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And before you knew it[^] 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I know someone who knew two people with out of office auto replies
He sent a mail to one of them and put in the reply address of the other one. 
I won't tell you who did it, their tech support might read this after all. 
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise."
Matthew Faithfull
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Or an instructional video on how to install a VCR.
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A company I used to work for sold big, heavy, solid metal VDU's (think very, very thick PC without any disks or apps if you are young). The unpacking instructions which warned you to be careful and how to get everything out of the box safely was...at the bottom of the box. 
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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Oddly enough I recently saw something very similar to that with a new TV we purchased. Even our nine year old found great humor in that.
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Reminds me of this[^]
If it moves, compile it
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isn't that message there to ensure that you only start the computer with a keyboard connected?
i heard a explanation that it was there so you don't elephant up your computer when you smash the power button to shut it down...
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
"Given the chance I'd rather work smart than work hard." - PHS241
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Well, how would you do it?
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Well, the detail you left out is the url. If it were say, ChicagoPublicLibrary.org, it is actually somewhat clever (inferring that the 250+ locations are indeed the public libraries).
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Is it that difficult to add the words "Libraries, Senior Centers, or call 311"?
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Well, what was the url? Was it LibrariesSeniorCenters311.org?
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I went to blahblah.org (redirected to blahblah.com) and it didn't tell me anything about the 250 places to access a computer. Seems like false advertising to me...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Trying out if it works for me.
Apparantly it should make you more productive and healthier in the long run.
Anyway, it works. Now my job also involves physical torture. This means that I want to get this over with as quickly as possible so I can go home and relax; thus increasing my productivity.
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I've been curious about that for a while. The only problem I see, and have read, is that standing all day is no better than sitting all day.
I've also considered the treadmill version. Would be nice to walk (as desired) to mix it up some.
If it moves, compile it
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I have enough room to move around actually, and while listening to music I can occasionally break out some dancing moves every once in a while. Maybe I should do a special victory pose when I commit new code.
We set this up last Friday to try it out and I can always go back to my normal desk when I want, but it works surprisingly pleasant thus far. Amazed at how quickly you get used to it. 
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Two words: "comfortable shoes"
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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0bx wrote: Maybe I should do a special victory pose when I commit new code.
Absolutely! I'm famous for what's known as the "oh yeah" dance around here
I may end up trying a standing desk. I have been curious for a while now.
If it moves, compile it
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0bx wrote: Maybe I should do a special victory pose when I commit new code.
 
~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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I'm working from home today, lying on the settee with laptop balanced on my ample belly.
Gonna get up in a minute to get some raspberry and blueberry lime drizzle cake from the kitchen.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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Working harder makes those clocks run faster?
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0bx wrote: Now my job also involves physical torture.
Hi 0bx,
Did you have to jump over bureaucratic hurdles, to get that desk requisitioned, and delivered, at Guantanamo ?
yrs, Bill
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough."
Niels Bohr's comment to Wolfgang Pauli, after Pauli presented Heisenberg's and Pauli's nonlinear field theory of elementary particles, at Columbia University, 1958.
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I'm having a desk that can be raised and lowered. I'm using that fuctionality whenever my discs in the back is playing up on me.
I can only say that standing up is making a severe impact on my productivity, I can't say how much of that is pain related though. (I suspect a larger part)
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise."
Matthew Faithfull
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0bx wrote: and healthier in the long run.
Given that doctors prescribing othepedic shoes would suggest that cannot be entirely true.
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Griff asked the question yesterday[^] Here's the answer [^], at least for those in S.A.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Gotta agree with Griff, Buffalo And Donkey... meh, I've eaten both out of choice, the issue is the deceit and mislabelling.
Rhys
"If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the Universe"
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Donkey, horse and buffalo is high quality meat.
Just like Rhys I've eaten it by choice, and just like he claims it's the mislabeling that is one of the issues.
My biggest issue is that when they cheat the meat isn't controlled. They have found horse medicine in some if the meat products
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise."
Matthew Faithfull
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: They have found horse medicine in some if the meat products
Painkillers to be exact. And AFAIK someone already got harmed because of the horse pain killer which is (of course) not really recommended to be eaten by a human. Think about what could have happended to a kid?
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I thought most of the kids were taking Ketamine anyway? And that's normally a horse tranquillizer...
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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OriginalGriff wrote: kids were taking Ketamine anyway?
IDK how it is in Wales but in switzerland we are using Ritaline for the kids...
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Ketamine is for England.
