@blakeyrat said:
Also, if you're on Windows, don't use Paint, use Paint.NET. I can't recommend that program enough.Yeah, I make/steal all my .ico and other image files with Paint.NET.
@blakeyrat said:
Also, if you're on Windows, don't use Paint, use Paint.NET. I can't recommend that program enough.Yeah, I make/steal all my .ico and other image files with Paint.NET.
Wouldn't the better strategy for dealing with the threat of alien invasion be unfettered, unregulated enterprise, growth, and technological development so that, by the time they get here from across the stars, their technology will be so antiquated compared to ours that a lone redneck with a laser rifle can blast them out of the sky?
Also, why would the British worry about this? Rumors are that Jon Skeet can destroy entire planets with a thought...
@Lorne Kates said:
Unless, since we've been broadcasting our planet's position for about a hundred years now, one of those other civilizations already has. Think about that and sleep tight.According to my interpretation of Genesis, if there are aliens, it is our sacred duty to conquer, dominate, and exploit them, making them scared to death of us along the way. I don't see how painting a giant target on us helps with that.
@Cad Delworth said:
What worries my more is the choice of pattern on the cover over what is presumably the kitchen wooden table. Smarties? Seriously? Is that simply to confuse your children, or did you make the mistake of allowing them to help choose a cover?This.
@blakeyrat said:
Now that they're owned by Adobe, you can imagine things are going to get much better.It's the perfect storm!
@DaveK said:
@The_Assimilator said:
Just out of curiosity, what does StartService do with the input parameter? Maybe it'll shed some light on the thought process behind the original code.
for (int x = 0; x < 1; x++) { StartService(x); }I checked the version history. This code was checked in like this. QAs FTW.
(My best guess would be that that upper limit was at some point a number other than one, as some kind of retry mechanism. Maybe the committer thought it might perhaps be needed again at some future point. It's a pretty sure thing you can rely on the compiler to optimise a loop as simple as that.)
Pay attention. Ask yourself, how many times will this loop run?
Note: the value stored in variable x is being passed to the function by value.
@Sutherlands said:
@hoodaticus said:
Really?Static members should generally be thread safe anyway.
static Foo Bar { get; }
public class Bar()
{
public int FooBar { get; private set; }
public void Recalculate()
{
int temp1 = FooBar + GetDatabaseValue();
int temp2 = FooBar + GetConfigValue();
FooBar = temp2;
}
}
Your parser failed a unit test at the word "should". Also, the word "static".
should (v):
Static members should generally be thread safe anyway.
@morbiuswilters said:
@da Doctah said:This.San Marino, forget it; you'd click and click in what seemed to be exactly the same spot and it would say "Albania. Italy. Italy. Albania. Adriatic Sea. Italy...."The latest models have fixed this. Now you click and it says "European Union; National Anthem: 'Money For Nothing'; Population: Dwindling".
@snoofle said:
He persisted that it wasn't necessary to make the static methods instance methods because developers should know what they're doing and shouldn't make mistakes.My response would have been to ban all future use of "static" without management approval. Freaking twit.
@UrzaMTG said:
Unless you're doing agile, of course. In which case I would name the room: "Scrum Bucket". Guess what I'd name the hot receptionist?I vote for naming the rooms after popular exceptions (NullException, StackOverflowException,etc.), because you're only really going to have meetings when something is going terribly wrong.
@snoofle said:
Ah, so you made no mistakes, and it sounds like you already hollowed out your flesh puppet. Good job!@hoodaticus said:
Actually, he requested the flag, so not telling him about it wasn't an option. As for manipulating him, he lets me get away with murder around here, so I don't push him; others yes, but not him.@snoofle said:
No problem, we don't need to test it; if something goes wrong we can just revert using the db flag.Your third mistake was telling your boss about the flag. Your second was keeping your boss exposed to the technology to prevent the inevitability of his mind's enfeeblement and atrophy, which would ordinarily raise the necessity of your aide and cause him to respect and fear you over time, raising your bargaining position. Your first mistake was not learning how to manipulate your employer into becoming little more than a hollowed out flesh puppet in your hand.
@snoofle said:
No problem, we don't need to test it; if something goes wrong we can just revert using the db flag.Your third mistake was telling your boss about the flag. Your second was keeping your boss exposed to the technology to prevent the inevitability of his mind's enfeeblement and atrophy, which would ordinarily raise the necessity of your aide and cause him to respect and fear you over time, raising your bargaining position. Your first mistake was not learning how to manipulate your employer into becoming little more than a hollowed out flesh puppet in your hand.