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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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    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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        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

                      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

                        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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                          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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                                  • 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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                                    Mark_Wallace
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                                    Mike Hankey wrote:

                                    legend

                                    You typoed "bell".

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

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                                    • E ejendomsmaegler

                                      I voted for you.

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                                      Mark_Wallace
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                                      I forgot to vote. Who won?

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

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                                      • M Mark_Wallace

                                        I forgot to vote. Who won?

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

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                                        OriginalGriff
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                                        The politicians, probably. But almost certainly not the electorate...

                                        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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                                          BillWoodruff
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                                          I certainly hypothesize that you may be much more smart than I am; but, I'm afraid that, in itself, does not make you special, because I consider trying to operate as if that hypothesis is true for everyone to be one of the few sure ways I can improve whatever smidgen of intelligence I might have. Yet, I also think many people are smart enough to masquerade as much smarter than they actually are (fooling themselves, as well as others); I think the instant-access to almost all information on the Internet is a particularly valuable tool for maintaining a pretense of intelligence, simulating being informed. Sure works for me :) But, clearly, you are not one who masquerades as any kind of intelligence :) cheers, Bill

                                          «A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards ... as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push»  Wittgenstein

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