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Thanks, I feel a hull of a lot better these days.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I should done it schooner.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Now that you're on board with the idea, I'm sure it's going to be smooth sailing from here on.
/ravi
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I hope so, you know how old habits tug on you.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, sometimes your hands are tide.
/ravi
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And sometimes you're the mast er.
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Yes, I'd rudder be that.
/ravi
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You just had to barge in. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Looks like he wanted to seas the opportunity.
/ravi
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Which he did, I'll give him props for that.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Quote:
I hear the salesmen sailsmen are a very stern bunch.
FTFY
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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Looks like the sort of question they ponder at Harrow and Roedean.
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I'm holding out for the sail!
New version: WinHeist Version When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Unknown
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I'd like to issue a stern warning knot to bow down to pressure.
Although there's no actual porpoise to ferry weird commentary, focill nonetheless palaver.
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Are they better salesmen or sailsmen?
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I bow to your superior knowledge as I don't want to have a row and rock the boat
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I worked for a small software company for over 12 years, developing Windows-based estate planning software using C++/MFC, and a bigger company bought us out in 1998. When they decided to move development of the software from San Diego to Idaho (in 2000), I quit, and moved to Texas because I've been to Idaho, and I wasn't impressed.
Out of curiosity, I googled to see if the software was still being sold. It is, but it still looks like it did back in the mid-90's. The forms have been updated to reflect new features, the company is still using screen shots that were made back when Windows XP was still popular, and they still talk about faxing stuff to your clients (I don't know anyone that even has fax capabilities in their home). The price of the software has also almost tripled since this company bought the company I worked for.
Every year, they have to update the code to reflect tax law changes (both federal and state-by-state), and it looks like that's all they've been doing for the last 15 years. There was at one point almost a million lines of code in this app.
I'm kinda surprised the software is still being sold, but I'm disappointed they haven't kept up with more modern platforms.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I don't know anyone that even has fax capabilities in their home
My Epson printer (BX305FW) has fax built in. Never connected it to a phone line though! 
It's possibly not that the software hasn't been updated to modern platforms, but that the software stopped selling so they didn't update it. Then just kept in on the website to add to the portfolio. Costs nothing to keep an old page live...
Plus, isn't Idaho about ten years behind the rest of 'Murica anyway?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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No, they're still selling it. I saw some articles about it form this year, and it's still listed on their web site.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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OriginalGriff wrote: Idaho
Idaho is awesome. No traffic, no crowds, beautiful landscape. Not much warm weather though. And all the potatoes you could ever want.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: And all the potatoes you could ever want.
As long as you're not picky about their quality. An acquaintance of mine who left the state recently said one of the best things about moving was that he could actually get good potatoes again; all that was available locally were QC rejects that weren't sellable anywhere else.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: all that was available locally were QC rejects that weren't sellable anywhere else.
That's what I found when I lived in Mexico. The worst looking tomato in the supermarket of America is better than the best looking tomato in Mexico's stores. They said it was because they sent all their good stuff to America. That's one reason they don't like America much. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: That's one reason they don't like America much.
Then stop doing it. It's not rocket science.
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harold aptroot wrote: Then stop doing it. It's not rocket science.
Stop buying the best produce available? OK. I'll stop.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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