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No, I was just slightly Bah-ffled 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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I don't be-weave it. 
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I always meant to ask...
Is it a Wales thing or are you a sheep farmer? Seriously. If I had to guess, based on year's of posts and comments that people have made about you and sheep, I would say that Wales is the land of magical sheep. Is any of this accurate?
Nevermind, decided to Googly instead: How does a Welshman find sheep in long grass? : Jokes[^] Not all is SFW - be warned. 
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In a world where Google's StreetView blurs the colonel's face on KFC signs, I suppose that's fair.
For different reasons altogether, I'm sure, but still...
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One of my unit tests uncovered 5 different errors in my underlying code before it finally passed. Clearly I am going senile in my old age... 
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... or you get simply better at unit testing 
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That is why I always say "You never know until you test!" 
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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Those who test don't know, those who know don't test
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I would say "Those who think they know don't test"
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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I think it's more scary when you don't catch any errors on a first try. Because there has to be at least one. Somewhere.
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Exactly - software with no obvious bugs is up to something!
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[^] : the comments
Apparently this pattern of insulting and down-voting newcomers, and others, is just not going to stop.
It literally makes me sick to see this. I made a "vow" a few years ago to express my satisfaction and appreciation for many years (14+ now) of learning here on CodeProject by taking an active role on QA. Over the last few years, I have observed a very small number of individuals who have exhibited consistent anti-social, and hostile, behavior towards newcomers, and other CP members active in answering QA questions, etc.
Another disturbing pattern I have observed is that the "reputation at any cost" behavior or a few very high-rep QA posters has, in my humble opinion, had the effect of "modeling" gaming the rep system for some bright, relatively new, posters.
I have observed some of the most respected, and high-ranking, members of CP, like Marc Clifton, and Pete O'Hanlon publicly express that they ceased any regular participation in QA because of the negative behavior encountered there. Other CP members who I know are very technically competent, like Nagy Vilmos, have also publicly stated they withdrew from QA because of negative behavior there.
Yes, I have spoken out about what I observe in QA, many times over the years. I have reported comments, or solutions, as abusive when I thought it appropriate ... but, always "reluctantly."
My respected technical peers and mentors, I think "we" can do better than this.
Yes, it's "sticky:" no one wishes to see the relative (say, compared to StackOverFlow) laissez-faire ambiance of CodeProject turn into a rigid, draconian, "by the book," environment.
And, we do get people posting on QA who are obviously ... or soon prove they ... are shirking homework, are, indeed, lazy, or, who are almost hopelessly confused. imho, some of those folks deserve down-voting and removal of posts asap. But, I think no one deserves being belittled, demeaned.
As someone who has spent a significant percentage of his adult life living in Asia, I am aware of the possible difficulties for people whose mother-tongue is not English in using this site, and I am aware of the fact that for some Asian cultures what, for a western person, is a casual slight or "teasing," for an Asian person is much more than casual when seen through the lens of "face."
I'm near the point (rep level as "Authority") where I have almost reached the level I "promised" I'd achieve before dis-engaging from QA activity; my intent is to switch to writing articles.
Is it absurd, or totally unrealistic, to think "we" can do better this in QA ?
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
modified 13-May-16 9:23am.
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Looks lika typicial answer by the one who may not be named. The first minute i saw him on CP (which is not that long ago actually) i felt pure disgust because i really don't like his attitude.
I mean even if the question was about how do i write my database in a textfile you should help and advise instead of crushing the idea of the poster by forehand. He should experience himself if the idea is good or if there is something better to apply.
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BillWoodruff wrote: most respected, and high-ranking, members of CP, like Marc Clifton, and Pete O'Hanlon, as well as other CP members like Nagy Vilmos
Brilliant. 
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Oh I hadn't spotted that - was going to say I 100% agreed with Bill - except the bit about Nagy being respected 
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Please note he said "others like Nagy". This did not necessarily include Nagy in the "respected" group but had him in another group which by boolean analysis is therefore not respected.
However, I do have respect for Nagy anyway.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Thank you, Forogar, for interpreting my words as intended. I have modified my post to (I hope) make it more clear that I did not intend to slight Nagy in any way. I am aware that Nagy is very technically accomplished, I'm just not familiar with his code, and work, as I am with Marc, and Pete.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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BillWoodruff wrote: I am aware that Nagy is very technically accomplished
It's the first time I hear that expression being used about gin swilling, but there's always a first for everything... 
Joke icon, see? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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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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You're welcome. I like your change but it wasn't really necessary as most reasonable people would not actually interpret the original text negatively - and I try not to have anything to do with unreasonable people anyway.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: However, I do have respect for Nagy anyway.
But will you have respect for him in the morning?
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Yes, I did.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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He mentions "most respected", so that eliminates you and I, for starters. 
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Slacker007 wrote: that eliminates you and I, for starters.
Not necessarily ! 
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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LOL - that's what I thought too
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