KEEF
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Due to life in general I feel the need to blow off steam please feel free to express your own frustrations at the world.
PICKLED SODDING EGGS
That's better
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threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Was it a 'what we've got here is a failure to communicate' type scenario?
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KEEF
Veteran
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- BURNOPFIELD
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
Course fees!
How can you expect me to pay them to you in advance when you won't even pay my salary a month in arrears?
And breathe.
How can you expect me to pay them to you in advance when you won't even pay my salary a month in arrears?
And breathe.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
OK, my turn... I was going to open a similar thread, so here goes...
So far today, I have helped 2 women fold their babies' pushchairs, 1 bloke find a file he'd 'lost' on his computer (just saved it somewhere random, and had no idea how to find it) and a colleague 'fix' her computer (the screen was turned off).
Now, the babies were not newborns, and the 2 colleagues have been working with and on computers for the best part of 15 years, and do so every day. What the hell do these people do when I'm not around, eh?
OK, some things i am useless at (mostly mechanical stuff) and friends have variously helped me fix parts of my bikes and car that to them were easy, but to me were a struggle. But these were not everyday things that I've been doing for ages. If they were, I would undoubtedly have more of a clue. grr....
Thanks for listening!
So far today, I have helped 2 women fold their babies' pushchairs, 1 bloke find a file he'd 'lost' on his computer (just saved it somewhere random, and had no idea how to find it) and a colleague 'fix' her computer (the screen was turned off).
Now, the babies were not newborns, and the 2 colleagues have been working with and on computers for the best part of 15 years, and do so every day. What the hell do these people do when I'm not around, eh?
OK, some things i am useless at (mostly mechanical stuff) and friends have variously helped me fix parts of my bikes and car that to them were easy, but to me were a struggle. But these were not everyday things that I've been doing for ages. If they were, I would undoubtedly have more of a clue. grr....
Thanks for listening!
Good call. Got a lot on my mind and shouldn't really be posting long posts on cc, but - got a lot on my mind and shouldn't really be posting long posts on ..... but .... got a lot .... (*slap*).
What's this with pickled eggs? I recall some sort of egg-fetish in Another Place, but that wasn't it. Who actually eats pickled eggs? Never mind. I'm sure, somewere in this world of ours, there's someone who loves a pickled egg, and somewhere else there's someone who loathes them...
For me: This one is work-related (sorry):
British Summer Time
(or 'daylight saving' or whatever you choose to call it).
No. Not the change-over itself, not the nuisance and all that, not the biorhythm disturbance, etc. etc.
Twice in the last few days I've had a call to say, DST switch doesn't work in the equipment (with software from yours truly). I say, "but it's not been changed, it's been working for everyone else, for years". "Well it didn't work for me". Me: "have you enabled the option?" (necessary because many countries don't have DST) Answer, "no, but I enabled it just now and tested it, it didn't work". "How did you test it?" "Set the date to 31st Oct, clock to 01:59, waited for it to switch back. It didn't".
Now, I suppose the most rookie and naive of programmers might come up with an algorithm something like this:
if (date == <last Sunday in October> && time == <02:00> ) time = <01:00>;
(I stress that this is not my algorithm) Anyone care to point out the fundamental flaw in the above procedure, and why a test like the one decribed above might not work?
I didn't actually throw anything at anyone, but it must have been close.
Good enough for this thread?
What's this with pickled eggs? I recall some sort of egg-fetish in Another Place, but that wasn't it. Who actually eats pickled eggs? Never mind. I'm sure, somewere in this world of ours, there's someone who loves a pickled egg, and somewhere else there's someone who loathes them...
For me: This one is work-related (sorry):
British Summer Time
(or 'daylight saving' or whatever you choose to call it).
No. Not the change-over itself, not the nuisance and all that, not the biorhythm disturbance, etc. etc.
