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  • C CBadger

    Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - (Martin Golding) :~ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. - (Alan J. Perlis) :doh: A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder) Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work." - (Leslie Nielsen) :rolleyes:

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    CBadger wrote:

    A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.

    I actually do that :laugh:

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      Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - (Martin Golding) :~ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. - (Alan J. Perlis) :doh: A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder) Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work." - (Leslie Nielsen) :rolleyes:

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      CBadger wrote:

      A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street

      Actually, that's anyone who has been to Italy and survived...

      Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      • C CBadger

        Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - (Martin Golding) :~ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. - (Alan J. Perlis) :doh: A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder) Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work." - (Leslie Nielsen) :rolleyes:

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        I went to looking up quotes and I noticed where language was called out PHP and Perl are explicitly mentioned in derogatory sense, much the way COBOL was many years ago. --- On a different note the two quotes though that I thought were the funniest were;

        “It should be noted that no ethically -trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.”
        ― Nathaniel S. Borenstein

        and

        “You've baked a really lovely cake, but then you've used dog shit for frosting.”
        ― Steve Jobs

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        • C CBadger

          Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - (Martin Golding) :~ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. - (Alan J. Perlis) :doh: A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder) Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work." - (Leslie Nielsen) :rolleyes:

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          CBadger wrote:

          A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder)

          Reminds me of a classic "Top Tip" in the Viz. It started with:

          Save time when crossing a one-way street by only looking one way. - John Smith, Crawley

          On the next page, they had:

          Always look both ways when crossing a one-way street, in case a blue furniture van is reversing. - John Smith, Crawley Hospital


          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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            CBadger wrote:

            A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.

            I actually do that :laugh:

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            (MQOTD Rules and previous Solutions )

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            Nicholas Marty
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            And it does make sense. Because "one-way" obviously isn't a concept understandable by everyone :laugh: (Besides: Cyclists usually are eligible to use a one-way street in both directions)

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              And it does make sense. Because "one-way" obviously isn't a concept understandable by everyone :laugh: (Besides: Cyclists usually are eligible to use a one-way street in both directions)

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              but seriously though, I will not put my life into the hands of a complete stranger hoping (s)he knows the one-way street concept. Look at it as "defensive programming" ;P

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                Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - (Martin Golding) :~ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. - (Alan J. Perlis) :doh: A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder) Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work." - (Leslie Nielsen) :rolleyes:

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                CBadger wrote:

                Beta is Latin

                :rolleyes:

                Veni, vidi, vici.

                In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                • C CBadger

                  Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - (Martin Golding) :~ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. - (Alan J. Perlis) :doh: A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder) Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work." - (Leslie Nielsen) :rolleyes:

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                  CBadger wrote:

                  A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder)

                  Being a paranoid motorcyclist, I now look both ways twice all the time.

                  Marvin is my hero

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                    CBadger wrote:

                    A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.

                    I actually do that :laugh:

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                    (MQOTD Rules and previous Solutions )

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                    GuyThiebaut
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                    So do I, after I was hit by a Japanese tourist riding his bike the wrong way down a two way road in Cambridge...

                    “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                    ― Christopher Hitchens

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                      So do I, after I was hit by a Japanese tourist riding his bike the wrong way down a two way road in Cambridge...

                      “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                      ― Christopher Hitchens

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                      Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                      just for my piece of mind, just how do you travel the "wrong way" down a two way road? is it a Japanse thing?

                      You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                        just for my piece of mind, just how do you travel the "wrong way" down a two way road? is it a Japanse thing?

                        You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                        loyal ginger
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                        This may help: In Japan people travel on the left side of the road.

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                          This may help: In Japan people travel on the left side of the road.

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                          Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                          they do that in cambridge too, it's the proper side

                          You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                            just for my piece of mind, just how do you travel the "wrong way" down a two way road? is it a Japanse thing?

                            You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                            GuyThiebaut
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                            He was cycling against the traffic on his side of the road right up against the pavement.:mad: I have seen a few dunderheads doing that in Cambridge. :wtf:

                            “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                            ― Christopher Hitchens

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                              He was cycling against the traffic on his side of the road right up against the pavement.:mad: I have seen a few dunderheads doing that in Cambridge. :wtf:

                              “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                              ― Christopher Hitchens

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                              Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                              then he was probably american not japanese lol

                              You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                                CBadger wrote:

                                A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder)

                                Reminds me of a classic "Top Tip" in the Viz. It started with:

                                Save time when crossing a one-way street by only looking one way. - John Smith, Crawley

                                On the next page, they had:

                                Always look both ways when crossing a one-way street, in case a blue furniture van is reversing. - John Smith, Crawley Hospital


                                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                                Lost User
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                                Richard Deeming wrote:

                                furniture van is reversing

                                It is my understanding that any code controlling robotics about 75% is error handling code.

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                                  CBadger wrote:

                                  A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - (Doug Linder)

                                  Being a paranoid motorcyclist, I now look both ways twice all the time.

                                  Marvin is my hero

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                                  And that's not enough :thumbsup:

                                  We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP

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                                    but seriously though, I will not put my life into the hands of a complete stranger hoping (s)he knows the one-way street concept. Look at it as "defensive programming" ;P

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                                    CBadger
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                                    V. wrote:

                                    Look at it as "defensive programming" ;-P

                                    I guess the best defense is indeed a good offense :laugh:

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                                      CBadger wrote:

                                      A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street

                                      Actually, that's anyone who has been to Italy and survived...

                                      Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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                                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                                      and survived...

                                      What about those that did not survive? ;P

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                                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                                        and survived...

                                        What about those that did not survive? ;P

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                                        "That there's some corner of an Italian road system. That is forever England." Or France, or Germany, or ...

                                        Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

                                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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