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APOD has been a reminder in my work calendar on a daily basis for the past year or so. My desktop background occasionally changes based on what is on APOD.
This morning was one of those times 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Is a mime a terrible thing to waste?
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I don't wanna get boxed in with all you pun-makers, so I'll keep silent on this one.
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I feel their pain! 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Nope, please feel free to waste them all.
A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
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I'm with Lord Vetinari - Scorpion pit, with a sign on the wall: "Learn the words"
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OriginalGriff wrote: Is a mime a terrible thing. to waste?
Ahh better.
"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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Possibly, but a waist is a terrible thing to mind.
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R.I.P. another legend ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Loved him in Dr. Zhivago!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Small introduction: Big question ...[^]
And now the Big answer, of course
At the end I decided to politely ask which was their reimbursement policy, more or less using the following:
... blablabla ... I would kindly ask if it is possible to anticipate our appointment in such a way I could get back to the airport in time to catch my flight.
Speaking about the flight, could you please tell me which are your company's reimbursement policies?
I had this answer:
Thank you for your mail. I am sure we will find a way.
You can come directly after your arrival
 At this point I didn't understand which was the meaning of the mail, since she didn't mentioned explicitly their policy
In any case I decided to take the risk and bought the flight, since I liked very much that possibility
When I reached them we had a full day made of interviews and meetings. By the end of the day it was coming my time to leave and still no one mentioned the subject so I asked to speak with HR again and when she arrived she told me: Oh I forgot to mention, for the reimbursement just send us the receipts and your IBAN and we will refund everything!
Yeah, that was I hoped but was starting to believe it wasn't going to happen
Now I just have to hope they consider positively the interview and then the day had been perfect 
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Someone clever said "Ideas are cheap - it's implementation that creates value" which is fair enough, and I can't really argue with that.
However, I do wish there was an idea marketplace, where I could dump all the ideas and half-designed games and apps and web businesses I get assaulted by but won't ever implement. Give me money for a good coffee or beer and I'll gladly give up all rights to them.
I actually came up with a business model and elevator pitch for that, years ago, which I won't make a business out of either. Because I'm to lazy and old to be an entrepreneur.
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There's no such marketplace because people aren't that interested in half an idea with a low market-value.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Just patent every idea you have, and when someone implements it send a lawyer round.
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Patents cover implementations, not ideas, for just this reason.
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Is the idea marketplace one for the ideas you don't have time for 
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Yup. Also, not a website coder.
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- by editing the help text.
When the tech pubs writer who authored my help left to pursue her master's degree, the pointy-haired types decided that I could maintain my own application help. Since that time, I've touched up the help whenever I've made changes, but I've never done a comprehensive review. We're re-organizing some of our offline documentation, and I've been reworking the help to match.
This has forced me to take a different look at the UI for this product, and I've already fixed several problems. All but one are minor, and that one was in a part of the product that isn't used often.
It's kind of eye-opening to get this perspective. Imagine what would happen if I actually talked to customers, and people who ran the machine...
Software Zen: delete this;
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Don't do it! That way lies madness!
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Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate, indeed.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Papé Satàn, papé Satàn aleppe
 I always love seeing Dante quoted worldwide 
Geek code v 3.12 {
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Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: Imagine what would happen if I actually talked to customers
Do not do that ! Most of them are completely computer illiterate, and would not understand the least thing of your UI !
... wait a second ...
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Made a loaf of bread today - olive bread - and it's fresh out of the oven: Piccy[^]
And now the house smells of fresh baked bread, and it's making me really hungry and I can't concentrate on work...
And I can't eat it yet - because it's too hot to cut well - Herself won't be home for a couple of hours so I can't have lunch 'til then...damnit!
Methinks olive bread, Camembert, salami, and Tomkin tomatoes is going to feature highly on the luncheon menu today.
What are you planning on?
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