It really sounds like a thoughtful investment. Will all the dice rolling that banks/investment companies are doing it is probably the next best thing to buying some land.

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Does it mean you don't need to buy any additional snacks and one can spend all content of the wallet on the liquid? Ingenious!

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Love the reference. Who dares to say now that all those hours spent playing are a waste?! ;P

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Yeah, I'd say it is even a bit..uhmm..scary. As I work next to Dublin airport, there is plenty of room for the wind to pick its' pace so you could hear a high pitch noise (like whistling), definitely not the best addition to all the other noise around here. P.S. melchizidech now you have a proof that the building you're in is high-wind-proof and building contractors weren't saving on a quality glass :)

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Here (in Ireland) we have all this week like that. On Monday wind gusts were reaching > 100kmh as it was yesterday as well. I tell you this: it is no fun riding a motorcycle in such a weather :((, rain adds more required driving skill pints too. I was seriously considering needling some high-tech sails and attaching them to the frame. Eco-friendly, wind-powered motorcycle!

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"Obey GRAVITY. It's the LAW!" with a police dude. It is somewhat hilarious.

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+5 Good man.

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That's a bumpy road. Euros are a lot more smoother to ride.

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No, because my euros are better than you pounds. Some of your coins are like edge cases: you can't even roll them down the road. ;)

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So I do not see a problem here, if your singleton means the same functionality as mine, all is good. I don't care if you call it a pattern or something else, as long as we can understand each other. But as pattern buzzword raises and more and more people (well, programmers) understand it, I call it a pattern. When they start talking about singleton pans, I will call them "pans".

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Deyan Georgiev wrote:

And for three years working with them I’ve never heard the word “pattern”, ever.

But at some point people in a team start to name a code that performs a certain functionality. All this "pattern" business went out of hand after recruiters started to demand to know what it is, but in its finest it is not a bad thing.

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The first team was mostly from mediocre/least said/ or wannabe programmer individuals and every second word coming out their mouths was “pattern” pronounced with self-confidence...The second Java team was from complete professionals who had created a huge complicated and bug free system

Somehow I feel that first team was made of "fresh" programmers, the new age ones, so they probably learned word "pattern" in a uni. The second, experienced, team is made of old wolves, so no wonder they don't use bling words (-. But I still think that you need to keep ones mind open. Hell if walking of hands is the new age programmers requirements I will eventually learn how to do it than become obsolete :).

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Chris C-B wrote:

sit in a management meeting and understand everything, jargon and all

That is a must. I remember how confused I was when jumped into airlines industry.

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Oops - wandered off topic there, sorry.

It works for me to get to the Launge and read some stories while some algorithm compiles at the back of my mind.

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OK, so how you go around describing say (the very popular as of late) singleton pattern or factory method, etc. Then again, English is not my first language (or the last one (- ), so for me it is easier to describe the approach to a problem using "standardized" language than dancing around (-.

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I bet you can be a great *solo* programmer/developer/engineer, but when working in team you need to know how certain patterns are named to make communication faster and more fluent. I was like you a couple of years ago, but then I spent some time learning a proper names for patters, structures, etc. and it is kinda worth knowing them (-. So keep up and you will eventually be there.

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But then you should probably go for i7 in the first place, if "top performance" is your top priority (-. When talking about the best bang for your buck, AMD is the way to go.

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My thoughts exactly. Just switch off displays and let system take care of itself.

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Good one (-. Red bull gives you wi(x10)ngs!

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Conclusion: you need to look after your gun. Come on, your life depends on your gun, you can't let spiders to inhabit it.

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Agreed. I cannot shake the feeling that some people are just abusing "the system". It is like kitten who breaks a vase and looks at your with those big eyes. As if apologizing. And not as if it is you, who thinks that "it" is apologizing (-. Kitteh is just lucky to have those eyes...

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Exactly, that's what I am doing with all my laptop chargers in a room: turn it upside down so that led light points to the floor.

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