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by pwhysall
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6/6/03 2:46:48 AM
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New Re: Sorry, you're misinformed.
Entertainingly, it seems to me, from my non-programming but BOFHly viewpoint, that the better a programmer one is, the more spectacular and amusing to the IT dept your SNAFUs are :-)

Peter
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Post #105,096
by admin
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6/6/03 8:48:59 AM
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New Undoubtedly.
Because we get the small networking things right, so you only see the massive cock-ups. ;-)

Ordinary programmers, IME, are typically content with the setup of their machines as it is handed to them. The curious ones, however, need watching out for...
Regards,

-scott anderson

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Post #105,100
by static
6/6/03 8:54:08 AM
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New Hmm. "curious", eh?
That's a term I haven't seen used to describe That sort of person.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
     Kill the Methodologists - (tuberculosis) - (69) - June 3, 2003, 02:07:46 PM EDT
         Skill: the anti-Manager - (jb4) - (1) - June 3, 2003, 07:08:55 PM EDT
             Re: Skill: the anti-Manager - (orion) - June 3, 2003, 08:06:30 PM EDT
         Re: Kill the Methodologists - (systems) - (61) - June 3, 2003, 09:08:51 PM EDT
             Thanks for joining in, comments - (boxley) - June 4, 2003, 09:06:24 AM EDT
             OT: Text formatting - (pwhysall) - June 4, 2003, 10:52:18 AM EDT
             Most Methodologies have their basis in fantasy - (tuberculosis) - (6) - June 4, 2003, 01:37:44 PM EDT
                 Let's see if I can summarize - (drewk) - (4) - June 4, 2003, 01:46:47 PM EDT
                     Basically, yeah - (tuberculosis) - (3) - June 4, 2003, 02:44:00 PM EDT
                         Which brings us to the essential tension in SW today: - (tseliot) - June 4, 2003, 07:38:28 PM EDT
                         Re: Basically, yeah - (deSitter) - (1) - June 4, 2003, 09:58:48 PM EDT
                             Ummm... - (ben_tilly) - June 4, 2003, 11:29:17 PM EDT
                 There's nothing wrong with Methodology... - (Simon_Jester) - June 5, 2003, 06:07:42 PM EDT
             Ahh, a PHB in training. - (broomberg) - (6) - June 4, 2003, 11:36:22 PM EDT
                 Programming is more art than science. - (static) - (1) - June 6, 2003, 08:25:26 AM EDT
                     I know every time I want some programming done - (boxley) - June 6, 2003, 08:42:10 AM EDT
                 This is the *only* reason I'm still a programmer - (tseliot) - (3) - June 6, 2003, 11:41:36 AM EDT
                     So you're good at forgetting things - (drewk) - (2) - June 6, 2003, 11:47:39 AM EDT
                         Oh stop yerself! - (jb4) - June 6, 2003, 01:39:03 PM EDT
                         That's easy - (ben_tilly) - June 7, 2003, 01:22:15 AM EDT
             Sorry, you're misinformed. - (admin) - (44) - June 5, 2003, 10:15:58 AM EDT
                 "You can't coach height" - (drewk) - (7) - June 5, 2003, 11:27:17 AM EDT
                     Exactly. And while we're on the subject... - (admin) - (6) - June 5, 2003, 11:29:53 AM EDT
                         No kidding - (drewk) - (3) - June 5, 2003, 11:38:25 AM EDT
                             heck, i got one dumber than a rock but gifted - (boxley) - (2) - June 5, 2003, 12:15:15 PM EDT
                                 Not the same. - (admin) - (1) - June 5, 2003, 12:17:19 PM EDT
                                     It is also used in the common tongue - (boxley) - June 5, 2003, 12:22:10 PM EDT
                         Doubt mine qualify as gifted... - (ChrisR) - June 5, 2003, 12:28:57 PM EDT
                         I got one of each - (broomberg) - June 5, 2003, 12:56:19 PM EDT
                 The problem with discussing elite programmers... - (ChrisR) - (5) - June 5, 2003, 12:47:25 PM EDT
                     Possible - (broomberg) - (4) - June 5, 2003, 01:14:45 PM EDT
                         I think I've reached that point - (drewk) - (2) - June 5, 2003, 01:31:18 PM EDT
