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OriginalGriff wrote: 18 hours Will you really wait for that long ?
How do keep the water with the right temperature for so long when a half of a degree makes such a difference?
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Yes! It's just a case of "dump it in and go to bed" - it'll be ready for supper tomorrow night.
I have one of these: http://www.sousvidesupreme.com/en-uk/sousvidesupreme_vs_demi.htm[^] - the Demi version - it's the size of a breadmaker, and the temperature is controlled by an embedded processor which intelligently maintains the water temp - it works out how long it took to adjust it a tiny bit last time, and starts early enough that it keeps the temperature within 1/2 degree C. Costs about as much to run as a light bulb!
I'm seriously thinking about trying my hand at deboning a whole chicken and turning it into a roll for cooking - the quality of individual chicken breasts done it is are excellent, and the whole Christmas turkey breast I did last year was so juicy and cooked all the way through that is was good eating, unlike "normal" turkey which I find dry and tasteless.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Article?
I've seen several brands doing about the same thing. Is Sous Vide a recommendation?
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The quality is good - it's solid, and there are no moving parts. It's a bit of a pain to empty (that much water is heavy to cart around) and the lid could be insulated instead of thin aluminium. But...for the money, I couldn't find anything else that didn't look like it would fall apart pretty damn quickly!
Only fault I had was that the supplied mains lead was cheap and naff. It's a US company and the UK spec moulded plug was on a cable that clearly came from a Chinese bargain bin - the IEEE end was a loose fit on the electrical connections and fell out / arced. Grabbing a spare UK IEEE lead from my vast supply fixed it!
I didn't buy their vacuum sealer (it's a bit basic and plasticky), instead I got one of these: http://www.foodsaver.co.uk/product.aspx?pid=14005[^] which was a lot bigger than I expected, but feels solid and robust.
I tell a lie: I did get a Sous Vide vacuum sealer for ziplock bags, but it was fine, they were cr@p - you can't wash them because of the textured inner surface (so you can't reuse them) and they don't hold a vacuum for long, just a couple of days max which is a complete waste of time. The heat sealed bags / rolls are designed to be disposable, but work a whole load better.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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That's some good info, I'm updating my wish list as we're talking.
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What is this thing you call debugger?
Why do you need a new dictionary? Here is the meaning of IDE
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Don't forget - it's dangerous to use an IDE in March...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Don't forget - it's dangerous to use an IDE in March...
With M$ its dangerous every month!
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Technically, it's dangerous to use more than one IDE in March.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Just got my new Computer Dictionary What a coincidence - me too!
Dictionary<Computer, object> foo = new Dictionary<Computer, object>();
/ravi
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hard drive [n]:
Going to the office every morning
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I put all my personal source code in private repository hosting. Yesterday night, I was working on a personal project and it failed to check in my code. I thought it was just routine system maintenance. Just now I went to the website and saw this notice[^]: The short story was a hacker failed to extort money from them and proceeded to delete all/most of the repo and snapshots. I think I cannot sleep tonight!
They advertised Oracle was one of their customers. I wondered how much Oracle lost.
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codespace.com: All Git repositories are available for export
I'd send an e-mail pdq to get what you can back.
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Most of my repo are SVN. Only a few new repo are GIT.
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Wow. How terrible.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Holy hell, that's f**king crazy!
I would be hitting the bar, good luck!
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Terrible.
Outsourcing your server is a bad idea, and outsourcing the storage of sensitive information is an epic bad idea (think tax-information, banks, medical records, aw - the cloud-horrors that are still awaiting us!)
As soon as you outsource your server, you're no longer in control and depending on the other party.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Bearing in mind the grief we are having getting our network back up I am keeping all my source backed on my local hard drive, dropbox & memory sticks!!
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Agreed 100%. There's no way I'm putting my private information in the 'cloud'. Bearing in mind the frequency that 'reputable' companies are admitted getting done over (adobe, ebay etc.), how long is it going to be before people are stealing far more than your password?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: outsourcing the storage of sensitive information is an epic bad idea
But for the moment where all your local data is gone. In which case it might be quite interesting to have the data somewhere in the cloud.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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If your data is gone, ANY backup would do. Still, given the choice between a backup on somebody else's cloud (!) is a similar bad idea.
Back up on tape, and put it in the vault.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You still have your local copy of your source code ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Yes, only recent projects. I deleted the very old projects.
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First off, sorry for your losing source code.
If it is any consolation at least you still have the more recent code.
I find that I have copies of some very old projects but never go to look at them because they were done with older technology and offer little help with current projects. The more recent the project the more likely that it is done with a technology you are still using.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Their notice is something of a gut-wrenching read. It's very sad that people have lost their work, but also that there is no longer a future for the company which although I'm not familiar with looks like its been up and running for a few years.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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