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    CBadger
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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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      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.

      I actually do that :laugh:

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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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        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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          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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            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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            Richard Deeming
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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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              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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                  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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                    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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                      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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                        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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                          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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                              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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                                  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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                                  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

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                                      (MQOTD Rules and previous Solutions )

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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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                                        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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                                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                                        and survived...

                                        What about those that did not survive? ;P

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                                          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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