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As Sun Tzu said, fighting is the most primitive way of making war on your enemies. 
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
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Yes, but the man was also a master of the obvious, like telling us to take care that the wind comes from behind when you intend to set something on fire.
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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CDP1802 wrote: Yes, but the man was also a master of the obvious,
Perhaps it's just that he knew his audience?
Actually, when I create a user interface, it's much the same, conceptually (except the fire part). The "Press Any Key" scenario is something I've actually witnessed, live.
Thus, we complete the circle, for software developer -> fight -> obvious precautions:
He obviously had user problems of his own.
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Obviously, soldiers always have been trained to do exactly what they are told and not to waste any time thinking about it. Like the guys I had trained urban combat with. We were told to line up to the right and to the left of a door, throw in a grenade and then storm the room. The other group did exactly that - without waiting for the grenade. You should have seen their faces.
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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CDP1802 wrote: The other group did exactly that - without waiting for the grenade.
I don't know if such soldiers scare the enemy, but they certainly scare me!
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
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Chances are good that they will remember the lesson. In training a grenade does little more than making you look quite dumb. When there is no more time for training, Darwin probably takes over.
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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You'd be amazed how necessary that sort of instruction is.
Have a look at a Claymore mine if you have any questions..."Front Toward Enemy"
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Claymore -  When my son had his own squad of newbie privates, he would always ask them before going on patrol, "I go through the door first, please don't shoot me in the back. Got it?"
"how necessary" - years (decades) ago, my dad wrote a program for IBM that did the divisional budget. This was before the days of the PC. People would enter their #s and it would roll them up in a report. He got a call one day:
user: "Your program does not work."
him: "Really? Where are you in running it?"
user: "It's stuck on my username. It's just blinking at me."
him: "Press return."
user: "Hey, you fixed it!"
These users still exist today.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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>>These users still exist today.
And they are still looking for the "any" key.
Old system had a run light and a wait light.
Operator was standing, just looking at the machine.
"What is the matter"?
"The light says wait".
<sigh>
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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charlieg wrote: "I go through the door first, please don't shoot me in the back. Got it?"
That's why our sarges are smart enough to follow their squad. That and the tradition that our sarge is always more intimidating than the enemy.
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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Yes, but GI proofing everything takes that to a whole new level. I expect warning labels like 'may contain traces of explosives' any time now.
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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Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Well, as a gag about how Navy maintenance documentation was written, we came up with a little gem starting:
USNMAITMAN 1.0.0.1
D1R - Waste Liquid Evacuation
[Perform this maintenance task first each day and throughout the day as required]
1. Find the nearest head.
2. Starting from the left, identify the first unoccupied wall mounted liquid waste disposal appliance.
2.1 If there are no unoccupied wall mounted liquid waste disposal appliances, wait until one becomes available.
3. Stand in front of the wall mounted liquid waste disposal appliance.
NOTE* Do not stand more than 6" away from the closest part of the wall mounted liquid waste disposal appliance.
4. Using the thumb and index finger of your right hand, grasp the zipper of your leg coverings.
...
I think you get the point.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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I have a WW I engineer's manual I found years ago in a used book store. It includes the warning "Never crimp blasting caps with your teeth"..  I assume that was inserted as a response to one or more real incidents... 
'PLAN' is NOT one of those four-letter words.
'When money talks, nobody listens to the customer anymore.'
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@OriginalGrifff
Thinking about getting one of these Lenovo Tab 3 10" BusinessTablet[^] (the Lenovo site didn't seem to give me any more information than is pasted on this page) as the Nexus 7 is getting a bit old and slow.
Wondering if you can see any glaring Run Away points that I can't see. Basically, would you buy it if the Wookie Tab hadn't been purchased?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Hey mate,
I have its little bro, the 7. Happy with it, my second Android tablet. Keeps herself quiet with iview 
Got a good deal at Officeworks, fwiw.
Cheers,
Pete
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Possibly I would - the spec isn't bad, and the (lower than Herselfs Galaxy Tab s 10.5) screen resolution should help with the battery life - Hers has a 7900mA, and struggles to last more than five hours between charges (The Wookietab is 11000mA and lasts days under Windows, about a day under Android).
Before you buy it though, have a look at the WookieJunior: Chuwi Hi10 Pro review | cheap Windows tablet | cheap Android tablet - PC Advisor[^] I know at least one CP'er has one. Depends what you want to do with the tablet, I guess - but having Windows available on a tab is damn good for me!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Possibly I would - the spec isn't bad, and the (lower than Herselfs Galaxy Tab s 10.5) screen resolution should help with the battery life - Hers has a 7900mA, and struggles to last more than five hours between charges (The Wookietab is 11000mA and lasts days under Windows, about a day under Android).
Thanks for the feedback, I don't use it that heavily so should easily get a day or more out of it, unless I load movies on an SD Card since it has the resolution for it.
OriginalGriff wrote: Before you buy it though, have a look at the WookieJunior: Chuwi Hi10 Pro review | cheap Windows tablet | cheap Android tablet - PC Advisor[^] I know at least one CP'er has one. Depends what you want to do with the tablet, I guess - but having Windows available on a tab is damn good for me!
Desktop, Laptop, Netbook will cover Windows for me, plus I can walk 7-800 metres tomorrow morning and buy the Lenovo, the Chuwi would mean waiting for shipping and I have negative patience. Plus reviews I just read weren't that flattering and a couple of sites I found won't ship to Australia.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Hi Griff, I assume you are referring to me as the Wookie Hi10 owner, never got to the bottom of the WiFi problem on Win 10 but found a workaround, I bought a USB wifi adapter for about a tenner and it worked straight away and I get almost a full signal all the time, I have VS2017 installed which obviously is a bit sluggish but it runs. Good little tablet for £140
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Dan Neely wrote: Quadcore A53; basically the slowest level of SOC you can buy.
It'll probably be fine for cattube where the newer codec support will let you see more detail in the whiskers; just about anything else will still be miserably slow. Samsung's notorious for using last years flahship SOCs in their larger fondleslabs. The a53 OTOH is only marginally faster than your old A7 on the integer tasks that define general use performance[^] except in cases where the newer SOC has a built in accelerator for the given function.
Unfortunately cancerously slow SOCs as part of the race to the bottom are a near universal scourge in large android fondleslabs.
Not the information I was wanting to hear, but thanks anyway for the details.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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At that pricepoint Anandtech[^] is recomending the 8.4" Huawei MediaPad M3. I'll admit to being a bit leery of Chinese OEMs; but with an A72 based CPU at least you've got reasonably solid overall performance.
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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This is especially true for the person who tests rectal thermometers. 
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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