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  • Reply To: Planning for a Bad Day

    I always did 'unit testing, even back in the days of Assembler, COBOL, and RPG.  We 'commented' out everything after the part to be tested to stop processing at each...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Abolish Disjointed Time

    I see that I made a comment on this topic five years ago.   Wow, time gets away.  I agree about the days feeling extra long.  And I was in fact...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Planning for a Bad Day

    The third time I faced a 'downsizing' situation I actually planned too well.  I took an 'early retirement' offer and headed out to my long-planned-for  Rocky Mountain cabin.  I was...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: IoT Pros and Cons

    I just have to share this with you all.  I don't like this device and wish my wife would get rid of it.  This email message was received June 24th.

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Who's Responsible?

    I would not get my personal credit and finances involved in company dealings.  If my company wanted me to spend THEIR money, that's OK, but I'm not going to take...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Trust!

    Rod at work wrote:

    Perhaps some of this is because I am melancholy by nature. Also, I grew up in the country where our society expects everyone to be friendly, however the kids...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Trust!

    And here's another area of trust that worries me.  I regularly reconcile all my financial accounts monthly.  Why?  Because they are all on computer systems that can cause errors.  Just...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Trust!

    When I was growing up, our house, when it was even locked at all, was locked with a 'skeleton key' (look that one up if you are not old enough...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Best Graph

    Rod, at my age I like to use both good graphics and good summarized data.   Suffering from my OCD (self-diagnosed) I almost daily have to check in on my retirement...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Best Graph

    Steve, this posting brings back a funny memory of my last DBA position with a company that was purchased by Bridgestone Firestone a few years before I retired.  It makes...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Empathetic Design

    m60freeman wrote:

    I have a 36" wide stairway to my basement. The builder installed a 32" door at the top of the stairs. It saved money, but I can't get most...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Empathetic Design

    Rod, I will respond to your original post that I still have in an email notice.  Your description of your work situation regarding the boss and software design is intriguing,...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: A New World of Data

    Just looking back at this old article and responses, I will throw out that my home network has now grown to 34TB of storage on two 4-drive NAS devices and...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Empathetic Design

    I have commented for many years that software developers, and even for most product developers, it should be required that they actually use what they design.  It just doesn't make...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.
    • This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Design Lessons for Software

    Some days I look out at the world and ask myself "What have we done?"

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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