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I like deadlines. They help you to focus on what's needed to complete a product/phase/whatever, rather than anything else.
The problems isn't the deadlines, it's the focusing on other stuff.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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At my first job there was an expression...
You have to shoot the engineers to finish the code.
Everyone thinks they have a great feature to add, it'll only take 5 minutes. Even PMs and Business Owners think the same. Reality is, if it isn't a critical requirement... leave it alone! Come back if there is time (rarely). Otherwise, it is a billable item in phase 2. We do want to make money, right?
It'll only take 5 [minutes|hours|etc]... and 4 months later it is part of the QA process, still causing bugs that delay the release, and everyone forgets it was not even a critical part of the system.
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"Bury that which can be dug up for ever."(12)
Simple enough
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Interminable - forever
Inter = bury
That which can be dug up - minable
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I read CCC everytime and still never are able to understand the workings of it
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Good to know I'm not alone.
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There are different types of "criptic-ness".
The answer to a clue can be a composite (as above), or an anagram, a subset of contiguous character from the clue, a homophone or some other cleverness.
for example the clue "HIJKLMNO / lb" (5,5) would be "heavy water" because it is "H to 0" (H20) over "lb" (weight)
the clue "gegs" (9,4) would be "scrambled eggs"
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I see now That I just missed the Inter - "place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites."
Now it makes sense
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Movie Quote Of The Day
You play fair with me, I'll play fair with you.
Which movie?
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My Fair Lady[^]?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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You think Hilton can cook rabbits ?
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:grin:
Emulation proved no problem, one would suppose tool-use for processing may also follow at some point.
In any case, it'd be a more interesting screaming match than my current living arrangements provide.
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Bleach?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Seed Of Chucky[ ]
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Baseball, the Baseline Ref
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28551069[^]
The madness is that Segways, which are mega-cool are illegal on roads and on pavements in the UK. Campaigners have been trying to get this changed for years but fully automated cars, well that's fine.
>In December, the Treasury said it would create a £10m prize to fund a town or city to become a testing ground for the cars.
I'd suggest a fleet of automated cars with V8 engines. Luton could do with the cash.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Driverless cars would do a better job than most of the idiots I see on the A1 everyday. Just saying.
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I would have said that if you hadn't. As far as the traffic here is concerned, 95% of the cars might as well be driverless...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Yes, usually BMWs in my experience, although Audis are bad also.
I'd like to use an expletive to describe them, but this is the lounge.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Nuh. Volvos driven by hats.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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For me it was always two women in a Mini. The amount of time they can spend looking at each other while they are talking is frightening.
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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Rob Philpott wrote: I'd suggest a fleet of automated cars with V8 engines. Luton could do with the cash.
I thought that Luton would be better off with a fleet of automated Bulldozers?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Good idea! Nuclear powered ones.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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