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Simon Lee Shugar wrote: you have lost all of the context to the original project, the variables, designs and implementation all your plans ruined.
That's usually a sign of two things for me:
1. If I was in some process where I needed to keep a mental stack of all this stuff, then I should finish the process. Very few "high priority" projects ever actually live up to their name, and yes, it'll piss off the manager, which is why I work for myself, because at least then there's only one idiot making decisions, not a corporation full of them. 
2. And more relevant, just like the idea of keeping your functions small, if I'm dealing with a large stack in my head, it usually means that the code is bad. It's actually one of my "red flags" warning signs -- the code is too entangled, the process / workflow / whatever is too complex and not easily understood, and so forth. When that happens, I take a step back and ask myself, "how would I change the code so that it's not such a mental effort to work with it?" and the result is usually much, much better code.
Of course, neither #1 or #2 are carved in stone, but they are at signposts along the road to hell that I try to pay attention to.
Marc
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My rule is, if it isn't on fire, it can wait for a few minutes/hours/days until I reach a good stopping point in my current task. I then make notes sufficient to remind me of what I was doing, where, and why, and then switch.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Can't work as I have forgotten my glasses home and can't be asked to go back home to pick it up as I will be going home during lunch anyway. So need to act as if am working for next two hours. 
My eye sight isn't that bad as I can type this post, so hopefully I will be able to get some work done.
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So you are OK - if I remove glasses I can't see my fingers on the keyboard...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I can see my fingers; I just can't see what keys they're on. 
"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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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: if I remove glasses I can't see my fingers on the keyboard...
I doubt if you would have made it out of the house without your glasses let alone all the way to work.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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 I'm so glad my eyes aren't that bad... yet
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Did you mean to post this on Mumsnet?
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You mean this isn't mumsnet?
Why is if full of children then? 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Why is if full of children then?
It isn't. It's just that peoples spelling skills make it look that way.
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P0mpey Returns wrote: It's just that peoples spelling skills make it look that way.
That explains a lot about QA...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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P0mpey Returns wrote: peoples spelling skills
And as for their punctuation skills... 
"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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It's KidzzzNet.
BTW, well done on hitting the magic million; very well deserved.
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Haven't I got 48424 to go? 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Maybe you'll get another prize when you hit that one.
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What is Mumsnet? I think codeproject launge is mumsnet, dadsnet, kidsnet, brothersnet .. So feel free to post anything. BTW i could not waste any time and asked handy-woman to drop the specs to office. 
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The first thing that came to my mind when I read "specs" was "specifications". 
/ravi
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AndyInUK wrote: Can't fork as I have forgotten my ass at home and can't be added to go lack nom to pick it up ass I will be groin home during lurch anyway. So need to act as if am forking for next two whores.
You might want someone to read that post back to you.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Very good 
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Bugger ... I feel for you.
I have spare specs secreted at home, at work and in the car.
That way when I am a dufuss, I have a recovery plan.
I also bought some mini specs at a servo and I carry these in my laptop bag.
They look stupid on me, but have saved me on a few occasions.
They are stored in a tube with a lid and it looks like a large lipstick container.
This protects them whilst they are in the bag with all the other objects, connectors and stuff.
People will often ask me what it is and I usually tell them that it is Mick Jagger's Lipstick.
So I pretty well have covered the specs issue.
Now if I could do this sort of thing with the mobile phone, I would be even happier.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Hello,
Speaking of specs, i remember one of my seniors used to wear specs. The left temple of his specs broke(The left stick of his specs hooked above his ears to give support). The specs were about to fall. So he kept on holding them from the left side.
From the side view it looked as if he was wearing a binocular.
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"A Few Words"
Happy now?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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No
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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