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To me, a solution is an answer to a problem taking into account all variables like time, cost, usability, etc.
From a programming perspective the code should be as easy as possible, but still support the requested features in the allotted time and in the given budget.
If the customer requests a single-page-scrolly-animatronic-doodah-website than implement it in the easiest way possible.
If that seems to be impossible, again, go for the easiest solution, whether that's stretching the budget, deadline, getting more programmers, or dropping features.
As long as each step is the easiest step possible towards getting to the required goal using the available resources.
Unfortunately, most of the time, everybody but the programmer agrees that making "quick and dirty" code is the easiest solution.
We all know it's probably fast and cheap in the short run, but slow, expensive, and frustrating in the long run
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You're moving in the right direction, but you need to consider as many perspectives as possible. The quick & cheap brigade do get undone more than you'd expect.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: as many perspectives as possible Too bad the programmers perspective is rarely one of them
I think we're saying the same, but in other words
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Doing anything well is tedious -- repetitive checking, attention to detail, etc.
That's why so many people don't do things well, and one of the reasons why even the best of us can screw up.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Salvador Dali answered a similar question with the oft quoted 'It's either easy or impossible'.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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megaadam wrote: Is writing good software hard?
Yes. But writing hard software feels so good.
Marc
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Writing good software is hard.
Resisting the temptation to jump into coding is harder.
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No, on the part of writing code, yes on the part of figuring out what a client wants from a piece of software!
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An easy one to start the week (no, really, this time ).
>¨ɡ>ɡ≈=-.
(9)
Hints:
1. You couldn't find anyone who wouldn't know it if they saw it, despite that it can only be found in the tropics.
2. Wikipedia can't seem to agree whether the device is named for this or its cousin. (The dividing line seems to run through the pond.)
modified 25-Apr-16 7:27am.
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Staffan Bruun wrote: An easy one to start the week
That's always an indication that it would be tough..
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Still, I got some upvotes for it, so someone must have seen the solution. I suspect the Lounge is being plagued by another outbreak of FSOW-setting-aversionitis.
Unless it just happens to spell something funny or naughty in their native language .
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I am one of them and I am definitely resisting smiling...
[edit - the smiling reference is to the song "Never smile at a crocodile"]
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 25-Apr-16 8:14am.
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I think I got it straight away - but that was about a minute after you set it, and it seemed unfair to spoil it for everyone else.
Clues really oughta change our damn ideas, like education. Don't you think?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Clues really oughta change our damn ideas, like education. Don't you think?
Not sure if you mean the obfuscated secret word, or the hints...
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Staffan Bruun wrote: Clues really oughta change our damn ideas, like education.
Since it's been solved!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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My daily brain quota ran out again...
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I know that feeling most days!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I assumed it was aligator but never struck me crocodile..
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Interesting. There seem to be two camps here: those that think of crocodiles, and those that think of alligators.
I hope I did not start a flame war just now
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I don't have any idea what it could be.
maybe CROCODILE ?
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Is the correct answer.
You are up for tomorrow.
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It's clear this set once kept us informed (7)
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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CRYSTAL
Crystal clear, and also early radios used a crystal to tune them in
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Good man - you are up tomorrow
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Movie Quote Of The Day
I want you to meet my sister, Goddess of Fire
Which movie?
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