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"Scientists explain why Uranus is tilted" in today's Insider

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  • G Gary Wheeler

    The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

    Software Zen: delete this;

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    S Brozius
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    Well, I dunno, but I thought this link was included in the daily CP-mail...

    Nah... What's up, Doc? CCC's solved : 1

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      Well, I dunno, but I thought this link was included in the daily CP-mail...

      Nah... What's up, Doc? CCC's solved : 1

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      Gary Wheeler
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      The daily CP mail is called "The Code Project Insider".

      Software Zen: delete this;

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      • G Gary Wheeler

        The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

        Software Zen: delete this;

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        Dalek Dave
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        why Uranus is tilted? Cos you Saturn it?

        ------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce

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        • G Gary Wheeler

          The daily CP mail is called "The Code Project Insider".

          Software Zen: delete this;

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          S Brozius
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          Yes, you are right. And I need to insert foot into mouth.... :~ Instead of blindly replying to your post, I should have read it instead. Then I would have seen that it was an anecdote, not a repost. My sincere apologies, mister Wheeler. Might this do as a token of such? :rose: (or would this be more appropriate? :beer: )

          Nah... What's up, Doc? CCC's solved : 1

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            why Uranus is tilted? Cos you Saturn it?

            ------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce

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            Brady Kelly
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            :laugh:

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              why Uranus is tilted? Cos you Saturn it?

              ------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce

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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              All jokes lead to m'ars.

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                All jokes lead to m'ars.

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                You star!


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                • G Gary Wheeler

                  The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

                  Software Zen: delete this;

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                  Lost User
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                  One leg is shorter than the other.

                  Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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                    You star!


                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                    Bassam Abdul Baki
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                    Actually, I was trying to moon him.

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                    • G Gary Wheeler

                      The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      BillWoodruff
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                      Uranus is tilted because it's where the dead souls of proctologists go, and they huddle together trying to avoid the selection of those who will colonoscopied every hour on the hour. best, Bill

                      "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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                      • G Gary Wheeler

                        The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        Lost User
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                        Gary Wheeler wrote:

                        There was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk.

                        Why do you need to repeat yourself? ;)

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                        • G Gary Wheeler

                          The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          Amisuggests
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                          This title is just begging for rude comments. But we'll keep things clean Or shall we?

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                          • G Gary Wheeler

                            The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            In a previous job we had to test a beast of a web application that was produced by some Highly Paid Consultants. This was in the early days of xml so SQL was converted to XML, stylesheets were applied, objects were generated and exported to xml to which stylesheets were applied, more objects were created etc, etc. We called the server we built to run it on Oedipus because it was the original...

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                              Gary Wheeler wrote:

                              There was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk.

                              Why do you need to repeat yourself? ;)

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                              ragnaroknrol
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                              HEY! That was not called for. QA folks are people too, even if they are vampires... Disclaimer: I'm the QA guy here...

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                              • G Gary Wheeler

                                The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                Smithers Jones
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                                In order to prevent puns like that, the International Astronomical Union decided to rename Uranus into Urrectum.

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                                  One leg is shorter than the other.

                                  Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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                                  AspDotNetDev
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                                  Trollslayer wrote:

                                  One leg is shorter than the others.

                                  FTFY.

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                                  • G Gary Wheeler

                                    The title brought back a memory from when I first started at my current job. The was a QA guy who was, to put it mildly, a jerk. At the time everyone on the project was using Sun workstations, of which we had 5 or 6. The machines were named after the planets. This guy insisted he had to have a machine of his own for testing purposes. Needless to say, we named his Uranus :-D.

                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                    Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                    I actually remember you telling this earlier (many years back). God, I need to get a life.

                                    Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)

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                                      Trollslayer wrote:

                                      One leg is shorter than the others.

                                      FTFY.

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                                      Lost User
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                                      Sorry, I was talking about humans ;P

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                                        Yes, you are right. And I need to insert foot into mouth.... :~ Instead of blindly replying to your post, I should have read it instead. Then I would have seen that it was an anecdote, not a repost. My sincere apologies, mister Wheeler. Might this do as a token of such? :rose: (or would this be more appropriate? :beer: )

                                        Nah... What's up, Doc? CCC's solved : 1

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                                        Gary Wheeler
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                                        No problem. :rose: or :beer: works, either way :).

                                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                                        • B BillWoodruff

                                          Uranus is tilted because it's where the dead souls of proctologists go, and they huddle together trying to avoid the selection of those who will colonoscopied every hour on the hour. best, Bill

                                          "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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                                          Gary Wheeler
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                                          You have the most bizarre view of the afterlife I've ever heard of.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;

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