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Munchies_Matt wrote: but the execs don't seem to have realised how crap he is, despite the complaints coming from a number of people who have worked with him.
He must be somebody's son-in-law or cousin twice removed. See if you can find out, and then sue them. ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif) Bah Humbug!
Marc
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Munchies_Matt wrote: but the execs don't seem to have realised how crap he is, despite the complaints coming from a number of people
Wait a second...
...is this the same guy? Are his initials JH?
At one point, our resident genius changed production code and brought the system crashing down.
A VP took him to the side, "Don't ever put code in without going through process!"
Two weeks later, VP comes running through, "Where is JH!? I'm going to fire him."
What happened?
He deployed unchecked software to prod again, of course. And it crashed the entire system.
Alas, they did not fire him.
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No, not JH. This guy cant even work git well enough to get code into prod.
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Sod's law dictates that he'll piss about with it achieving nothing, but it will co-incidentally optimise itself and work perfectly.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: the one with little talent and a massive ego
Let me guess, s/he's Microsoft Certified or Java Certified or Certified? Am I right?
...Wait for it, in case you are certified.
The people who caused the most horrnedous problems at a place I worked years ago were MCPs who looked up the answers on the Internet, passed the certs and then walked around with their chests sticking out and billowing BS smoke all through the hallways.
"I'm rewriting the Windows Kernel."
"I've just replaced gravity with a new version. This one provides softer landings."
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Actually, ex Microsoft employee. 
newton.saber wrote: walked around with their chests sticking out and billowing BS smoke all through the hallways
So you have met him then?
newton.saber wrote: I'm rewriting the Windows Kernel."
Messing with the Linux scheduler is on a par with this.
He is an idiot. Really.
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after almost a week of hard work and exploring a Google / code project a lot i am able to communicate between c# and objective c using bonjour sdk for c# and socket programming. now we are able to share file/data To/from c# and iphone on a same network. receiving first ping on c# from iPhone was like finding a new galaxy. feeling very happy right now. thanks code project i got some very useful article here for socket programming. 
Ravi Khoda
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Hope an article on that would be in your priority list so that few like me can discover the galaxy without travelling that far?
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Thanks , yeah sure planning to write my first article on that. will take some time but hope it will be used to others.
Ravi Khoda
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Know the feeling!  typically a small part of a project that can be recycled. Good on you!
Try to do an article on it, I know I my first article on Comms I had done with some help from Griff and others does your rep good (and you feel valid!)
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After changing from Blackberry to Android and loosing the availability to have infinite data even in a different country where I do live... I've lost the possibility to use Google maps freely wherever I am.
I've found that some weeks ago Nokia launched Here Beta for android.
It can't be installed from Google Play, but it offers a great navigation application for free with the possibility to download maps and use them offline.
In my last travel it has helped me a lot as in Copenhagen the car GPS went mad (streets with changed circulation direction) and NOKIA Here was updated...
If you did not knew about it and need a GPS application that works without a data connection try it, it works really well.
Time to go back to work now...
modified 27-Nov-14 4:25am.
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Yes, but:
Limitations
Cannot search or use navigation
Your saved map includes streets and maps data. Zoom in to see a detailed view of your offline map.
Certain features, like satellite, terrain, indoor maps, and 3D buildings will not be available offline.
Features that require a network connection, like directions and Navigation aren’t available offline, either.
Nokia Here works perfectly without data and it navigates you to your destination properly with voice guidance.
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Ah. Didn't notice that. I just remembered it was possible to use maps offline (including the gps position). Did that quite few times already when I was doing some city trips just to be be able to find out where I actually was
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I did not even know that Google maps could be accessed offline... It's been after following your link when I've seen that comment. ^^¡
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That really doesn't work on my Nexus 7 - hangs, lags, and black screen...not a good start! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's strange... in my Galaxy S4 it works perfectly... 
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It may be that the app is checking the phone ID and so forth, and failing because the Nexus 7 doesn't have one!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I will, thanks. Ben looking for a good navigation app without data download for a while.
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At the beginning they had a problem with ccleaner and this kind of cache cleaning applications (voices got deleted and it was impossible to get them back), but now that they have solved it in my phone it is a super-solid app that works like charm.
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It wont install on my Galaxy S, probably too old. Oh well. Back to google maps and massive data charges...
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There is also NAVFREE and MAPFACTOR, both work, not as high end as HERE, but...
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There is also NavFree[^] which works fine offline, and uses OSM data so you just download the map via the app and off you go.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes, I've tried that one, and also MapFactor which proved to be a little bit better (given what I've tested here)...
But both of them are really far away from NOKIA Here... they've made a really nice piece of work here... a pity it is not working on your device 
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I've heard rumors that the Android OS gives less accurate GPS positioning data to non-Google apps (allegedly Garmin comments), I don't think I believe the rumors but Google is getting more and more hostile / aggressive so I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.
Personally I don't use Google for anything other than searching...
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