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Thanks MV sure brought back some memories.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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I guess this was left for me, and with all due respect:
What Me Worry?
I went from a marginal reader in first grade to way above 'grade level' thanks to a summer of Mad Magazine.
One of my favorite sayings from the front page:
"A loaf of bread, A jug of wine, and thou, beside me
And hear I am, an hour later:
Fat, Drunk, and In Trouble."
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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What? Me Worry?
No more worries for Al. So long, and thanks for all the laughs! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I do hope he has that on his gravestone.
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...just saying.
Looks like all drug paraphernalia was removed too, if someone did enter before the police and clean up evidence of drug taking does that mean they also left a small child alone with a dead or dying person?
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Caught this story as a news headline this lunchtime: heard "parents refuse to confirm heroin overdose" and immediately thought "So, it was an OD then".
Stupid, girl, stupid: did you not learn from your mother? Nope, clearly not... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Stupid, girl, stupid: did you not learn from your mother?
Actually she did. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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I think that was entirely the wrong lesson... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I think that was entirely the wrong lesson
I agree but you can't keep people from harming themselves.
I have known a lot of people who did very dangerous things. Some lived and some didn't.
The one thing they all had in common was that they weren't going to listen to others saying how dangerous were the things they were doing.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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JimmyRopes wrote: you can't keep people from harming themselves.
I think "responsible people" try far too damn hard to make sure they can't, these days! You need a little risk in your life, and "small failures" make you more prepared for when the big ones appear.
JimmyRopes wrote: I have known a lot of people who did very dangerous things. Some lived and some didn't.
Regrettably, so have I.
But there is "dangerous" and there is "stupid" - and the child ODing the same way her mother did is in the later category. It's like my mother's funeral: she died of cancer caused by her huge tobacco habit - but that didn't stop her grandkids lighting up the second they were outside the crematorium.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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*Anything* is easier than bringing up a daughter. For example: building a particle accelerator in my basement, or designing my own space shuttle based on a Ford Fiesta, or translating War and Peace to Korean in iambic pentameter - all of these, comparatively speaking, a piece of cake.
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Peaches should have stuck with herb.
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What a tragic waste of a sweet piece of... feminine artistry. Gawds, what makes kids care so little about living another day? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Conext Switching is a massive part of coding / development / engineering and managing. I have wondered if there should be a book written out there, for management staff, that highlights the dangers of too much context switching in your employees schedule.
So an easy example of this is your working on a medium to long term project and something of high priority comes up and you've got to switch on to it. Spending a few hours or more on this high priority project means you have lost all of the context to the original project, the variables, designs and implementation all your plans ruined. You switch back to the original and now have to take the time to build up that context again.
Drives me mad, anyway does anyone have any techniques for clearing their head between tasks / context switching? Between tasks or projects I close everything down, every window, notepad, IDE, browser etc until I've got my basic windows which enable me to start a new project. This ritual makes me feel like I'm "clearing" the context of previous work from my mind.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Yeah - one thing to do is to divide your day into segments for different things (I think 45 minute blocks is good) and when you are in a coding block turn off the email and disconnect the phone.
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I don't know, but 4 Disciplines of Execution[^] may provide some insights into effective management to deliver goals. This is the book our company gave to all the managers and team leads at our latest operations conference in February.
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Reviews look good might give it a go myself, have you read it Dave? What do you think of it?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Not read it thoroughly, have it on my desk though (at home!)....
They do focus on Wildly Important Goals (WIGs), although I'm happy with my baldy head, each of the managers in the company has to have 2 WIGs, and each 2 persons WIGs must be able to talk directly to/influence their immediate bosses 2 WIGS etc. all the way up the chain. It does make you focus more and make sure you make an effort on the critically important stuff rather than getting caught up in the whirlwind of the day to day stuff.
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Well may be you will be used to it if that is frequently happen to you. in my current company i always work on two or three project together and among them one of the project i am handling from last 2 years. initially it will give you some headache but later on you will be used to it. you can always divide your task based on priority. 
Ravi Khoda
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This is something I struggle with. I think software needs a great deal of focus, so switching from one project to another I find difficult. When I get to the point that I'm doing about 5 things at once, overall progress comes to pretty much a standstill. You have to start writing things down, as you'll never remember everything. Thread local storage, as it were.
There are only two things I can suggest - firstly be prepared to say no to whoever is asking for stuff and secondly don't let it stress you out (activate your "don't care" gene..)
I don't smoke any more, but stepping out the office used to be good when things were getting too much. Have you thought of taking up smoking/smoking more?
*EDIT* That's probably bad advice.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I am afraid I could never smoke but having a walk might be another idea.
I am using whiteboards at the moment... to manage a lot of projects. Going home with a head ache each day I try to shut my brain down to a minimum during the commute home, which might also be bad advice!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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