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I'm not Muslim. I have been offended by a few jokes here, but I take them with a grain of salt. It's people's actions that I care about, not their reactions.
Like I said, you find some things offensive, but other things you don't. To each his own.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: I'm not Muslim.
That doesn't mean you can't be annoyed/angry/upset when someone starts using "jokes" to spread negative stereotypes about them.
You don't have to be a member of a group to believe they should be treated as fellow human beings. 
"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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Again, I already said that I was upset by some of the jokes here and some of which pertained to Muslims. So, yes, I can be upset. However, I take it with a grain of salt because posting a joke does not tell me anything about the poster. The posts that annoy me are the discussions that go on and on telling me what they thing (is right) and how I should think. Kind of like the thread that we have. 
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There you go again, making assumptions about someone. You assume you just know everything based on what? Someone's name or origin? You racist pig!
#SupportHeForShe
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And I think the lack of women on this site has more to do with your pandering holier-than-thou attitude than with any supposed "sexism".
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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If she's good and the stories are good it won't matter. If not then much ado will be made of it.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It smells like a publicity gimmick to me. But the real test is if they actually write good stories. If they do character development investigating what it means for the Doctor, who has always been male, to suddenly be a female, it could be interesting. If not and the whole female Doctor is just a big shock factor, well, there are plenty of other stories to be watching/reading.
As for me, I took a break after Matt Smith, and then they removed it from Netflix, so it's doubtful I'll be watching it anytime soon.
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Shes going to want to redecorate the inside of the tardis.
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And not because of the garbage in.
So I'm working with someone else's code that calls a web service, and there's a bunch of so-called validations that occur up front to make sure that all the XML  attributes in the call to the method that calls the web service are there and populated.
Thing is:
- There's several XML attributes that are not used by the anything, but are required. Chalk that up to some change at some point, but whoever made the change didn't clean up the validation routines.
- There's several XML attributes that are required but not tested for in the validation routine. More chalk.
- There are several XML attributes that are required only if other elements are missing. But nooo...you have to provide empty values for the attributes, even if they're not required because you're providing other values. For example, there's three options "businessName", "name", and "dbaName" -- now maybe a couple combinations are required in certain circumstances, but it just seems like an elephanting kludge because the incoming data is trashy to begin with.
- Defensive programming, like not hardcoding exact casing for attributes, verifying the attribute exists before you do
.Value.Length==10 calls, nope.
Oh well, I suppose I should stop b*tching and just fix the damn code, but I'm definitely suffering from a "this is something a junior programmer should be doing with some guidance." Hmmm...that gives me an idea! ![Jig | [Dance]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: "this is something a junior programmer should be doing with some guidance." Hmmm...that gives me an idea! [Dance]
Do you need any more evidence how this came to be in the first place?
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CodeWraith wrote: Do you need any more evidence how this came to be in the first place?
However, the salient point is "with some guidance." Having been here for 8 months now, and witnessed a complete lack of code reviews and hand-holding of junior devs by senior devs, and I completely fault management for that, I can see how that mess happened (and everything here is a mess.)
BTW, I've also taken a couple devs that are straight out of college under my wing, instituted a monthly "show & tell" so there's some communication about what people are doing, and informal code reviews with the people I work with. Ironic, but fun, given that I'm a part time contractor.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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That's good. This way they learn something.
Of course that's also the way the Sith infiltrate your company and subvert everybody. 
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This post needs a trigger warning
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harold aptroot wrote: This post needs a trigger warning
I thought most posts with a rant icon are of that nature. 
Marc
Latest Article - Create a Dockerized Python Fiddle Web App
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Quote: like not hardcoding exact casing for attributes
XML is case-sensitive, so be very careful about allowing insensitivity -- it's probably not a good idea; better to ensure that the files come in with the proper casing.
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Converse via land line with an alternating chant. (9)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I only know antiphone but can't see why
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I was thinking to converse as in talking - doh !
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Somebody I must have bought something from on FleaBay leaked my address, telephone number and mail address to some scammers. Over the last year they have sent me different mails, always claiming that I forgot to pay a bill and now owe them that amopunt plus a 'small' fee for their expenses. And always they show my old address and telephone number and threaten to take legal action if I don't pay. Also, I don't want to know what happens when you open the attachments they always urge you to read. Do they really think I fall for this after not working four of five times already?
Now they have changed their strategy. If they can't scare me enough, maybe it will work using my greed. I can now may make a few thousand bucks extra every month with only a few hours work. No doubt, I will first have to send a few bucks, but that's nothing more than a formality and I can read the details in the attachments. And guess what they sent me to show that they know all about me? The same old address and telephone number as always.
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Why stop a winning formula? It's not as if emails cost them anything to send...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's also what I said when they came up with the theory that a T-Rex was too dumb and to slow to catch any prey. It did not have to be very smart, nor very fast. It only had to be better than the usual victims.
Is that what we have here? Some guys who are just barely smarter than those they try to get?
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Given the average IQ of some groups on t'interwebs that wouldn't be difficult...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Why would they bother removing you from their list - as you pointed out it costs nothing to send the email and it would cost time and effort to weed out all those who did not respond.
Besides you might have a brain fade and click on the attachment. I have been assiduously marking junk mail that gets through Arvixe's pathetic filtering, They stopped for a couple of months but then they changed the sender ids for the whole set and I get to marks another 1000 emails as junk.
It does help that they are all of the same format, centered header and text in various colours.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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