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raddevus wrote: Software development is a process of discovery and exploration;
Errr...Software development is the process of delivering functionality on which businesses can make money.
The feel-good stuff only works as long as you are getting a nice big paycheck.
raddevus wrote: To become experts at managing complexity, we need the following:
Nice buzzwords but without the understanding of how to use those to facilitate long term actual cost reduction for the business they don't mean much. Without that understanding the misuse will lead to increased complexity which leads to more fragile software and higher maintenance costs.
But perhaps all of that is in a latter chapter.
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Corrupt fully grown drug speed (10)
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 19-Dec-22 4:26am.
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Erm ... did you mean (10)? There is an "E" in my solution ...
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modified 19-Dec-22 5:14am.
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Apol yes I did
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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You might need to change the clue a little then ... I'll take it if no-one else does, but I'll give them a chance first.
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Done - you might want to edit your post and remove winner from the heading
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 19-Dec-22 4:37am.
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Done!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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The first thing I saw was the anagram "wrongfully", now can't unsee it.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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I'll help you with that wrongfully is wrong
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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It is in fact fully wrong
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OK I'll take it...
ADULTERATED
adult - fully grown
e - drug
rated - speed
corrupt - def.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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good answer but 11 letters...
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Nope
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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:facepalm: take the D off the end, the rest holds.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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that's twice you've done that (tense) YAUT
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Sad indeed. Even more sad is that it will be used as a political weapon now to further agendas.
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Slacker007 wrote: it will be used as a political weapon now to further agendas.
But of course. All politicians believe that one should never let a crisis go to waste. The only difference between politicians is what they consider to be a crisis.
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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Canadians also have a pointless fascination with guns. Any "political weapon" that takes them away I will vote for.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Sounds like a fascination of being controlled by the government because the big bad world is scary.
And yet, those who hate guns, continue to watch movies with them in it, that glorify them.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: And yet, those who hate guns, continue to watch movies with them in it, that glorify them.
And people who would never dream of committing a crime watch crime thrillers. What's your point?
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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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: What's your point?
Clearly understanding subconscious behavior is not a prerequisite for those who wish to participate in matters that control others.
And since this is borderline soapbox, that's all I'm going to say on the matter.
Jeremy Falcon
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This is so ridiculous, a deserving response will get this thread locked,
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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