I had a collegue accidently delete one of his XP boot files. Can't remember what it was called but it essentially points the boot loader to the OS partition(s). Anyway, he asked me to copy the text out of mine and send it to him via Messenger. Afterall, the machines were identical and it was only a line or two of content. Of course, Messenger inserted its emoticons, the collegue blindly pasted it into his file and rebooted his PC. He was greeted with something along the lines of 'Your boot.ini file is corrupt. Press F1 to reboot'.
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RE: Posting code over messenger
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RE: Pls post me sorce conde
@dtech said:
I know a lot of students who are like that.
Nothing changes. I work with people who are still like that.
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RE: Never let college students write your code
We don't get away with much but I did get away with this one. It took a few months before someone and that was only because they copied and pasted the header for another file:
<FONT color=#008000 size=2><FONT color=#008000 size=2>//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="GlobalSuppressions.cs" company="***********">
// <snip>
// </copyright>
// <summary>I'm globally supressed.</summary>
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RE: How do these people find me?
@Wolftaur said:
Gem number 3: I'm about to have a third data recovery client. The lesson this guy teaches, folks, is that IDE cables are keyed for a reason, and when it's upside down, it doesn't go in for a reason, and forcing it in and thus ripping a pin clean off the drive connector is really a bad idea. (I get about one of these a year. Clearly, it must be posted publicly more.)
<sigh> I've done this myself before. Granted it was only once. I think the hard drive was mounted upside down in the system, hence the reason why. It took suprising little force to bend the pin in. The big difference is after I'd done it, I pulled out my soldering iron and re-soldered the pin onto the circuit board. I actually think blanking out a pin on IDE cables is a stupid idea considering how easily the pins on these drives can be bent or broken. Isn't that what the notch up the top is for anyway?
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RE: The subjective consultant
@OSvsOS said:
"Open Source Solutions
Although many open source solutions are available that will provide similar system functionality to a Windows environment at a lower cost; for mission critical hardware and software it’s important to follow industry standards and use products which can be easily supported if a staffing change were to occur."
There are reasons why some shops don't use OSS and they're good and valid. However, staffing changes are not really a valid reason. The fact that commercial software is supported is a good reason though. Also the fact that if things go pear shaped, there's someone else who the lawyers can attack. That seems completley pointless for a small organisation though.
I don't necessarily agree that that's a good thing, but it seems to be the case.
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RE: Self-WTF
@Heron said:
Oh, and off-topic, I just finished reading The Malloreon :)
Man... that was a good series. Now go and check out the Axis trilogy by Sara Douglass :)
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RE: Aren't We Supposed To Be Smarter Than Microsoft?
@amischiefr said:
Because IRC is for people who can't go out and make friends in rl. :p
You forgot the part about them still being stuck in 1993 :p
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RE: Professional unprofessionals
@jos said:
How in the world am I supposed to deal with this unprofessionality? It seems that all the companies that have contacted me are submerged in it. What am I supposed to do? How do you find a genuinely professional company?
You really have 2 options here.
1) Deal with it. Take the job that you think you can make the most impact in and go with it. Choose one where you feel that management and at least a good proportion of the team are interested in changing for the good. Spend a month or two looking at the existing processes in place and actively take a part in improving them. Make sure you do it in a way that's tactful and be aware that what you think is best, may not be best for other people and may not work in this situation. Take care not to go in with all guns blazing.
2) Keep searching. I don't know what you're experience level is, but there are companies out there that do operate in a professional manner. But be prepared to move. Also be prepared to actively search for the organisation that meets your match. Don't wait for them to contact you. The best organisations are hiring 365 days a year. They will hire if the right talent shows up at their door, but often they don't advertise. Remember that you're good enough for any organisation. Have the confidence to be able to say that. If you think Google, Apple, Microsoft or {insert name here} are the best Software Engineering firms out there, apply!
My suggestion is to make sure you have done step 1) first. Chances are, you won't get it 100% right. There is no 100% right and this stuff is really hard to even get good, let alone perfefct. Once you've accomplished that, you're ready for step 2) where you can learn from people who really do know what they're doing. You'll be able to take what you lean't in step 1 and be able to better contribute to a larger more professional organisation.
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RE: Reply to all
@MrsPost said:
"Fixing" software really is easier than fixing idiocy. Of course, this will severely impact team productivity because I'm guessing that the 'Reply to All' function is used 98% of the time for good reason and 2% of the time by morons.
A better software fix would be to only disable it on specific clients. Like, those 2% who have been doing Reply to All on company communications.
You're right with your second point, but I'm not sure about the first point. I actually thing this is pretty well thought out. Yes, there will be an initial drop in productivity, but once people realise they can use the keyboard shortcut, their productivity will be pretty close to what it was originally with one exception. They'll need to think before they act. 'Do I need to hit the keyboard shortcut or the button in the toolbar?'. I suspect it would actually be quite effective at limiting the occurances of this problem.
I do agree that there are better solutions, but someone's actually thought about this move!
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RE: I love redefining words
@belgariontheking said:
And what would you suggest? png is the best and smallest for screenshots. I hope you don't think jpg and bmp are better.
I think in this case, a jpg or a png would be equally suited. Png is the best for screenshots, but not when the screenshot is comprised predominantly of a photo. The image in question is about 50% photo so you could probably go either way. I would have probably chosen a bmp but only to screw people over!