I do like lazy programmers, sometimes.
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
For Easter I bought my missus a pack of 6 Cadbury Cream Eggs. There were only 5 inside. So I emailed Cadbury explaining this and saying I'd been getting earache from the wife ever since. Yesterday a voucher for £3 of Cadbury products turned up. I'll have to see if I can pull off the same trick.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Did you try Royal Canin food for your cat? I think they are better than Wiskas. There are 2 types of Royal Canin food normal(sold in the pet stores) and veterinarian (sold in the vet stores).
Never seen it in Wales - it may be a Bulgarian local manufacturer.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Did you try Royal Canin food for your cat? I think they are better than Wiskas. There are 2 types of Royal Canin food normal(sold in the pet stores) and veterinarian (sold in the vet stores).
Argonia wrote:
try Royal Canin
Isn't that dog food ? :confused: :)
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Argonia wrote:
try Royal Canin
Isn't that dog food ? :confused: :)
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Never seen it in Wales - it may be a Bulgarian local manufacturer.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
Any limit? Would have been awesome if you told the clerk "Oh, I did not just want the one pack. I want the whole lot and anything you may have in the back" :-D
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
I participate in a customer satisfaction program at the local store. Because of that, they've given me an electronic voucher that will give me 5% discount at one shopping occasion. I used that a long time ago when I got it, but every time I've shopped there afterwards, they have asked me if I wanted to use the 5% voucher. I always say yes. Seems like the "Used" status is not being updated correctly in their system. I must admit that I have neglected to inform them about this apparent programming miss... ;-) Unfortunately, there's also an expiration date, so in around 14 more days, the 5% discount will dissappear for good (presumeably). But by that time, I hope to have a new 5% voucher that hopefully works the same way (or doesn't work, if you will)!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
I participate in a customer satisfaction program at the local store. Because of that, they've given me an electronic voucher that will give me 5% discount at one shopping occasion. I used that a long time ago when I got it, but every time I've shopped there afterwards, they have asked me if I wanted to use the 5% voucher. I always say yes. Seems like the "Used" status is not being updated correctly in their system. I must admit that I have neglected to inform them about this apparent programming miss... ;-) Unfortunately, there's also an expiration date, so in around 14 more days, the 5% discount will dissappear for good (presumeably). But by that time, I hope to have a new 5% voucher that hopefully works the same way (or doesn't work, if you will)!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932Of course, you could try the being honest approach and not try to game the system.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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Of course, you could try the being honest approach and not try to game the system.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easierExcuse me sonny, could you speak up a little, I'm a little hard of hearing, and I simply can't make out what you're saying... :rolleyes:
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
I participate in a customer satisfaction program at the local store. Because of that, they've given me an electronic voucher that will give me 5% discount at one shopping occasion. I used that a long time ago when I got it, but every time I've shopped there afterwards, they have asked me if I wanted to use the 5% voucher. I always say yes. Seems like the "Used" status is not being updated correctly in their system. I must admit that I have neglected to inform them about this apparent programming miss... ;-) Unfortunately, there's also an expiration date, so in around 14 more days, the 5% discount will dissappear for good (presumeably). But by that time, I hope to have a new 5% voucher that hopefully works the same way (or doesn't work, if you will)!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932Stock up on cat food, and send it to Griff.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
Felix dry food is great for ours - the tiger loves the indoor version. The cans are not touched at all. Cats are very picky - you can figure it upon the amount of meat in the can - felix is only around 3% or so... get some with more meat in it.
regards Torsten When I'm not working
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Definately, seen it around here too.
cheers Marco Bertschi
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You have absolutely no idea how glad I am that I have no idea at all. - OriginalGriff
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Felix dry food is great for ours - the tiger loves the indoor version. The cans are not touched at all. Cats are very picky - you can figure it upon the amount of meat in the can - felix is only around 3% or so... get some with more meat in it.
regards Torsten When I'm not working
Ours just lick off the jelly or gravy ;p
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Never seen it in Wales - it may be a Bulgarian local manufacturer.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
OriginalGriff wrote:
Never seen it in Wales
And? It's for sale here in Norway too ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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I participate in a customer satisfaction program at the local store. Because of that, they've given me an electronic voucher that will give me 5% discount at one shopping occasion. I used that a long time ago when I got it, but every time I've shopped there afterwards, they have asked me if I wanted to use the 5% voucher. I always say yes. Seems like the "Used" status is not being updated correctly in their system. I must admit that I have neglected to inform them about this apparent programming miss... ;-) Unfortunately, there's also an expiration date, so in around 14 more days, the 5% discount will dissappear for good (presumeably). But by that time, I hope to have a new 5% voucher that hopefully works the same way (or doesn't work, if you will)!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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For a faceless supermarket I might condone this, but for a local shop that you're presumably trying to support with your custom, I'd tell them that their system is broken. A 5% discount is probably wiping out their profit on everything you buy.
You're right of course, but this is no local store it is a big supermarket chain we're talking about...
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
