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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

    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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            • 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:

              Beta is Latin

              :rolleyes:

              Veni, vidi, vici.

              In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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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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                Corporal Agarn
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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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                  • G GuyThiebaut

                    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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                        • B Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

                          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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                            • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                              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

                                  V.
                                  (MQOTD Rules and previous Solutions )

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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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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    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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                                    CBadger
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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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