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I'm not asking you who's on second.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Who's on first!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Yes, he wrote the aforementioned Shada, City of Death and The Pirate Planet.
He was also script editor for a while.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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He's just had breakfast at Milliways, and that always messes with your temporal sense of "before" and "after".
Particularly if Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters wioll haven be on-when involved.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I have Shada sitting on my shelf but haven't taken the time to read it.
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I read Shada. I haven't seen the others.
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I watched Shada - due to the work of some Whovians - as it is now available. Some of it is audio only with still pictures but still good!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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There's a more recent version with animated in-fills (they've done similar with missing bits of old Pat Troughton episodes, too). The animation isn't amazing but it works well enough.
It wouldn't surprise me if there'll be yet another version when the new run of classic Who Blu-Ray box-sets reach the appropriate series.
It is a great story, why couldn't the so-and-so's have gone on strike during Timeflight?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Yesterday was the last day of my (contracting) job 
I'm not sad because... Well, if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all... 
To be fair, even though it was hectic and there has been some severe mismanagement, I learned a lot and I'm really going to miss some people (mostly those that complained to management they're letting their best developer go).
Ready for a new customer, which my employer is currently seeking, and which shouldn't be much of a problem for someone with my skills.
And while they're searching I've found a customer (with a fun assignment) for my own which will give me some extra income for the coming month.
(My work situation is kind of complicated )
Exciting times
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Good luck with whatever comes to your way!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Someone with your skills should have no problem.
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Sander Rossel wrote: Ready for a new customer, which my employer is currently seeking, and which shouldn't be much of a problem for someone with my skills.
I have some Albanians I would like you to take care of.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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There are programmers that do not know any keyboard commands.
There are programmers that never touch a mouse.
There are programmers of all types in between.
Schools should teach at least the common two key-one handed commands should be better.
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maze3 wrote: Schools should teach at least the common two key-one handed commands
Those teenagers are well aware of the one handed keyboard/mouse techniques 
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Not so sure, it's difficult to use a mouse if your right hand is ... um ... busy
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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No problem for us lefties. 
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maze3 wrote: Schools should teach at least the common two key-one handed commands should be better.
According to my teacher, typing is the fastest way to input commands. Since Windows (in those days) could completely be controlled with the keyboard, I simply disconnected the mouse and started practicing.
It is a lot quicker, but in modern times it is not always practicable to not use a mouse. Visual Studio without a mouse is a real pain. So, the mouse came back after a while, but this time, on the left side.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I'm 90% keyboard, the problem that some shortcuts tend to change with new versions of OS/application... A paint to re-config or re-learn
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I'm keyboard heavy as I started coding in before they had fancy things like mice (mouses? meeces? what is the plural?) hanging out of computers.
Biggest pain for me is function keys on laptops.
I'm far more likely to want to start a debug session than get on an aeroplane, so why do I need to hit "fnkey" or whatever to tell it I'm using a function key? (Yes, I can probably change it via the BIOS but it's a lousy default).
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I know. I remember that particular misfeature being one of a number of showstoppers with me seriously using a Macbook (ca 2000 PowerPC model).
I was very pleased that my new ASUS Zenbook supports function keys by default without having to hack the BIOS. The only thing they did wrong was put the page up and page down as the alternate meaning of F11 and F12 - I ended up repurposing the useless key with a box and 3 horizontal lines and the only somewhat useful right control key as the page up and page down keys, using an xmodmap script. At least they could be repurposed, on the aforementioned Macbook, modifier keys could not be repurposed in that way, so I had useless keys, and nowhere to bind page up/page down.
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I have amazed people with how I can do things so quickly, just by pushing a few buttons. Especially in Excel, which has quite a few handy keyboard shortcuts, although as I type this into my browser, I can't be sure of recalling them exactly.
Switch to excel, and my fingers will execute what my brain is wanting without me explicitly thinking it through.
There are times when I'll be collaborating with someone, and I'll drive excel to set a formula, copy it down a data set, copy paste some data, format a column and it'll be done with a few key-presses so quick that people think it's magic.
Even using F4 to repeat the last command is a time saver.
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NeverJustHere wrote: Even using F4 to repeat the last command is a time saver.
One of my favourite routines is for formatting all the cross-reference links (to pictures, diagrams, tables, etc.) in documents.
People have been known to gasp, when I've demonstrated it to them.
0. Select one link
1. Hit Ctrl+D
2. Set the font style (usually blue & underlined)
3. OK out of the Fonts window
4. While there are still unformatted links in the doc:
5. Hit F11
5. If it takes you to another link, hit F4, Else hit f11 again
6. Wend
What can be upwards of an hour's work, reduced to seconds (and it's even cooler if you've already got a formatted link -- select the formatted link in step 1, and step 2 becomes unnecessary).
Unfortunately, ms is on a crusade to destroy useful functionality like this, in the name of "failing to make our UI look as cool as apple's" and destroying focus, so don't be surprised if it disappears during an "update", like so many other vital-for-good-productivity functions have.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The main problem with keyboard commands only rears its ugly head if you use more than one program.
Since many programmers generally use little more than an IDE and a web browser (and then they use the mouse for the browser), they don't encounter that main problem.
E.g. try using the VS keyboard shortcut for hiding tab symbols in a Word document you've spent hours on.
If in doubt, use the mouse. It's safer.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Shortcuts are environment-specific.
I'd rather have programming students learn about the fundamentals of programming (portable skills) than the specifics of a particular IDE.
Things like Cut/Copy/Paste however is something everyone should know...if that's what you're referring to...
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I am picturing a programming exam which asks for various keyboard shortcuts, only for their to be an update a week before the exam confusing everyone.
I was talking about the early years/intro to using a computer.
more specficly: Z X C V
That undo is just as important.
Maybe tab and enter when filling in a forum.
But Redo (Y) I would be fine if ignored.
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