The Official Status Thread
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Is that the dog storage or something?
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PROD USING SQL 2000
that looks like a big WTF right there. shit that turd must be mighty old and moldy.
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Oh, this turd is mighty.
- Company tenders for and gets big Govt Contract.
- Company realises said contract is way outside their comfort and expertise zone, tries to weasel out of doing it.
- Company gets legal smackdown, told to do it.
- Company goes MAXIMUM CHEAP MODE. Project set up in 2009, gets SQL 2000 for it. Uses in-house staff with middle experience in IT to set it up, hires an external company to write software for it in goddamn ACCESS.
- I come in halfway through 2012, inherit what turns out to be a massive pile of obsolete software (The Access programs were eventually rewritten in VB6 by someone internal), TWO SQL 2000 databases with redundancies and cross-DB joins necessary for basic functions, and all the computers the staff have to use are running Windows XP on HP Dual-Cores.
I do what I can.
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Sounds like a IT graveyard ...
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Is that the dog storage or something?
I refer you to:
@RTapeLoadingError said:There's an RTapeLoadingError family tradition of proving the sturdiness of my (furniture) constructions by me standing on them.
I sometimes sub-contract this out to other family members.
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Status: Hungry and unmotivated. The two may be linked.
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status: learning new things.
new thing #1..... what was i talking about again? caffeine.... need caffeine....
do you have caffeine? i'll cut you for it!
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Status: got bitten by what I assume is a common Linux mistake
[code]int main()
{
int i;
printf("Testing repeated fork");
for (i=0; i<1000; i++){
if (fork() == 0) exit(0);
else waitpid(-1);
}
printf("Done!\n");
}
[/code]
Can YOU tell how this apparently simple program fails in a spectacular manner?Hint: [spoiler]buffers[/spoiler]
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i don't care that it's coke zero! it has caffeine! you, i like. I'll spare for now.
/me drinks the coke Zero happily and wakes up a bit more.
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I'm sorry for sounding preachy, but, I hope everyone here remembers that taking caffeine regularly results in the body getting habituated to it very quickly (less than one month), at which point you need it just to return to your normal state instead of getting a "boost".
Of course, you could just keep drinking more and more every day...
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Of course, you could just keep drinking more and more every day...
I literally see no down side to this state of affairs (but this is why i swear off the stuff for Fri-Sun, otherwise i get too adjusted. i do friday too because puppies in the office mean we're never at full productivity that day.)
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Yes, you sound preachy.
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I'm sorry for sounding preachy, but, I hope everyone here remembers that taking caffeine regularly results in the body getting habituated to it very quickly (less than one month), at which point you need it just to return to your normal state instead of getting a "boost".
Of course, you could just keep drinking more and more every day...
Yes. I really need to detox, but I literally cannot function at work without caffeine in the mornings, especially considering withdrawal symptoms.
I've only successfully detoxed in the past if I was already sick and away from work, or on vacation when I could sleep a lot. Takes 4 - 5 days to get through the worst of it.
But inevitably I get a few late nights in a row, start up the coffee/Mountain Dew in the mornings, and next thing I know my BCC1 is back up to 97.3% and I'm hooked again.
1Blood Caffeine Content
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this is TheDailyWTF right? isn't that somewhat expected?
Yes, but that is usually limited to the Java vs C# war.
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@Intercourse said:
Yes, but that is usually limited to the Java vs C# war.
And about what morals are.
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@Intercourse said:
Yes, but that is usually limited to the Java vs C# war.
or the ViM vs. EMACS?
(ViM 4evah! EMACKS SUCKS DONKEY GENETALIA!!)
;-P
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And about what morals are.
Oh yes. There are a few more. This would be the first regarding caffeine, as caffeine and devs go together like peanut butter and chocolate.
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Well maybe I wouldn't have to be like that if you could stop being so addicted to coffee.
How's that for preachy?
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Well maybe I wouldn't have to be like that if you could stop being so addicted to amphetamines.
How's that for preachy?
FTFY
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Current status: Inadvertently opened a second can of Mountain Dew that I had on my desk. I wouldn't normally complain but it's room temp. Whatever. Down the hatch.
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You are obviously an addict.
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Current status: Inadvertently opened a second can of Mountain Dew that I had on my desk. I wouldn't normally complain but it's room temp. Whatever. Down the hatch.
Dew Nukem Forever?
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I CAN QUIT THE DEW ANYTIME I WANT!
really.
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I've never drunk mountain dew. Is it actually that different to any other fizzy pop?
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It's caffeinated fizzy pop
Except here in Australia, where it has only recently become caffeinated fizzy pop. Up until then it was just regular fizzy pop, which made me wonder why it was such a big deal to everyone else.
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so it's like coke and red bull?
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Not exactly. It's nearer to Lilt or Sprite than it is to Coke or Red Bull.
But it's sort of bordering on luminous greeny-yellow.
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Just had a 20oz Coke with my lunch. I was starting to get the Delirium Tremens.
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@Intercourse said:
Oh yes. There are a few more. This would be the first regarding caffeine, as caffeine and devs go together like peanut butter and chocolate.
Sadly, I am the exception which proves that rule. I limit my general caffeine intake as caffeine is the one non-narcotic that will have any impact on my migraines. I can't afford to become habituated.
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My status is wondering what's up with this:
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Ahhhhh, I know how that goes. I use to take Excedrin Migraine when I would get them. At the time, I really only had caffeine if I also had a migraine.
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You mean your silly avatar? I have been wondering the same thing. I shall call you "Sneezy" from this point forth.
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Can YOU tell how this apparently simple program fails in a spectacular manner?
Is your hint related to stdio's weirdness with multithreading? (See ESR's recent blogs for details)
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Status: Annoyed with Diamond as the LCS I stop by at lunch on Wednesdays didn't get in the new issue of my favorite series.
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I literally see no down side to this state of affairs
Technically you could wind up filling up your stomach to the point where you needed more but couldn't fit it in. Then you'd have to boil your soda to concentrate the caffeine, or buy the soda syrup bags they use in fountain machines.
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Takes 4 - 5 days to get through the worst of it.
IME a day or two of Tylenol gets through the worst of it, but maybe I don't need it as much as you do.
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coffee
My caffeine intake is 99% Coke Zero and 1% refrigerated latte macchiato.
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ViM 4evah
Wake me up when you can check your email, compile, and "play" Towers of Hanoi in vim.
Having said that, i don't actually use emacs much.
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@Intercourse said:
You mean your silly avatar? I have been wondering the same thing. I shall call you "Sneezy" from this point forth.
He kind of looks like a KSP rocket.
not really but I wanted to see if I could wind up Drax, I mean @blakeyrat.
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It's tasty! Really!
Diet Coke is waaaay too thin in terms of flavor and normal Coke is too sweet for my taste.
And I never experimented with the Pepsi side of things enough to consider switching.
Filed under: Where's my TRWTF badge?
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I've switched to Coke Zero recently too, when I can't find Pepsi Max, which is their equivalent.
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It's tasty! Really!
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. Even Vanilla and Cherry Zero are nasty. I will admit they're better-tasting than the regular Diet versions.
The Dr Pepper ten line (a&w, 7-up, etc) is much closer to the original non-diet versions.
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@Intercourse said:
You mean your silly avatar? I have been wondering the same thing. I shall call you "Sneezy" from this point forth.
Looks like some ridiculous piercings with pendulums swinging from chains.
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I've switched to Coke Zero recently too, when I can't find Pepsi Max, which is their equivalent.
Except Pepsi Max has ginseng and more caffeine. Or at least it used to.