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I'm not a genius.

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  • C chriselst

    You have to unwire the switch and take it apart to fit the new cord. Putting it back together properly is proving a challenge, I finally got it sounding like it works properly, just no effect on the darkness levels.

    Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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    OriginalGriff
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    Check the bulb? Have you tried the debugger yet? ;)

    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

    "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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    • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

      Your a legend in your own mind eh?

      New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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      Lost User
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      Yep, it's my own mind! Don't steal my mind! It's my own!

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      • L Lost User

        No, I can't cancel my account here! You're stupid! I must enlighten you! I have to do what you can't do!

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        OriginalGriff
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        Emiliarge wrote:

        I have to do what you can't do!

        Well that leaves you a lot of scope. I can't sing - can't even carry a tune in a bucket. And I have proved fairly useless at gardening. I will however be very annoyed if you win the lottery, as I have shown myself to be completely useless at that. :sigh:

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

        "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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        • L Lost User

          Just almost all of you are stupid.

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          Lost User
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          No you're right the 'g' should be a 'p' and you don't need the 'u'.

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          • C chriselst

            You have to unwire the switch and take it apart to fit the new cord. Putting it back together properly is proving a challenge, I finally got it sounding like it works properly, just no effect on the darkness levels.

            Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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            Lost User
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            Why didn't you just tie a shoe lace to the old snapped cord like the rest of us?

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            • L Lost User

              Yep, it's my own mind! Don't steal my mind! It's my own!

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              Mike Hankey
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              Self Contained Unit of Mass?

              New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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              • L Lost User

                Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                Lost User
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                I still voted for you. Maybe that just proves how stupid I am.

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                • L Lost User

                  Why didn't you just tie a shoe lace to the old snapped cord like the rest of us?

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                  chriselst
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                  I'm 6'2", if there was any of the old cord hanging out then it wouldn't be an issue at all, but it was looped through the switch, so the pull that snapped it also pulled the remains out.

                  Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                  • L Lost User

                    Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                    Slacker007
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                    Emiliarge wrote:

                    Just almost all of you are stupid.

                    you forgot lazy, ego centrical, and when my blood glucose is low, an hole in the arse. :)

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                    • L Lost User

                      Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                      jeron1
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                      You've been here for 9 months and you're just now coming to that conclusion?

                      "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst

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                      • L Lost User

                        Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                        loctrice
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                        Quote:

                        I'm not a genius.

                        Congrats on admitting your short comings.

                        Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine

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                        • L Lost User

                          Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                          Roger Wright
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                          Apparently one of your strong points is impressing people you hardly know with your brilliant displays of taste and tact. I'm not anxious to see where your weaknesses lie. At least you have a talent for writing an entirely accurate Subject line; some newbies have trouble with that. Then again, perhaps you just got lucky this time.

                          Will Rogers never met me.

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                          • S SoMad

                            Still not as bad as this lovely couple[^] :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (sorry if that is a repost) Soren Madsen

                            "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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                            glennPattonWork3
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                            From the description why did the Police get them out, Darwin Award potential! :rolleyes:

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                            • L Lost User

                              I still voted for you. Maybe that just proves how stupid I am.

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                              ejendomsmaegler
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                              I voted for you.

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                              • L Lost User

                                Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                                JMK NI
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                                No I'm...doesn't?

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                                • L Lost User

                                  Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                                  Pete OHanlon
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                                  We're not stupid enough to post our email address in a high traffic website.

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                                  • C chriselst

                                    OriginalGriff wrote:

                                    But many of the others here are really very bright indeed

                                    Not me, the pull cord snapped off my bathroom light switch last Tuesday and I still haven't got it working again yet. If I'm honest I regret not spending the extra pound to buy a whole new switch rather than just a new cord.

                                    Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                    Why did you buy a new one? Wouldn't duct-taping the broken parts be enough?

                                    Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      Well, yes. I certainly am. But many of the others here are really very bright indeed - I'm just good at lying about my height, and it seems to be working so far.

                                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                      Mark_Wallace
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                                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                                      I certainly am

                                      You know he said "genius", not "genus", yes?

                                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                      • P PhilLenoir

                                        It's so hard to be offended by such an eloquently worded attack.

                                        Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        PhilLenoir wrote:

                                        such an eloquently worded attack

                                        It's hardly eloquent. The excessive elision not only makes it ineloquent (by crunching two clauses into what looks like one), but leaves it open for misinterpretation, because "just almost" looks like a weird ESL-induced tautology. I know that F-grade, arrogant style guides written by academics who don't have a clue what they're talking about say that you should use as few words as possible*, but you should never omit any word that is necessary for the reader's comprehension of the meaning. "It's just that almost all of you..." * A genuinely useful rule would be "Use the right number of words"

                                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                        • L Lost User

                                          Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                                          Joe Woodbury
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                                          Damn, you found us out. The real trick of being a senior anything, let alone engineer, isn't being a genius or even being brilliant, it's having the experience to know what not to do.

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