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We had a delivery from amazon stolen today so I went online to file a police report. I was actually impressed that the boys in blue have such advanced technology here in Toronto. However, it may be that they need to update their data a little.
I could report a hay bailer as being stolen. And a toupee. Cassette tapes, duct tape, a key or multiple keys could also be reported. All types of toilets, but only plates that are collector items and signed could be reported. You could not, however, report art. Or any form of audio visual or computer cables.
The list of items that could - and could not - be reported was so bizarre that it totally made up for my $12 HDMI adapter.
It drove home the issue, though, that we write these systems, deliver them, and then that's it. They are frozen in time unless we (or more realistically the stakeholder) decide to build in a way of having up to date data.
Our code is important what ultimately we write software to process data. And keeping that data relevant often seems to end up as an afterthought.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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It's a list ? No write-in options ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Can you imagine how open that would be for abuse?
".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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Not even abuse, think of the misspellings!
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Sounds like "Work safety" to me. On company level.
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I used to work in medical data analysis and the NHS(national health service) has codes to cover injuries including "Falling off a spacecraft" and "attacked by alligator".
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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But can it cope with "falling off a spacecraft while being attacked by alligator"?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Just asking. For a friend. Yes, yes ... a friend. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I do now wonder if there is a "mauled by aggressive sheep" code, being half-Welsh myself - isn't it.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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ICD codes. The printed book of codes is at least four inches thick.
".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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Sounds like the Brits had some boys moonlighting for NASA down in Florida at Kennedy Space Center, which just happens to have both spacecraft and alligators...
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I managed to get some actual source code from the police department 
public List<string> GetPossibleStolenItems()
{
var listOfAllPossibleItems = new List<string> { "Hay bailer", "Toupee", "Cassette", "Duct tape", "Key" };
listOfAllPossibleItems.Add("Multiple keys");
listOfAllPossibleItems.Add("One-piece toilet|Two-piece toilet|Upflush toilet|Wall mounted toilet|Square toilet");
listOfAllPossibleItems.Add("Plates, but only collector item and signed");
return listOfAllPossibleItem;
}
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That is a rather strange TODO comment, since I thought c sharp only came out in the year 2000?
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It was ported directly from a Visual Basic 6 application, which was upgraded from VB3, which was then translated to VB.NET and then translated to C#.
Of course it also went from .NET 1 to 3.5 and it was last updated to 4.0 where it's currently still at, running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine using IIS 7.5.
The last browser it works on is Internet Explorer 10, results may vary for IE11, Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
The database was upgraded from dBase to SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005.
As you can see, it's all fairly modern and well maintained.
A team of 10 developers and sysadmins is working around the clock to fix work around any issues.
Management is talking about migrating to the cloud, but they have safety and privacy concerns.
Meanwhile, they just bought a new server to burn some budget before the end of the year.
That comment is not half as strange as you think it is... 
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Interesting stuff, thanks for the insight 
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NAH!
That date is in Spanish format: the first number is the day number of the month, second number is the month and the third number is the year.
Sometimes months get very long... 
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You forced me to login, just so I could upvote this!
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The place I'm working at is about to phase out a product introduced in 2002 running on a 4-bit MCU (the assembly for which is kinda fun to write). Not even phasing out, merely about to phase out. Yeah, and we got heaps of said MCUs on storage because the vendor of that MCU has long quit delivering them because why the hell would anybody use such an ancient product for realsies?
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Quote: 4-bit MCU (the assembly for which is kinda fun to write).
Wow, that's interesting.
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Don't tell me that someone out there is still using Intel 4004s! 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm afraid I don't know. The MCU I'm talking about is some NEC.
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Chris Maunder wrote: All types of toilets,
OK, since nobody else has taken the bait:
If the toilets were stolen, the police would have nothing to go on.
(Now ask me what would happen if their dog-walking equipment was stolen.)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I am curious, what would happen if their dog-walking equipment was stolen?
Hang on a minute that sounds like a lead to another joke...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I guess I'd argue that it's not so much a "age of the system" problem as it is an administrative problem. If you're going to present an enumerated list of options as the user's only interface, someone has to administer that list to current--has nothing to do with how old or new the system is.
Maybe one way it could be argued that it's somewhat an "old system problem" is the interface itself--instead of a drop-down, maybe a text box hooked to a service which offers suggestions based on what's been typed in so far.
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My postal zip code was changed by USPS 10 years ago. There's still websites that won't accept the "new" one. Maybe if I report my collection of cassette tapes stolen...
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