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I dont think they hire people with 'Logic' in supermarket checkout counter, all she did is seperated food-stuff from non-food-stuff. so that if you are lazy enough, you can just put the food-stuff with bag in your refrigerator... now stop being developer all day. 
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My wife dropped her iPad yesterday and the screen shattered into a thousand pieces. I know it is going to be pricy to fix so I start looking on ebay for replacement screens just to get an idea of what we're talking about. I find them anywhere from $30-$90 so I figure it's going to be $150-$200 to have it fixed. Normally I would tell her to go without but we use it for our 9-month old. He will absolutely not ride in a vehicle without it. He will cry and scream until he starts choking to the point he isn't breathing.
Anyway, we go to the store and tell them what happens. Speaking of which, I think I felt myself switching universes when I walked through the door. The guy looks at it, turns it on, and leaves. He comes back with a new one and said it was complimentary. My jaw dropped.
I know it was a refurbished one and the only thing they had to fix was the glass on mine (probably why he turned it on, if more was wrong I doubt I would be writing this post). But still, they were going to charge $269 to have the old one repaired. It's actually a really good business strategy. Give someone a $30 fix for free, tell them it costs $269, and resell theirs as a refurb for $200-$300. Win-win for everybody.
Brad
Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.
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BRShroyer wrote: He will absolutely not ride in a vehicle without it.<layer> He will cry and scream until he starts choking to the point he isn't breathing.
So you're out of NyQuil as well I take it. 
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Did I read this right? What does the 9 month old need a ipad for?
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. "
— Hunter S. Thompson
My comedy.
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Get them fanboyz early!
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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To Rattle 
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Norm .net wrote: To Rattle
And stuff as much of it into their little mouths as they can! 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Same here. I mean, 9 months old ?! He won't be able to hold the netbook wenn he'll turn 18 months old.
~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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BRShroyer wrote: He will absolutely not ride in a vehicle without it. He will cry and scream until he starts choking to the point he isn't breathing.
My strategy for handling such situations amounted to the following.
When my firstborn attempted his first tantrum I asked if I could watch. He did make a second effort, later on, and I said I don't have time to watch but he could go ahead, anyway.
Small as he was, he caught on to the uselessness of tantrums and crying to get what he wanted. This knowledge was rapidly passed to his younger siblings, although by what means I don't know.
Easier than training a cat.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I add a little tweak of recognizing they are feeling upset and frustrated, but then let them just go on with it. They only repeat stuff that works.
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BRShroyer wrote: we use it for our 9-month old. He will absolutely not ride in a vehicle without it. He will cry and scream until he starts choking to the point he isn't breathing.
You're creating a monster. You should not let your child control *you*. You should be the one teaching the child to control himself!
The rest of your story is pretty cool. Kudos to Apple.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun
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Disney has a made-for-TV movie called Up, Up and Away! [^] where the villains used subliminal video programming to brainwash the computer users. Maybe this explains the Apple fanboi fanaticism. 
Steve
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I C(++) therefore I am
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The previous year I ordered one for my wife Christmas present. There were a lot of problems with deliveries back than because of this Iceland volcano put on ground the cargo airplanes. The Apple obviously was tracking our delivery and seeing that it’s not going to arrive in time for Christmas. They cancel this one and tried to send it from another place…and again…and again. They tried three different start destinations and two separate shipping companies and eventually we got our iPad one day before Christmas Eve. I have no idea if Apple is evil, but they definitely know how to treat their clients.
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
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You posted that Benny Lava song and I was humming that all day today. 
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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Allow me to help erase 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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Help. I had not listened to the AndyInUK song and now I have listened to this.
I don't know what's going to happen now....
Too much of heaven can bring you underground
Heaven can always turn around
Too much of heaven, our life is all hell bound
Heaven, the kill that makes no sound
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I must admit, Benny Lava is much more interesting and nicer than this.
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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d@nish wrote: Benny Lava
Link?
Too much of heaven can bring you underground
Heaven can always turn around
Too much of heaven, our life is all hell bound
Heaven, the kill that makes no sound
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here[^]
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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Wow! Simply wow!
Hilarious....
Too much of heaven can bring you underground
Heaven can always turn around
Too much of heaven, our life is all hell bound
Heaven, the kill that makes no sound
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clickity[^]
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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Few months back, I was talking to a ASP.Net developer. This is what he told me:
1. C# code in an ASP.Net website executes on client computer.
2. Web servers do not need .Net framework because they are servers.
3. You must have correct version of .Net framework on your computer to view a website built in ASP.Net.
He was dead serious about this. So, I asked him if he browses on his nokia phone (Symbian OS). This happened next:
Me: Do you browse websites on this phone?
Him: Yes.
Me: Have you ever browsed a URL ending with .aspx?
Him: Yes
Me: Do you have .Net framework on your phone?
Him: No
Me: Then how does it work?
Him: Through some add-in.
Me: Which add-in?
Him: I don't know. May be some automatic update would have done it.
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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d@nish wrote: 1. C# code in an ASP.Net website executes on client computer.
2. Web servers do not need .Net framework because they are servers.
3. You must have correct version of .Net framework on your computer to view a website built in ASP.Net.
All potentially true. If the app is Silverlight. 
Somebody in an online forum wrote: INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
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He was clueless about silverlight. So am I.
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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Don't worry - so is Microsoft... 
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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