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CP hamsters, gird thy loins! John's about to drop a big one on us!
Software Zen: delete this;
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It only breaks if someone runs it...
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I have proven that time and again. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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If it's perfect why test it ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Code is meaningless sitting on your desk. If you caught up in "Analysis Paralysis" and don't move past the testing it's all just text files. Sooner or later you've got to publish.
I have confidence in my requirements gathering and coding skills. If I understand the requirements I know the resulting app will reflect what the customer wants and it will be right.
I'm not saying there's never going to be bugs, but I also don'y lay away at night worried that there might be some catastrophic failures that I could have caught with 5 minutes more testing.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Did I...
As dandy72 said. Peer review. 
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Can't wait to see it. You usually do good stuff. I'm sure there are opinions about what could be "better", but they're both wrong and right.
Buckup, me lad!
#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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Well,
You cannot really field test an article. However, you can field test the code in managed sessions.
That is the best way to find the first and most obvious bugs. After 17 years as a sole developer, can tell you, you cannot possibly find the last bug yourself. There are many reasons for this, the main one being, that you as a tester, have the same mindset, as you, the developer. There is no way around it, unless if you develop split personality.
After that you write the Staff training manuals.
And then you employ a Romanian girl who claims to have a degree in Wallpaper hanging, Piano Playing and Computer typing, and considers herself sufficiently educated to not to have to read the manual. She will test your system to destruction if possible.
Then, where is the fault in writing code that is not 100% free of faults. The Big Machine of Microsoft has not managed it so far. Then, you have the severity of the fault. Seriously corrupting a Database would be a serious problem. A user repeatedly having to re-enter settings would be a disaster for the user, but a minor issue to resolve from a program writing point of view. Now, you are also writing an article. I can see that this puts on more pressure. However, do never forget, on this forum you are talking to a community of friends. We are not there to do you down, we are here for each other, to provide mutual help! It is not an Exam, it is a Peer to Peer Assistance.
Well John,
You have given me sterling advice on issues in the past. I also understand your doubts. Let me know how it goes.
Regards
Bram van Kampen
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My HDD dies (switch on machine, only got blinky light, one by one checked the bits, it was the HDD).
Sort of doesn't matter coz it was replaced with a SSD, but it was reassuring to have it still there
- held a immediately bootable image plus other ad-hoc backups. (lazy backups - no plug, just play)
OK, ordering another SSD - so used to that immediate backup, and why not make it a fast one ...
and in that I realise twas only a few years ago SSD's were (1) still somewhat expensive and (2) the failure stories on the net scared me... today I wouldn't go any other way.
Format Success.
Welcome to your new signa&*(gD@@@ ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) @@@@@@*@x@@
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I'd suggest an external drive instead - you seriously want an air gap between your backups and your live data. Ransomware doesn't stop at drive C ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I have external USB drives too,
but the always-in backup is useful too - a full bootable image included (aomei partition wiz) in case boot drive fails (or more likely I mess something up in it)
and for those quick late night backups when know you should back up your work but all you really want to do is hit the sack.
Format Success.
Welcome to your new signa&*(gD@@@ @@@@@@*@x@@
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Lopatir wrote: today I wouldn't go any other way.
Ditto! My server and laptop are now pure SSD...my main rig still uses a HDD for the storage drive. I will probably never buy anything but SSD from here forward. The last one I bought a few months back was a 480GB for $139. (US)
As for reliability, the first SSD I bought for my h/o server over 6 years (64GB for $190) ago is still in use, having outlived a spinner installed at the same time that died a few months ago.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Yoko Shimomura - The Hydrean's Wrath[^]
So I'm still playing Horizon: Zero Dawn as much as I can (which isn't nearly as much as I want).
It got me into this whole soundtrack listening vibe.
And my favorite playlist of all is my Final Fantasy playlist.
I especially like the fight music and The Hydrean's Wrath is my latest favorite FF battle music.
So I've been listening to this one a lot, enjoy! 
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Is an afterword the space bar?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In winter, I like to sit next to a burning epilog.
/ravi
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Gets pretty toasty does it?
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Periodically, but we colon you to comma up with better puns.
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is that inner, outer or storage space? why wait till afterword? why not now?
Most importantly, is the bar is open?
Format Success.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Is an afterword the space bar?
No, an afterword is that wonderful comeback you thought of 20 seconds after you had the chance to use it. The space bar is something out of Star Wars.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Wouldn't a space bar be a Mars, Milky Way, or Galaxy?
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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in scenic 'Baa Baa Land:' [^]
family safe, but you may wish to secure any children watching with your choice of gentle restraining methods.
Note that this film is undoubtedly sponsored by the insidious Goat cabal whose intent is to destroy the natural affection of humankind for our Sheep brothers and sisters by manipulating social media with acres of fake news, and hectares of video taken out of context. They will stop at nothing to portray Sheep as dangerous, boring, useless, etc.
Please refer to my previous posts for deep background: [^], [^]
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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If every I wanted to see something heavy fall out of the sky and cause a blood-splash right up to the camera lens, this is it.
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8 plus hours of epic action and emotion. Especially liked the scene at 3:09:07 - Highly recommend. 
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This movie can only be shown in adult theaters in Wales. At least that's what I gathered by reading here over the years.
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