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You better show some respect for us decrepit old farts, mr Holmes. There are a lot more of us than there is of you. And every one of us has no difficulty squeezing a trigger! 
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 I originally wrote: Hmm I guess for some of us it is not a totally irrelevant subject
So yeah it pisses me off as well.
Sorry couldn't resist
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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It appears that at least some of weus old farts are still full of piss and vinegar...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
modified 16-Apr-15 1:57am.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: please someone explain to me how the clientele of this website is connected with ads for incontinence pads!
well I can actually see how this is actually pretty well aimed at some of the people frequenting this site. 
Any questions? Targeted ads are based on your browsing history. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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JimmyRopes wrote: Targeted ads are based on your browsing history.
Exactly. It's always funny when people ask about the ads they see not realizing that they are tailored to their own experiences. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Have you seen Q&A?
It's nicest effect is to generate incontinence...
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My add says "Splunk! What can you do with Splunk?"
To be honest, I'm not sure I want to know what that is and what I can do with it!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I've been using Splunk for about a fortnight.
It's very good.
Although they still haven't fixed the typo for Splunk Mint[^] that I told them about (scroll down).
Perhaps the worst of their products to make the mistake on.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The hamsters try hard, but sometimes they slip through.
If you get inappropriate ads, let Chris know and he'll do something about it.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You must have posted code samples.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Even Google can't get it right all the time.
A few years ago when I was reading a reply to one of my posts from Nish in my browser, gmail gave me an ad for an Indian Arranged Marriage site. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Must be one of the mailmen who I recently told what I think about their service.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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At least, he didn't go postal!
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He was just doing his job. He is a postal worker after all.
It is good to see that the no fly zone around the capitol building is still secure. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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bwahaha, brilliant!
And a typical american reaction to boot, the reaction is quiete extravagant i think as a foreigner
Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!
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Since they won't give him his gyrocopter back, can I have it?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I heard about this on the radio and I thought they said it was a helicopter. Everyone's wondering how in the world did he do this without getting shot down. Now I see why. He was basically flying a kite, no wonder no one picked up on it earlier.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I understand that updates are necessary but aggravating nonetheless! Multiply by the number of workstations/servers/VMs that you work on and you know what I mean...for me at this moment it's around 6-7.
It wouldn't be so bad, but I seem to notice a pattern (at least on my primary development system) where if updates are waiting to be installed, the performance gets sketchy...as if to force me to go ahead and restart even when I don't want to! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Uninstall Adobe, that should save you a couple of updates a day for every machine 
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How true! I haven't even gotten to those yet!
Edit: But since you brought it up, do we have any geniuses in here from Adobe? If so, can you please explain why I have to constantly deny their 'suggestions' regarding the crapware and how to handle future updates? If you are saving the setting, (at least for update handling) can you at least set it correctly so that I don't have to!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I set up WSUS in a VM last month, and have let it do its own thing since. Yesterday was the first time I watched it go through Patch Tuesday. Seeing all my machines download 200+ MB worth of updates (each) at LAN speed, rather than DSL speed (5mbps), was quite satisfying.
That doesn't do anything for third-parties, but I still call it a good start...
FWIW, I have about 6 physical machines, and maybe 20 VMs. In terms of saved bandwidth, it adds up.
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kmoorevs wrote: I understand that updates are necessary but aggravating nonetheless!
Only aggravating when "there's an app for that".
<rant>
I believe sometime last century it was realized that writing platform specific applications was going to be an impossible task with the proliferation of devices available for presentation.
I believe one of our more vocal members recently expressed circumspection about web development.
Then again it is the dinosaurs that make policy and cannot get out of the rut in which they find themselves.
</rant>
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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So we programmers aren't known for our good estimates.
"How long will it take?"
"A few hours"
*Couple of days later*
"Just a few more hours"
Well, I guess you all know how it goes.
My gardener did a great job too...
I asked him to do my garden and then I asked an estimate for the costs.
I just got an actual price indication and it's more than two times as high as his estimate!
We're talking thousands of euro's here and his estimate is thousands off!
Oh yeah, I got it a month after he said I'd have it too.
It's particularly bad since he did more gardens in this neighborhood and all gardens are more or less the same size...
Perhaps he should take a job in IT?
Anyway, no way I'm paying that much for a simple garden 
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Sander Rossel wrote: So we programmers aren't known for our good estimates.
That is why they are called 'estimate' and not 'predictions'. Now, personally, I would not want to estimate on the amount of time it takes to shoot a bear.
Sander Rossel wrote: It's particularly bad since he did more gardens in this neighborhood and all
gardens are more or less the same size...
"You did six forms in two days last time, why does it take so long to build SkyNet in a single form?"
Sander Rossel wrote: We're talking thousands of euro's here and his estimate is thousands off!
Where is this garden of yours, and what did you want done?
Heck, I can piss on some flowers and I bet I can sell the weed here on the market
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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