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  • C c2423

    True, but if the spec is incomplete you really shouldn't be making stuff up and hoping for the best. The case above was clearly wrong because he decided to make stuff up when he didn't understand the aim of the spec. However you look at it, formally written spec or not, he needed to clarify first before coding up something useless. Extrapolating to a longer piece of code, you couldn't employ someone like that because they'd go off and code something useless and you'd only find out weeks later.

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    ZurdoDev
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    It was a joke.

    There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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    • P Pete OHanlon

      I'm pretty sure this was posted in the last couple of weeks.

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      ZurdoDev
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      Yes, it appears to be in a recursive post.

      There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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      • P Pete OHanlon

        I'm pretty sure this was posted in the last couple of weeks.

        I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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        Ravi Bhavnani
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        I'm pretty sure this made its rounds in the 80s. :) /ravi

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        • Z ZurdoDev

          It was a joke.

          There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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          OriginalGriff
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          It probably was, when the dinosaurs told it to each other.

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          • C c2423

            I don't get it?

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            OpsRoom
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            Dear ALL I'm beginner in C# so i need some help support until near future please if someone can support me just e-mail me at:------ kenan.dedoviq@gmail.com Thank you,

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            • O OpsRoom

              Dear ALL I'm beginner in C# so i need some help support until near future please if someone can support me just e-mail me at:------ kenan.dedoviq@gmail.com Thank you,

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              c2423
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              1. Your message won't get seen here in particular (and if it does people will insult you as a rule) 1) Nobody here is going to give you general help like you're asking for, you're much better off trying stuff until you have a specific problem, at which point people are normally happy to help 2) When that does happen, make sure you use the correct forum
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              • C c2423

                True, but if the spec is incomplete you really shouldn't be making stuff up and hoping for the best. The case above was clearly wrong because he decided to make stuff up when he didn't understand the aim of the spec. However you look at it, formally written spec or not, he needed to clarify first before coding up something useless. Extrapolating to a longer piece of code, you couldn't employ someone like that because they'd go off and code something useless and you'd only find out weeks later.

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                Emmanuel Medina
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                You do know that it doesn't matter, simply because it was an elephanting joke right?

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                • O Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer

                  Mum told me Go to the market and get me a bottle of jam. If they have eggs get six I came back with six bottles of jam and she was like "WTF? Why did you buy six bottles of jam" My responds "They have eggs!"

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                  TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                  Did Leslie Nielsen tell you that?

                  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                  You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                  Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                  • S Single Step Debugger

                    Grandpa: When i was your age my momma would send me down to the store with $1 and I would come back with 5 bags of potatoes 2 loaves of bread, 3 bottles of milk a box of tea and 6 eggs. But you cant do that these days. Too many elephanting security cameras. :sigh:

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                    Ashley van Gerven
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                    See, out of every bad joke comes a joke that can only be better :)

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                    • O Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer

                      Mum told me Go to the market and get me a bottle of jam. If they have eggs get six I came back with six bottles of jam and she was like "WTF? Why did you buy six bottles of jam" My responds "They have eggs!"

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                      Ashley van Gerven
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                      So you mean given an *ambiguous* choice between jam & eggs, programmers will fail to ask the question at the opportune time and when the crunch time comes they will choose jam? Is there substantiating evidence for this hypothesis? ;P I've never seen a bottle of jam.. this programmer *is* good!

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