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Yeah, usually whenever someone tells me about some new classic TV service I ask whether or not they have F-Troop. One of them does now, but I'd prefer on-demand so I can watch a bunch at a time.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I've heard that the original name for the Hekawi was Fugawi? 
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Mike Hankey wrote: Your real name isn't <layer>Larry Storch is it?
No, I looked sort of like him when I was young and had hair.
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Boss back on Monday, Test Rig software a complete elephant up. Hardware modded with only minimal direction of what has changed, software that will only work with the old hardware, the job being to mod it so it works, it is impossible. An ini file that is strange to say the least, no documentation for how the product works.  I being the poor s.o.b. who has to make it work will be asked the following at least "didn't you ask X for a diagram", "yes, but didn't get it". I get the feeling that this is a product that was in development and suddenly changed to production with out thought of what is wrong or right with it (or documentation). I have about a day and half for a complete re-write.
Glenn
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Well what are you doing wasting time here? 
Get writing!
(Your resignation letter, by the sounds of it...)
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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I'm currently piecing together something that might work/get me out the pit (so far so good!)
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La vita e bella...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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If they get awkward with you tell them it's their own damn fault for giving you so little time to sort out a load of crap that they didn't do properly in the first place.
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I have told 'them' this but the politics involved meant I am unable to do much. Like the R2/3PO in ASCII art as your sig!
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Lemme' guess VB6 right?
You should be good at that by now. < sarcasm > VB6 is good for quick turn-around code. < /sarcasm >
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Ummm, VB6 as VB.Net with other assorted goodies the further I dig. 
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Take your time and document everything that doesn't work. When asked why it isn't done start reading from the list.
I found out a long time ago that people cannot push you if you push back.
The first time I got to use this was when I told a manger that I needed 2 weeks to code 3 modules. He said do it in one week. I countered and said let's do it in 3 days since it is not going to work at the end of the week anyway. He gave me 2 weeks.
Never be afraid to give a realistic estimate and don't back down.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Remain calm, no matter how much screaming happens! got that, I am afraid that people are going to turn red and start shouting.
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glennPattonWork wrote: I am afraid that people are going to turn red and start shouting.
As long as you are not the cause of the problem sit back and enjoy the show. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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The problem is I'm the only one in this time zone! mind you this could get interesting...
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glennPattonWork wrote: The problem is I'm the only one in this time zone!
Then definitely be ready to throw the guilty under the bus.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Earth's terminator, to be exact, and not so much a picture as a movie:
Equinox on a Spinning Earth[^] is a short (15 second) movie taken from a year's worth of satellite images aligned so the planet looks immobile. This gives a view of how the terminator -- the boundary between night and day -- moves from one autumn equinox to the next.
And just in time for the spring equinox tomorrow! (Or today, depending on where you are on the planet.)
(Corrected information.)
(Corrected the correction.)
modified 19-Mar-14 10:00am.
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Fun movie! 
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Should the terminator go horizontal, then termination will have been completed.
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on.
Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. 
What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.)
So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)?
How do you play it?
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I push the button marked with a triangle...
(I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!)
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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Quote: I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!
It looks I have some of your skills
Veni, vidi, vici.
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CPallini wrote: It looks I have some of your skills
So? Give 'em back - Griff can use all he can get... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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It's a bit late now - maybe 30 years ago I could have used them...
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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OriginalGriff wrote: I push the button marked with a triangle...
OriginalGriff wrote: at school I was banned from playing the triangle!
And yet you happily admit that you're doing it now - Have you no respect for authority man? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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