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  • T Todd Smith

    Moses seems like a VB kinda guy. I would run to a galaxy far far away.

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    Gary R Wheeler
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    Bite your tongue. Moses (especially the Charleton Heston version) was definitely a C/C++, native application sort. None of this namby-pamby-ooooh-I-can't-manage-my-own-memory crap for him.

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    • B Big Daddy Farang

      But a bad haircut after a week or so will not be so bad. A bad analogy doesn't likely improve with age.

      BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere

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      Mike Poz
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      Big Daddy Farang wrote:

      A bad analogy doesn't likely improve with age.

      That's absolutely not true. Anyone remember this one? --> "A programmer trying to use a good analogy is like a chicken trying to farm broccoli. There's never enough tire pressure." - brianwelsch This one's so bad it's beautiful and it NEVER gets ugly!

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      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

        Some recruiter just emailed me stating a company was looking for a Moses to lead their team. I replied that I couldn't promise it would take 40 years. Is there just a book of bad analogies out there? Or am I just overly sensitive to improper allusions?

        Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
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        Tom Delany
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        Maybe he wanted you to part the Red Code? ;)

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          I think he means that you are going to bring down the plagues on the clients. Obviously this is a mixed bag - on the one hand, you've got the fun of causing all the pestilence, etc... on the other hand though, you will be responsible for the sacrifice of all of the first born requirements. BTW - the project requirements will be delivered to you out of a burning bush. On a sad note - Charlton Heston isn't available to play you in the film version.

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          RichardM1
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          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

          On a sad note - Charlton Heston isn't available to play you in the film version.

          That would get you a man point. If real men worried about them :doh:

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          • M martin_hughes

            Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

            There's a Lot

            :groan:

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            Zhat
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            agree....ouch

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            • J Jim Crafton

              WTF??? He walks down a mountain (probably barefoot), in a big old unruly beard, he rants and raves, he's in a bad mood, and he's got rules engraved in stone. That definitely sounds like a C++ programmer to me!

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              Zhat
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              "He walks down a mountain (probably barefoot), in a big old unruly beard, he rants and raves screaming 'URGENTZ!!!!', he's in a bad mood, and he's got rules engraved in stone. That definitely sounds like a C++ programmer to me!" Fixed

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              • G Gary R Wheeler

                Bite your tongue. Moses (especially the Charleton Heston version) was definitely a C/C++, native application sort. None of this namby-pamby-ooooh-I-can't-manage-my-own-memory crap for him.

                Software Zen: delete this;
                Fold With Us![^]

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                Zhat
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                "None of this namby-pamby-ooooh-I-can't-manage-my-own-memory crap for him" Which is why he kept looping around the desert for 40 years... :laugh:

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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  I think he means that you are going to bring down the plagues on the clients. Obviously this is a mixed bag - on the one hand, you've got the fun of causing all the pestilence, etc... on the other hand though, you will be responsible for the sacrifice of all of the first born requirements. BTW - the project requirements will be delivered to you out of a burning bush. On a sad note - Charlton Heston isn't available to play you in the film version.

                  Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

                  My blog | My articles

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                  ndwilson
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                  Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                  On a sad note - Charlton Heston isn't available to play you in the film version.

                  Still, at least we can get our gun back now...

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                  • M Mike Poz

                    Big Daddy Farang wrote:

                    A bad analogy doesn't likely improve with age.

                    That's absolutely not true. Anyone remember this one? --> "A programmer trying to use a good analogy is like a chicken trying to farm broccoli. There's never enough tire pressure." - brianwelsch This one's so bad it's beautiful and it NEVER gets ugly!

                    Mike Poz

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                    Big Daddy Farang
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                    Well you almost got me there. But I said, "doesn't likely." That gem is quite unlikely, the exception that whatever it does.... Please have another 5 with my complements. :)

                    BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere

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                    • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                      Some recruiter just emailed me stating a company was looking for a Moses to lead their team. I replied that I couldn't promise it would take 40 years. Is there just a book of bad analogies out there? Or am I just overly sensitive to improper allusions?

                      Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
                      Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway

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                      charlieg
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                      Chris, Does CodeProject have a thread hall of fame? It should. And this thread is absolutely priceless. I'm still laughing.... :laugh:

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                      • T t7bros

                        Well, according to "God: the Ultimate Autobiography" by Jeremy Pascall (the "holy ghost-writer"), God mumbles something about Gomorrahmy. All that is intelligible is that it somehow involved a goat and a plunger. BTW, if you want to laugh, pick up that book. It's amazing.

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                        Ware Work
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                        Love the sig!

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                        • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                          Some recruiter just emailed me stating a company was looking for a Moses to lead their team. I replied that I couldn't promise it would take 40 years. Is there just a book of bad analogies out there? Or am I just overly sensitive to improper allusions?

                          Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
                          Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway

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                          micmanos
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                          Split the code in two .... Drown the bugs .... and when the promised land is in sight, kill the project ... that will show them.

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                          • T Trevortni

                            Mike Mullikin wrote:

                            Sodom and Gomorrah

                            Gaaaay.....

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                            Paul Watson
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                            Why, yes, Sodom and Gomorrah were full of gay, happy, wild people. That is until someone forgot to invite God to their 21st orgy and he burnt it all down, or something. My Bible history is a bit rough. But definitely gay and happy for awhile.

                            regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                            At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                            • J Joe Woodbury

                              BillWoodruff wrote:

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                              No comment.

                              Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                              Paul Watson
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                              So not that big then. Otherwise people would comment.

                              regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                              At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                                BillWoodruff wrote:

                                how big will thy rod and thy staff b

                                No comment.

                                Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                                Paul Watson
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                                So not that big then. Otherwise people would comment.

                                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                                Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:

                                At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                                • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                                  Some recruiter just emailed me stating a company was looking for a Moses to lead their team. I replied that I couldn't promise it would take 40 years. Is there just a book of bad analogies out there? Or am I just overly sensitive to improper allusions?

                                  Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
                                  Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway

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                                  Schnupp
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                                  Well, why don't they simply sit on the banks of the Nile and look for baskets?

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                                  • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                                    Some recruiter just emailed me stating a company was looking for a Moses to lead their team. I replied that I couldn't promise it would take 40 years. Is there just a book of bad analogies out there? Or am I just overly sensitive to improper allusions?

                                    Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
                                    Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway

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                                    bitumen2003
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                                    Think you missed the main advantage... or disadvantage Your client would be a "Burning Bush" Thus no point handing over any paper work....! Any dispuits and ... well "Kiss Your Ass Good Bye"

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