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)
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 -
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)
Lucky you, my friend. The supermarket assist will not admit the voucher sold by they even though it was really thing if you can not show the check in our city... It's quite different attituation about the credit. Thinging about there more and more security problem on food...What the hell thing... :( :( :(
