between 20-30 degrees, warm but not hot to the hand. Then add a teaspoon of yeast, fast action is fine but dried brewers if you have some.
Leave at least over night and then add the zest and juice of a lemon; more ginger = more lemon.
Wait another couple of until the mixtures had a good 24 hours and then filter and bottle. Refrigerate to stop any more fermentation
Drink and enjoy.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Good grief! I was expecting a lot more ginger needed (I normally buy it by the kilo, grate and bottle it in white wine vinegar to stop it going soft)
I'll give that a try later in the week.
Have you tried that Crabbies stuff they kept on advertising? Way too sweet, and nowhere near gingery enough. (And my keyboard typed it with two 'p's instead of 'b's which was pretty accurate...)
[edit]Ignore it, I can't even read today...[/edit]
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
modified 12-Nov-12 8:15am.
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Hey Griff - give us a report when you've tried, will you?
PS: PLEASE don't try it out on the cat... 
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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You should have around two table spoons of grated ginger per litre. Play it by ear and find what works.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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can't you just add vodka to ginger-ale ? 
Nihil obstat
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Don't let her push you about like this. Give her a choice. It's either weapons grade ginger beer or a meth lab.
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I have some back-up wine to placate the rebels. 
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Stealing from churches will only get you in trouble.
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There's a rant coming on them soon - I'm holding back until after tonight because I may well double rant it.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I put mine in a demi-john and allow it to ferment out completely (usually at least a week), then put it in plastic lemonade bottles, add a spoonful of sugar to each and let it ferment again to make it fizzy.
In my last batch I made up half of the volume with apple juice in addition to the usual sugar and water, and my current 5 litre batch contains two litres of grape juice, 1 red and one white.
My yeast culture has been bubbling away for over a year now - I keep it in a largeish covered jar and feed it every day with a spoonful of sugar and one of ground ginger. When making up a new batch, I add all of the liquid (strained) to the brew, then restart the culture by taking half of the sediment, putting it back in the jar and topping up with water and sugar, then feed it again daily until the next batch is ready.
The apple variety is currently going down nicely, and I am looking forward to trying the grape variety.
I have not used a hydrometer on it, but I expect it's in the 4-5% alcohol range. I don't put in the full dose of sugar stated in the recipe my daughter gave me, as I am not a fan of very sweet drinks.
I'll hunt out the recipe sheet tonight, scan and post it
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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Please do!
Mine is a rough and ready quick brew, not supposed to be alcoholic - bit it's good. I was surprised how quickly it become much stronger than usual.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Hey Chris - did you ever find the recipe?
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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Circumstances conspired against me last night - I didn't get home until after midnight and I could not be arsed switching on my computer. I should be able to do it tonight
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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Ingredients:
1oz (30g) baker’s or brewer’s yeast (fresh if you can get it, but dried will do)
2 level tablespoons sugar
2 level tablespoons ground ginger
½ pint warm water
Ensure that the equipment you use is sterilised – either by using beer making steriliser solution, Milton fluid or very week bleach, then washed thoroughly in clean water.
Start your ginger beer plant by mixing the yeast, sugar, ginger and warm water together and put in a sterilised jar with a loose fitting lid.
Each day, add a teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of ground ginger to the mixture and stir well. Keep in a reasonably warm place.
After 10 or more days, dissolve 1-1 ½ lb of sugar in 1.5 pints of boiling water; add 3-4 pints of cold water and the juice of two lemons. Strain the ginger beer plant through a piece of muslin and add the liquid to the water/sugar/lemon mixture. Stir well and put in plastic lemonade bottles. Store in a warmish place and drink after the bottle becomes hard – this means it will be fizzy, but low in alcohol. Be careful that the bottles do not explode! You can release pressure from the bottles by cracking open the top very carefully, allowing gas to escape, then resealing. If allowed to get too fizzy it can be very energetic!
Alternatively, put the mixture in a demijohn or covered bucket and allow to ferment fully – this will make the ginger beer more alcoholic. When fermentation stops, put into bottles with a couple of spoons full of sugar in each and allow to ferment again. This will make it fizzy.
To make your next batch, put half of the sediment from the straining back in the jar, add ½ pint of warm water, 2 teaspoons each of sugar and ginger and feed again as previously for another 10 days. You can give the other half of the sediment to a friend. The ginger beer plant is essentially immortal – if you feed it, it should last forever.
You can add various flavourings – either fruit juices in place of some of the water, or cordials etc. For an extra fiery ginger beer, add a spoonful of chilli powder to the mix.
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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Cool! Thanks!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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Your mistake was not letting her try it in a Dark and Stormy.
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Hey Nagy
What the heck do you mean by "ANOTHER hobby banned"??? What were the others? 
On second thought: Maybe I don't wanna know!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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You just dropped about 30,000 man points in my estimation.
Your WIFE!? BANNED YOU!?
Man up, mofo.
(although, frankly, you lost man points for admitting to be brewing low alcohol Ginger Beer in the first place - so perhaps Mrs. Nagy was similarly disappointed, expecting a similar alcohol content to a stiff gin?
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May I be the first to say "Bah! Humbug!"
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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No - because that is a fresh tasting sheep.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I think it is fairly safe to say that this is the peak of web evolution. After this, the only way is
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Life is too shor
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I like how I can use the mouse to highlight moving snowflakes, and then copy and paste them into notepad.
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What made you try to find out that?
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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I have the feeling than Microsoft is dropping lots of projects lately.
I am thinking of OSLO, WINCE, OLEDB, Silverlight, Visual Studio Install projects, Hotmail, Live Messenger.
I have been hit quite hardly by some of those.
Each time it did upset quite a bit of the customer base.
Is it that recently they have become more financially driven or has it always been like that?
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I see it as nothing more than evolution of whole technology stack.
It will continue over the decades to come.
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In windows, they have supported legacy stuff for a long, long time. They have added new stuff on top, or along side, but the underlying framework/API is usually still supported.
In some ways they are hampered by the requirement to do so. It's not something their competitors face (Android, Apple) and it is something that Linux tends to handle very well.
Perhaps our current expectations of Microsoft are influenced by this history with windows.
Is it sign of new Microsoft focus and is Windows RT is their attempt to break from legacy windows? Is their vision that all client devices end up being RT?
That is a future that scares me - the closed windows platform.
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It's no secret that they would just love to kill Win32 once and for all, but they did not dare to do so yet. It would probably be even more disruptive than killing DOS and 16 bit Windows many years ago. But they have done it before and their behavior leaves little doubt that they are going to do it again. The really sad thing is, that the .Net framework was once intended to insulate us from the underlying OS API and now we need insulation from their constant changes in the framework as well.
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If they kill Win32 - I'm betting you'll see a mass migration/ports to Wine.
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Never tried it. Does it work well?
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