                             The first thing I do now... - (admin) - June 5, 2003, 01:36:48 PM EDT
                             I worked with many real 10%ers - (boxley) - June 5, 2003, 04:23:59 PM EDT
                         Its situational to some extent - (tuberculosis) - June 5, 2003, 04:03:56 PM EDT
                 Actually, lazy is better - (broomberg) - (2) - June 5, 2003, 12:49:31 PM EDT
                     That's "responsibly lazy". - (admin) - June 5, 2003, 01:02:49 PM EDT
                     Wall in the Camel book: - (tseliot) - June 5, 2003, 05:56:12 PM EDT
                 Re: Sorry, you're misinformed. - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 6, 2003, 02:46:48 AM EDT
                     Undoubtedly. - (admin) - (1) - June 6, 2003, 08:48:59 AM EDT
                         Hmm. "curious", eh? - (static) - June 6, 2003, 08:54:08 AM EDT
                 Double post. -NT - (pwhysall) - June 6, 2003, 02:52:16 AM EDT
                 Talent how measured? - (tablizer) - (22) - June 10, 2003, 06:32:54 PM EDT
                     Point == missed. - (admin) - (21) - June 10, 2003, 06:34:29 PM EDT
                         Software development is like driving - (tablizer) - (20) - June 10, 2003, 10:02:50 PM EDT
                             Uhhh... - (Yendor) - (18) - June 10, 2003, 10:45:49 PM EDT
                                 ANYONE is a little too strong a requirement! :) - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - June 11, 2003, 01:15:52 AM EDT
                                     Well, OK... - (Yendor) - June 11, 2003, 01:33:26 AM EDT
                                 Audience - (tablizer) - (15) - June 11, 2003, 02:26:38 PM EDT
                                     Two words... - (Yendor) - (7) - June 11, 2003, 04:14:10 PM EDT
                                         Another Two Words. - (folkert) - June 11, 2003, 04:26:47 PM EDT
                                         Megadittos - (tjsinclair) - June 11, 2003, 06:07:02 PM EDT
                                         Most places i've been don't have unit tests - (tablizer) - (4) - June 12, 2003, 02:31:04 AM EDT
                                             The point being... - (folkert) - (3) - June 12, 2003, 08:26:44 AM EDT
                                                 OT - new LRPDism? (new thread) - (CRConrad) - June 12, 2003, 03:24:24 PM EDT
                                                 regarding unit testing - (tablizer) - (1) - June 12, 2003, 03:30:57 PM EDT
                                                     Re: regarding unit testing - (admin) - June 12, 2003, 03:35:56 PM EDT
                                     Don' you be talkin' about 'abstraction'... - (jb4) - (6) - June 11, 2003, 06:18:08 PM EDT
                                         Bull. Relational is more abstract than OO - (tablizer) - (5) - June 12, 2003, 02:32:03 AM EDT
                                             And tables are nothing but... - (jb4) - (4) - June 12, 2003, 06:09:32 PM EDT
                                                 Relational does not dictate underlying implementation - (tablizer) - (3) - June 13, 2003, 02:08:29 AM EDT
                                                     Bryce, what ARE you talking about - (jb4) - (2) - June 16, 2003, 04:28:23 PM EDT
                                                         You misunderstood me - (tablizer) - (1) - June 17, 2003, 02:25:34 AM EDT
                                                             And *why* do you think that happens all the time...? (new thread) - (CRConrad) - June 17, 2003, 03:27:56 AM EDT
                             Most software developers are wrong... -NT - (admin) - June 10, 2003, 10:52:37 PM EDT
         Nice -NT - (deSitter) - June 3, 2003, 09:50:36 PM EDT
         Robert C Martin concurs - (tuberculosis) - (2) - June 3, 2003, 10:34:56 PM EDT
             *snort* My PFY tells me that evey day - (tseliot) - (1) - June 4, 2003, 12:59:08 AM EDT
                 *Lots* of people have told me that - (drewk) - June 4, 2003, 08:10:29 AM EDT
         HOLEEECHIT! - (folkert) - June 4, 2003, 08:35:58 PM EDT

I like when things catch fire and explode, which means I do not have your best interests in mind.
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