What are the tools you just can't live without.

gavindon

rnbergren wrote:

7-zip

I use winrar, since I have had it for some time and simply do not wish to change something that still works.

rnbergren wrote:

Virtual Clone Drive

I use magic disk for this one. works quite well. I also like to use notepad++ for quick viewing of code or comparisons when I do not wish to fire up the full IDE. Notepad++ will color the code similar to an IDE and lets you open multiple tabs etc etc. Also has a lot of plugins and stuff supposedly that I have not even touched yet.

Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning.

realJSOP

Visual Studio SQL Server Manager Various platform tools/toolkits A hammer

".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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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

Nagy Vilmos

Hammer and duct tape.

Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

moon_stick

What about WD40??!

Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Nagy Vilmos

moon_stick wrote:

WD40

Liquid hammer.

Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

M dHatter

Dont forget lotion ;)

"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain

Marc A Brown

No firearms in your list? For shame. For shame! :laugh:

Henry Minute

A large rubber mallet. A stick of chalk. A peanut. Some petroleum jelly.

Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

Maximilien

Visual Assist.

Watched code never compiles.

realJSOP

It's hard to categorize firearms. They cool be tools, toys, sporting equipment, or even sexual aids. :)

".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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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

Dalek Dave

That is not work, that is a lifestyle choice.

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thrakazog

You forgot the jar of mayonnaise and a rake.

wizardzz

Any decompiler. I would have lost my previous job if it had not been for a decompiler...

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S Houghtelin

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

or even sexual aids.

Pleeeeeeeeeeeease don't elaborate!!! :wtf:

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Gary Wheeler

Bazooka. There, I said it :laugh:.

Software Zen: delete this;

Dalek Dave

I am a Rake, I take the magazine[^]

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JOAT MON

Marc A. Brown wrote:

No firearms in your list?

I am pretty sure that is what he referred to as a "hammer". :-D

Jack of all trades ~ Master of none.

Lost User

For duct tape errors?

Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^] "Program as if the technical support department is full of serial killers and they know your home address" - Ray Cassick Jr., RIP

realJSOP

One of my many mottos has always been, "Use the right hammer for the job."

".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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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

moon_stick

Fundamental rules of engineering: If it moves and it's not supposed to, use duct tape. If it doesn't move and it's supposed to, use WD40.

Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.