Twice in the last few days I've had a call to say, DST switch doesn't work in the equipment (with software from yours truly). I say, "but it's not been changed, it's been working for everyone else, for years". "Well it didn't work for me". Me: "have you enabled the option?" (necessary because many countries don't have DST) Answer, "no, but I enabled it just now and tested it, it didn't work". "How did you test it?" "Set the date to 31st Oct, clock to 01:59, waited for it to switch back. It didn't".
Now, I suppose the most rookie and naive of programmers might come up with an algorithm something like this:
if (date == <last Sunday in October> && time == <02:00> ) time = <01:00>;
(I stress that this is not my algorithm) Anyone care to point out the fundamental flaw in the above procedure, and why a test like the one decribed above might not work?
I didn't actually throw anything at anyone, but it must have been close.
Good enough for this thread?
ACS
Legendary Member
- Location
- Just below the snow line
Never one to miss an opportunity for a good rant.
GAS Boilers
Are they designed to self destruct at the first sign of cold weather?
I have been saving for a new bike and guess where the money is going.
GAS Boilers
Are they designed to self destruct at the first sign of cold weather?
I have been saving for a new bike and guess where the money is going.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Actually our dishwasher has broken and needs to be replaced, it's a major nuisance and I'm jolly cross.
Mrs McGinty isn't happy about having to do all the washing-up by hand
Mrs McGinty isn't happy about having to do all the washing-up by hand
meenaghman
Guru
if (date == <last Sunday in October> && time == <02:00> ) time = <01:00>;
unless there's a flag set to do it once only, there's an infinite loop here, an infinite loop here, an infinite loop here , an infinite loop here ..
unless there's a flag set to do it once only, there's an infinite loop here, an infinite loop here, an infinite loop here , an infinite loop here ..
Chimney stacks ----Now there is something to worry about .
Monday night main sockets in both rooms blew either side of the fireplace .
Some rendering on the stack is missing quite a big hole .Rain could be getting in
Got the name of a good roofer .Going to call him tonight .
Monday night main sockets in both rooms blew either side of the fireplace .
Some rendering on the stack is missing quite a big hole .Rain could be getting in
Got the name of a good roofer .Going to call him tonight .
Precisely. In my version, the once-only flag is set at midnight, so it only works if you set the clock to the day before - and wait...
What bugged me was, being told there was a bug in my software.... well, there are bugs of course, but this isn't one.... I got very 'touchy'.... I know I shouldn't...
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
- Location
- Reading
if (date == <last Sunday in October> && time == <02:00> ) time = <01:00>;
(I stress that this is not my algorithm) Anyone care to point out the fundamental flaw in the above procedure, and why a test like the one decribed above might not work?
I can fix that for you.
if (date == <last Sunday in October> && time == <02:00> ) pause(<01:00>);
darkstar
New Member
I was out running late last night, through the streets of Liverpool. I got the usual drunk banta, but then this stupid trashy, fat, ugly, chavy, piece of crap woman decided to push me when I was running towards her (she went out of her way to get in my way). It didn't turn out so well for her, as I was moving at quite a pace, she was floored and in a bit of pain, I offered to help her up (even though I was angry at her), her mates then proceeded to give me a load of jip, by shouting at me, one then called for this bloke, so i legged it before he could arrive.... I hate people sometimes.
rodgy-dodge
An Exceptional Member
- Location
- North East, Teesside
Could it be a full moon by any chance?
four weeks its taken this so called roofer (spit) to complete my sons roof...Only turns up when he feels like it...makes all sorts of lame excuses... The worse thing my son could have done was pay him up front @said he needed to pay his labourer and buy some materials'. We called around the other day to see just how much is left to do less than 10 % and some pointing More than enough tiles to finish the job....GET OFF YOUR FAT A**E AND FINISH THE GOD DAMN THING!....
four weeks its taken this so called roofer (spit) to complete my sons roof...Only turns up when he feels like it...makes all sorts of lame excuses... The worse thing my son could have done was pay him up front @said he needed to pay his labourer and buy some materials'. We called around the other day to see just how much is left to do less than 10 % and some pointing More than enough tiles to finish the job....GET OFF YOUR FAT A**E AND FINISH THE GOD DAMN THING!....