In Wales it's Rohypnol...
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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Does either one help against my flu? I took it from you by internet... But it helps me at the Op "SmokeStop".
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Phenylbutazone to be even more exact, at 1.9 mg per kilo of horsemeat, which means you would normally not notice it.
Unless of course you're eating Warfarin at the same time, then you might suffer severe gastrointestinal bleeding as an interaction effect of the drugs.
In the eighties it was retracted from the market as a human medicine with this side effect as a part reason.
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise."
Matthew Faithfull
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Phenylbutazone
I knew it was somnething starting with P...
Thanks for the facts, exactly what I meant.
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I'd have missed that, thanks for bringing it up again.
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How do you guys do them?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Like a scene out of Enter The Dragon.
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If you're even half good, you place a hand on the machine and feel the code...
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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Sounds like this story could get dirty.
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You are always right.
If everyone used the force then they would be right as well.
I often close my eyes when coding. The force does work Nagy Vilmos.
Just wish that the code reviewers and the network pigs would do the same.....
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Kicking and screaming... 
We have designated peer reviews and follow a review process.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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There aren't very many of us, so sometimes we are on a project by ourselves. If that is the case, then we just pick someone who is good in that "area", or has available time. Once that person starts reviewing a project's code, we like to keep them as the reviewer.
After that, it's just sit down and go over the code. We like to do it in person, though sometimes we do it through git without the other person. We explain what was changed, and show the features/stories. We demo the changes, and then go through the code.
The boss isn't involved, though he does review the change sets for anything crazy (or so I've noticed). We have full control over the review process. If the reviewer has issue with the code, we try to reach a compromise or a good reason to leave it alone (or change it). If nothing can be resolved we may poll the team, or may move on and come back to it later.
It always seems to go really well. Some disagreements have to be shelved , but we usually come to a compromise fairly easily. We've all read the same type of literature (code complete, don't make me think, etc) that are office standards.
If it moves, compile it
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We do more informal/peer reviews now instead of hours in a conference room with a huge team. Typically the software leads for the team do the review with other senior devs. We have even done some over Lync remotely with screen sharing and a Lync call.
Steve Maier
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Yes.
They are mandatory for each unit of work here. The old "system" was just to pick on someone to review and get their comments. We were using a tool called Crucible[^], the UI was a bit unintuitive, but better than the alternatives + it integrates with SVN nicely, to you just open it up and review. Currently we are back to the old system of just finding a random punter to do it, apparently we are looking for a replacement to crucible (we were on a free trial).
Before I came here I was against reviews, now I've moved round a bit to a more positive anything more than a sanity check is a waste of time as I'm less likely to wrap my head around the problem a fellow dev has spent time and effort working out. Still getting used to it though, so mod through inexperience on my part.
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Keith Barrow wrote: Yes
- How do you answer an open question ?
- Yes. 
~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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Manifesto: stop the posting of unhelpful comments pointing out that someone has "got something wrong" where the "something wrong" part is relatively minor, thus causing distraction. Such examples examples include spelling/syntactical/grammatical mistakes where is it pretty easy to work the originator's intention. Why "unhelpful comment"? At best the comment make the poster feel superior to someone else whilst denigrating or undermining the original poster especially when the originator is trying to add something to the debate, at worst it diverts the discussion away from the topic. Some people seem to mistake the Internet for an academic paper.
-------------------- If you agree with the sentiment, please feel free to copy and paste this manifesto into your replies, including this comment --------------------
In this case, I misread CM's question as "Do you Guys do them"
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I agree, except where the error is Ironic, Amusing or of such vast incomprehensibleness as to render the reader speechless and/or catatonic.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Dalek Dave wrote: is Iironic, Aamusing
FTFY...
*innocent whistle*
~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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Historical background: (which I should have explained right away) I answer all my wife's open question with "yes". And find it funny. Sorry for making insider jokes with myself.
OTOH, that "Yes" sitting alone, nicely separated from the rest of the text, was yielding for a comment.
As for the manifesto, you are right, I now feel superior to you and denigrate you, especially since you brought something valuable to the debate. My hobby is to make the Internet a mistake free zone ( but for the ones I am making myself). 
~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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Keith Barrow wrote: Some people seem to mistake the Internet for an academic paper
...and insist that informal discussions remain "on topic".
If you don't appreciate a reply, my advice it to just leave it without a further reply and let that branch die.
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AspDotNetDev wrote: ...and insist that informal discussions remain "on topic
Nope, just want to reduce noise.
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