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modified 16-Sep-19 9:31am.
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My new album was released today. TDIS "Bound To Be" Available at
Spotify[^]
Amazon[^]
Bandcamp[^]
and Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram/Facebook, TikTok/Resso, Google Play/YouTube, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Triller, MediaNet
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We need an easy one after yesterday 
These youngsters spend a lot of time on the net (8)
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Ballboys 
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 you are up tomorrow
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Oh crap! That was meant as a joke as I thought Ball Boys would be two words!
This is bad since:
1) I have never done one before and not totally familiar with all the conventions
2) At the moment I have nothing tomorrow that I can use as a good excuse to get out of it (although my days tend to be "unpredictable" so excuse me if I have to be "OI"-ed by OG!)
Oh well, suppose I'll have to have a go ...
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I've got this weird CD with what I thought was very weird scratches, but I just read it's probably some kind of fungus which could've been caused by the carton digi-pack it's in.
It look kind of neat, but it's quite annoying as it wrecks your CDs...[^]
It's just this CD and none of the CDs that were directly next to it.
So, I tried washing it off, in which I was somewhat successful.
The CD could not be read and now it can be read and even played.
Ripping is another story, however.
So I thought I was smart and tried to create an ISO from it, but my PC froze, stuff got black (WhatsApp somehow kept working through it all) and the CD just went "vrrroooOOOM... vrrroooOOOM... vrrroooOOOM..." and the CD player wouldn't open.
This went on for about ten minutes until I decided to pull the plug, grabbed the (external) disc drive AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL 
It's even ripping, although at a veeeeeeeery slow pace...
I think it sort of works, but keeps hanging in between.
I might get this CD ripped in 2021, but at this pace, who knows? 
I'll probably just buy a new one.
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Looks like a Damascus knife.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Damascus CD, unfortunately not as strong as the knife
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David Crow wrote: Damascus knife.
"Forged in Firefox"?
Don't give 'em any ideas!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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That looks like what happens to aluminium when you boil it in water.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I usually boil my enemies in oil.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Are you saying I shouldn't boil my CDs?
Doesn't everyone do that? 
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How could I tell? I checked the "About" box on my password storage app - the first "real app" I wrote when when I was confident enough to try something "complicated" in C#. I still use it today, and it still works fine, with no changes or bug fixes since 2009*.
The depressing bit is that since 2010 I've been trying to find the time to rewrite it from scratch, because it's really badly written compared to how I'd do it now ... 
* Which is really amazing considering one app I wrote last year is up to version 2.36 already!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The frightening thing for me, I've been using it for 21 years this year.
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But ... but ... I only wrote it in 2009!
Show how good a language design it was, though - yes it's been extended, but it's still recognisable as the original language and still one of the most used (if not the most used if you ignore JS which doesn't really count as a computer language - more of a virus IMHO).
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Aye. I'm somewhere in this neighborhood, too. I think 20.
Jon Sagara
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If it ain't broke fix it till it is 
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I don't dare break it - I only know one password, and it's the one to get into that app ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: I still use it today, and it still works fine
Because you know exactly what NOT to do? 
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My first professional job with C# began in 2004, but I first started playing with it in 2002 -- I took a class in C# and ADO.net.
However, I've been a fan of C# since a first read the spec in 1999 (if I recall correctly).
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Pah! Such a youngling you are! 
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If you rewrite it now, then in 12 (well actually more like 2) years it will be really badly written compared to how you do it at that time. So what have you gained?
I just love code that is modern and up to spec.... I can look at it for a long time... but then I need to press enter to move on to write the next line, and the code I was looking at joins the rank of obsolete junk.
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