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  • D den2k88

    Have you tried to escalate to Data Secretary of Defense?

    GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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    jmaida
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    PUNishment :-\

    "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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    • C Chris Maunder

      TypeError: Descriptors cannot not be created directly. The chance that one won't not misunderstand that error is not very low.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      Paul Sanders the other one
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      "Error 0: The operation completed successfully" Err, what?

      Paul Sanders. If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal. Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.

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      • C Chris Maunder

        TypeError: Descriptors cannot not be created directly. The chance that one won't not misunderstand that error is not very low.

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        Martin ISDN
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        in the good old days the C64 BASIC might greet you with a: ?FORMULA TOO COMPLEX ERROR READY.

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        • C Chris Maunder

          TypeError: Descriptors cannot not be created directly. The chance that one won't not misunderstand that error is not very low.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          Gary Wheeler
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          I smell auto-correct.

          Software Zen: delete this;

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          • M Martin ISDN

            in the good old days the C64 BASIC might greet you with a: ?FORMULA TOO COMPLEX ERROR READY.

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            Peter Adam
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            Delphi 7 debugger can tell us how much is x, but can not tell how much is x-100. "Expression too complex"

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            • C Chris Maunder

              TypeError: Descriptors cannot not be created directly. The chance that one won't not misunderstand that error is not very low.

              cheers Chris Maunder

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              MikeCO10
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              :) Umm, sure, makes perfect sense! :) =Descriptors can be created directly. Lots of stuff can! Maybe 'must' was just a bit to authoritarian, lol.

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              • C Chris Maunder

                TypeError: Descriptors cannot not be created directly. The chance that one won't not misunderstand that error is not very low.

                cheers Chris Maunder

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                sasadler
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                I never seem to get helpful error messages from Microsoft products. The last error message I remember getting from Windows was: "Something went wrong".

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  TypeError: Descriptors cannot not be created directly. The chance that one won't not misunderstand that error is not very low.

                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                  Member_5893260
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                  I think my favourite of all time was from a COBOL compiler on a Prime, back in 1989 or something: "Error 23 line 72 column 25 severity 3: Fatal. Either an IF is missing or an ELSE is missing or a THEN is missing or a period is missing or the compiler is broken." By "broken" I think it meant the user pressed Break, but it was still funny. And then, there's always the old Unix one when a recursive process never exited: "Panic: Heap Glutton!"

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                    I think my favourite of all time was from a COBOL compiler on a Prime, back in 1989 or something: "Error 23 line 72 column 25 severity 3: Fatal. Either an IF is missing or an ELSE is missing or a THEN is missing or a period is missing or the compiler is broken." By "broken" I think it meant the user pressed Break, but it was still funny. And then, there's always the old Unix one when a recursive process never exited: "Panic: Heap Glutton!"

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                    Norm Powroz
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                    When I was first learning COBOL at university back in 1972, we used a CDC 6400 system. Its COBOL compiler would occasionally emit the message "Compiler lost place, attempting recovery." We used to refer to the compiler as the "do or die system" as it would try to compile even the worst, error-filled code. Nine years later, I became the Canadian Government representative to the CODASYL COBOL Committee, the developers of the language. The Chairman of the Committee at that time was Don Nelson, from CDC. Over a beer one night at my first meeting, I made a comment about that error message. Don burst out laughing and said, "I put that message in the compiler!"

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                    • J JoeSox

                      PC load letter??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

                      Later, JoeSox “Write hard and clear about what hurts.” - Ernest Hemingway Last.fm - CPForAndroid++- Earthbotics.com

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                      gh3k
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                      BDOS ERROR ON A: ABORT RETRY CANCEL?

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