After the first couple of times, I refused to look in my ex-wife's handbag for anything.I mean, you end up with two nail-files, a pair of scissors and about a pound of tobacco crumbs jammed under your fingernails, and you _still_ can't find her fucking purse. I used to just tip the whole thing out onto the floor and sift through it out in the open (cautiously).
Actually, I quite like PL/SQL - it's an _awful_ lot like Ada. (Admittedly getting it to give you output can be a pain.) To come to grips with its idiosyncrasies, read anything by Stephen Feuerstein.
I thought the whole reason that MS started sending out patches once a month (or whatever) was because people got pissed off with having to apply patches on an almost daily basis. So now they're going back to daily patches? joy.
You obviously know nothing about either rhyming slang or Australian attitudes to Americans. What the fuck is a hectic yank? A desperate man interfering with himself? It just gets better and better.
We call them "seppos" here. "Septic tank" rhymes with "yank". You don't want to know what a septic tank is, believe me, but we find it a pretty good perjorative slang term, and have for at least 60 years, since about the Battle of Brisbane.
(Disclaimer: my grandmother was part Native American, and thus so am I.)
Even though I have never met Ms Nugent, I'd have to admit that I'd probably like to (if she's a hot chick with a really great arse). Oh. Sorry. I hope I haven't offended anyone's sensibilities.
Chaucer was writing in - what? - the 15th century, I think, whereas dictionaries didn't start appearing until towards the end of the 18th century (Johnson), so there's a fair gap between Chaucer and the beginnings of the standardisation of spelling.
While you're correct, in a tight job-market (like now) I've generally found I have to accept the rate I'm offered, or miss out on the job.
I'm just lucky that my last contract morphed into a real job, so I get paid holidays, paid-for training, sick leave, etc. And almost as good an hourly rate.
OSI, like ASN.1 and the Citroen, was designed by the French. If you think about it, that explains a lot.
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If you're dealing with a lot of data (say, half a terabyte or so), Excel just isn't going to cope. You need a proper database and a proper programming language. This is one of the times when plaintext probably isn't optimal, but neither are objects. ISAM files with FORTRAN'd be OK. So would Oracle (eg) and C.
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The nice thing about the way unix (etc) communicates using plaintext is that you don't need about 15,000 fucking APIs to enable all your processes to communicate with each other. The unix (etc) approach really is optimal in the real world. (Disclaimer: I've been doing this stuff prolly since before you were born.)
They also seriously damaged the reputation of Fender guitars. (Disclaimer: I've owned a CBS acoustic gutiar for about 35 years, and it's quite a playable instrument, although I had to shave a fair bit off the bottom of the bridge because the neck was poorly set - easier than pulling the damn thing apart.)
A good place to start is Don watson's "Dictionary of Weasel Words", web site is www.weaselwords.com.au (I don't do html, for those oh-so-helpful people who'll doubtless suggest I should've). Trouble is, you'll probably give the game away during the pitch by wetting yourself.
You and the parent post actually agree pretty much (if I understand him correctly), except he realises that 90% of everything is crap. The particular 10% that isn't crap is, of course, user-dependant.
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After the first couple of times, I refused to look in my ex-wife's handbag for anything.I mean, you end up with two nail-files, a pair of scissors and about a pound of tobacco crumbs jammed under your fingernails, and you _still_ can't find her fucking purse. I used to just tip the whole thing out onto the floor and sift through it out in the open (cautiously).
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I still don't know why she left me
If we just keep sitting on our hands, the problem will solve itself. Imagine how much energy you could get out of wind turbines in hurricane season.
In any case, cheap oil-based energy is going to be a thing of the past pretty soon, as it will run out at some point.
Actually, I quite like PL/SQL - it's an _awful_ lot like Ada. (Admittedly getting it to give you output can be a pain.) To come to grips with its idiosyncrasies, read anything by Stephen Feuerstein.
I thought the whole reason that MS started sending out patches once a month (or whatever) was because people got pissed off with having to apply patches on an almost daily basis. So now they're going back to daily patches? joy.
You obviously know nothing about either rhyming slang or Australian attitudes to Americans. What the fuck is a hectic yank? A desperate man interfering with himself? It just gets better and better.
You'd need a bit more than $500 for an AK47, trust me. That'd get you a shitty pistol, at best. Depending on the pub.
You've clearly never been in an Australian hotel, particularly the kind of pub where you might puchase an illicit firearm.
We call them "seppos" here. "Septic tank" rhymes with "yank". You don't want to know what a septic tank is, believe me, but we find it a pretty good perjorative slang term, and have for at least 60 years, since about the Battle of Brisbane.
(Disclaimer: my grandmother was part Native American, and thus so am I.)
Outstanding!
Your boss must be what British soldiers call their officers: a Rupert.
Either way, he got IT right.
Even though I have never met Ms Nugent, I'd have to admit that I'd probably like to (if she's a hot chick with a really great arse). Oh. Sorry. I hope I haven't offended anyone's sensibilities.
While I more or less agree with your main thrust, it'd be nice if you could correctly spell "opportunity". (ispell is quite useful here.)
All I can say (as an adult male Australian who cares about his lunch) is "For fuck's sake! Grow up and learn how to look after yourself."
Chaucer was writing in - what? - the 15th century, I think, whereas dictionaries didn't start appearing until towards the end of the 18th century (Johnson), so there's a fair gap between Chaucer and the beginnings of the standardisation of spelling.
> ... after a break, the quality goes out the window.
That must be 'cause they smoke too much weed on their break.
While you're correct, in a tight job-market (like now) I've generally found I have to accept the rate I'm offered, or miss out on the job.
I'm just lucky that my last contract morphed into a real job, so I get paid holidays, paid-for training, sick leave, etc. And almost as good an hourly rate.
A place I worked at recently had a heterogeneous network - part Token Ring, part TCP/IP over Ethernet. Fuck. It was just awful.
OSI, like ASN.1 and the Citroen, was designed by the French. If you think about it, that explains a lot.
If you're dealing with a lot of data (say, half a terabyte or so), Excel just isn't going to cope. You need a proper database and a proper programming language. This is one of the times when plaintext probably isn't optimal, but neither are objects. ISAM files with FORTRAN'd be OK. So would Oracle (eg) and C.
The nice thing about the way unix (etc) communicates using plaintext is that you don't need about 15,000 fucking APIs to enable all your processes to communicate with each other. The unix (etc) approach really is optimal in the real world. (Disclaimer: I've been doing this stuff prolly since before you were born.)
> thanks a lot CBS Music ...
They also seriously damaged the reputation of Fender guitars. (Disclaimer: I've owned a CBS acoustic gutiar for about 35 years, and it's quite a playable instrument, although I had to shave a fair bit off the bottom of the bridge because the neck was poorly set - easier than pulling the damn thing apart.)
A good place to start is Don watson's "Dictionary of Weasel Words", web site is www.weaselwords.com.au (I don't do html, for those oh-so-helpful people who'll doubtless suggest I should've). Trouble is, you'll probably give the game away during the pitch by wetting yourself.
You and the parent post actually agree pretty much (if I understand him correctly), except he realises that 90% of everything is crap. The particular 10% that isn't crap is, of course, user-dependant.
Only women don't need them ... no, wait ... that's us. Sorry.
I didn't need to. I know only too well what SU carburettors look like, having owned a Morris Minor in my youth.
Oh, they had shitty fuel pumps on them, too - solenoid-operated and in frequent need of percussive maintenance.
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