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  • RE: Citizen Programmers

    Gary Varga (12/12/2014)[hr

    Not in th UK. Not anymore. We are not allowed to touch the electrics unless it then passes inspection by a qualified electrician. Nanny state 🙁

    As for coding,...

  • RE: Citizen Programmers

    Sir Slicendice (12/11/2014)


    ...

    So my question: is this mere coincidence, or is there something more here? Or am I guilty of bias in my selection list? Or am I...

  • RE: Citizen Programmers

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/11/2014)


    P Jones (12/11/2014)[hr

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    They wouldn't fully re-wire their home themselves but would call in a professional and they should do the same for business software.

    I...

  • RE: Citizen Programmers

    There's several sets of issues here.

    It was one thing to play with VB on your home computer where the main risk (and it did indeed often happen) was a...

  • RE: We Still Need Human Judgment

    Gary Varga (12/8/2014)


    Raju Lalvani (6/23/2010)


    We will also lose our ability to spell. Spell check will take both lose and loose as correct. 😛

    Enough people fail to hit the "Spell...

  • RE: We Still Need Human Judgment

    Gary Varga (12/8/2014)


    No different in the UK. Friday night I was getting Fish'n'Chips. It came to £11.20 so I gave a £20 note a £1 coin and a 20p coin....

  • RE: We Still Need Human Judgment

    manie (12/8/2014)


    Yes, we still need human judgement - but what happens when that human judgement is so watered-down and dependant on machines thats its useless? Maybe our doom lies...

  • RE: Achievement Unlocked: Balance 0

    Miles Neale (11/21/2014)


    jay-h (11/21/2014)


    Though I am past retirement age and still go to work each day... no plans to stop at the present.

    Jay,

    Has your attitude changed much since you reached...

  • RE: Achievement Unlocked: Balance 0

    Though I am past retirement age and still go to work each day... no plans to stop at the present.

  • RE: Achievement Unlocked: Balance 0

    Some time ago I read a study of cultural differences in work culture. They used union contracts a basis, because they provided a clear documentation of the priorities of the...

  • RE: Achievement Unlocked: Balance 0

    below86 (11/20/2014)


    I have to say if France tends to lean more to life over work, then sign me up. Because we only get one life. And when...

  • RE: Achievement Unlocked: Balance 0

    That's always been a problem with me. I have accrued quite a bit of annual vacation time over the years and a certain majority of it must be taken by...

  • RE: The Geek Costume

    jennifertorres (10/31/2014)


    The Doctor!

    That has a lot of possibilities...

    Last year I went as Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory." My wife completed it by going as Amy Farrah Fowler.

    Did...

  • RE: Why Would You Move?

    When my son got married a few years back I went out to dinner with the guys in the wedding party. Table conversation (d?)evolved into SQL server vs Oracle. Ah...

  • RE: The Decline of SQL Server

    chrisn-585491 (10/3/2014)


    One word: Java

    Horrendous mess.

    But you know what? They delivered on the cross platform problem. Nothing else installs on OS X, Windows and Linux with as few issues. JetBrains...

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