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    charlieg
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    Tomorrow morning I will have a discussion with a whiz kid. He will show me why his code works, and why I as an old fart missed the obvious design. And why it is intuitively obvious; And oh yeah, I was never allowed to finish that.... I'm thinking of the joker and his disappearing pencil trick. If that doesn't work I know this guy named John with a blind paypal account... Just kidding John... sort of

    Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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      Tomorrow morning I will have a discussion with a whiz kid. He will show me why his code works, and why I as an old fart missed the obvious design. And why it is intuitively obvious; And oh yeah, I was never allowed to finish that.... I'm thinking of the joker and his disappearing pencil trick. If that doesn't work I know this guy named John with a blind paypal account... Just kidding John... sort of

      Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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      Jim Meadors
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      Wow. Good luck with all that. :omg:

      <sig notetoself="think of a better signature"> <first>Jim</first> <last>Meadors</last> </sig>

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        Tomorrow morning I will have a discussion with a whiz kid. He will show me why his code works, and why I as an old fart missed the obvious design. And why it is intuitively obvious; And oh yeah, I was never allowed to finish that.... I'm thinking of the joker and his disappearing pencil trick. If that doesn't work I know this guy named John with a blind paypal account... Just kidding John... sort of

        Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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        Munchies_Matt
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        What is more important is the code being obvious, legible and maintainable. Because that is where the cost to the company is, where its profit is wasted. It is NOT wasted by having code that is, possibly, a bit slower, or hasnt got such an elegant design. Tell your manager this.

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          Tomorrow morning I will have a discussion with a whiz kid. He will show me why his code works, and why I as an old fart missed the obvious design. And why it is intuitively obvious; And oh yeah, I was never allowed to finish that.... I'm thinking of the joker and his disappearing pencil trick. If that doesn't work I know this guy named John with a blind paypal account... Just kidding John... sort of

          Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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          GKP1992
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          Lower any expectations you have, you may get surprised.

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            Lower any expectations you have, you may get surprised.

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            glennPattonWork3
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            I doubt it...:~

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              Tomorrow morning I will have a discussion with a whiz kid. He will show me why his code works, and why I as an old fart missed the obvious design. And why it is intuitively obvious; And oh yeah, I was never allowed to finish that.... I'm thinking of the joker and his disappearing pencil trick. If that doesn't work I know this guy named John with a blind paypal account... Just kidding John... sort of

              Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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              charlieg
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              Let's see where to start. Hmmm... - Mgt has decreed this code obsolete, so there is no traction to fix it; - the tool is rooted to it's launch location, careful how you branch; - Some of the processing is spreadsheet driven. There appears to be limited error checking; The last one is on me. I missed the double entry. I missed my Sunday too. Going back to my mushroom cave sleep deprived.

              Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                Lower any expectations you have, you may get surprised.

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                charlieg
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                There is a measure of truth in your statement.

                Charlie Gilley <italic>I'm too old for this crap... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                  Tomorrow morning I will have a discussion with a whiz kid. He will show me why his code works, and why I as an old fart missed the obvious design. And why it is intuitively obvious; And oh yeah, I was never allowed to finish that.... I'm thinking of the joker and his disappearing pencil trick. If that doesn't work I know this guy named John with a blind paypal account... Just kidding John... sort of

                  Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                  realJSOP
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                  I use bitcoin now - paypal can be traced.

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                  When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                    I use bitcoin now - paypal can be traced.

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                    When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                    Daniel Pfeffer
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                    So can bitcoin :sigh: [Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin | Science | AAAS](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/why-criminals-cant-hide-behind-bitcoin)

                    Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                      So can bitcoin :sigh: [Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin | Science | AAAS](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/why-criminals-cant-hide-behind-bitcoin)

                      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                      Lost User
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                      Daniel Pfeffer wrote:

                      So can bitcoin :sigh: Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin | Science | AAAS

                      Read somewhere today that some people have recently completed a BitCoin transaction using Ham Radio. No idea if this can circumvent the trcing, but thought it worth noting.

                      Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                        I use bitcoin now - paypal can be traced.

                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                        -----
                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                        -----
                        When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                        charlieg
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                        cleaning coffee off keyboard... :laugh:

                        Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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