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andante
Surely "worsely" isn't a word? tongue.gif (but yes to the general message!)
JoMook
QUOTE(Mad Tom @ Oct 26 2010, 06:01 PM) *

Most software is badly designed and worsely inplemented.

Is that random enough?


Actually, if something is implemented to design, how can it be 'worser' implementation wise(bugs aside)? I'd say, most software is badly maintained, as people do not take the time to restructure it and instead hack around with what they already have, i.e. force an ill fitting change into the current architecture.

The biggest issue I have is the constantly changing requirements, which make it impossible to get the design and/or implementation correct resulting in more of said hacking to get something 'working' as quickly as possible.

I need to invent a program to rid the world of programmers.....it will never work though as the requirements monkeys never know what they want wink.gif

(I've had bad day rooting around in some hideous code. Quit whinging Jo wink.gif )
barry-clari
QUOTE(kingsley13 @ Oct 26 2010, 05:57 PM) *

QUOTE(Clari Nicki1 @ Oct 26 2010, 05:18 PM) *

Barryclari- how can you post 104 posts in one day? That's ridiculous!


You can tell it's half term, can't you! laugh.gif


You can indeed laugh.gif And I've still eaten and done much practice laugh.gif
Mad Tom
QUOTE(andante @ Oct 26 2010, 07:16 PM) *

Surely "worsely" isn't a word?

Neither is "inplemented" smile.gif

QUOTE(andante @ Oct 26 2010, 07:16 PM) *

tongue.gif (but yes to the general message!)

biggrin.gif
nicki_flute
QUOTE(Tortellini @ Oct 26 2010, 09:40 AM) *

QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 12:36 AM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 25 2010, 10:50 PM) *

Mmm bagel.

*drooool* I haven't had a bagel in months!


Me neither! I do make them sometimes but it's a bit of a faff and I can't find any to buy. sad.gif

I've made them before! You boil the dough and then bake them.
louise1712
QUOTE(Clari Nicki1 @ Oct 26 2010, 05:18 PM) *

Barryclari- how can you post 104 posts in one day? That's ridiculous!


I was going to ask the same thing, I don't think I post 104 posts in a week never mind one day laugh.gif


nicki_flute
Bone marrow based dishes on Masterchef...er yum?
Stephie
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 26 2010, 07:33 PM) *

QUOTE(Tortellini @ Oct 26 2010, 09:40 AM) *

QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 12:36 AM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 25 2010, 10:50 PM) *

Mmm bagel.

*drooool* I haven't had a bagel in months!

Me neither! I do make them sometimes but it's a bit of a faff and I can't find any to buy. sad.gif

I've made them before! You boil the dough and then bake them.

I really want to try! I love to cook but I've never baked any sort of bread in my life before... It could be interesting laugh.gif
nicki_flute
QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 09:21 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 26 2010, 07:33 PM) *

QUOTE(Tortellini @ Oct 26 2010, 09:40 AM) *

QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 12:36 AM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 25 2010, 10:50 PM) *

Mmm bagel.

*drooool* I haven't had a bagel in months!

Me neither! I do make them sometimes but it's a bit of a faff and I can't find any to buy. sad.gif

I've made them before! You boil the dough and then bake them.

I really want to try! I love to cook but I've never baked any sort of bread in my life before... It could be interesting laugh.gif

It's quite easy but time-consuming.
Stephie
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 26 2010, 09:25 PM) *

QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 09:21 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 26 2010, 07:33 PM) *

I've made them before! You boil the dough and then bake them.

I really want to try! I love to cook but I've never baked any sort of bread in my life before... It could be interesting laugh.gif

It's quite easy but time-consuming.

Hmm, perhaps a weekend project then! Not that I would ever consider using the kitchen here dry.gif It's disgusting.
fsharpminor
Its not so bad making bread if you have a machine. We had a Morphy Richards one but its packed in now.
Must get another.
Flossie
QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 09:21 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 26 2010, 07:33 PM) *

QUOTE(Tortellini @ Oct 26 2010, 09:40 AM) *

QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 12:36 AM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 25 2010, 10:50 PM) *

Mmm bagel.

*drooool* I haven't had a bagel in months!

Me neither! I do make them sometimes but it's a bit of a faff and I can't find any to buy. sad.gif

I've made them before! You boil the dough and then bake them.

I really want to try! I love to cook but I've never baked any sort of bread in my life before... It could be interesting laugh.gif

I've never made bagels, but bread is quite easy. smile.gif I taught myself from a book a couple of years ago. ph34r.gif

It was a Dorling Kindersley book called Bread: baking by hand or bread machine by Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigno. You could probably get from a library - I'm sure the city you live in is large enough to have a library copy somewhere. smile.gif
Stephie
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 26 2010, 09:27 PM) *

Its not so bad making bread if you have a machine. We had a Morphy Richards one but its packed in now.
Must get another.

I've actually considered getting a bread machine - my friend has one in her flat and she makes all her own bread!

QUOTE(Flossie @ Oct 26 2010, 09:28 PM) *

QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 26 2010, 09:21 PM) *

I really want to try! I love to cook but I've never baked any sort of bread in my life before... It could be interesting laugh.gif

I've never made bagels, but bread is quite easy. smile.gif I taught myself from a book a couple of years ago. ph34r.gif

It was a Dorling Kindersley book called Bread: baking by hand or bread machine by Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigno. You could probably get from a library - I'm sure the city you live in is large enough to have a library copy somewhere. smile.gif

I live in Manchester, so I'm sure I can find a library copy somewhere laugh.gif Thanks for the tip!
Stephie
I just did the weirdest sneeze. My whole face is tingly now. dry.gif
nicki_flute
Why do I always have embarrassing moments at petrol stations?
nicki_flute
Also - I saw a car going the wrong way going round a roundabout.
kingsley13
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 27 2010, 09:12 PM) *

Also - I saw a car going the wrong way going round a roundabout.


How did that happen without an accident? unsure.gif
nicki_flute
QUOTE(kingsley13 @ Oct 27 2010, 09:22 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 27 2010, 09:12 PM) *

Also - I saw a car going the wrong way going round a roundabout.


How did that happen without an accident? unsure.gif

Was a very small roundabout and no other cars going round it. Could have been VERY dangerous though.
fsharpminor
They do it all the time in France, anti clockwise every time !
kingsley13
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 27 2010, 09:23 PM) *

QUOTE(kingsley13 @ Oct 27 2010, 09:22 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 27 2010, 09:12 PM) *

Also - I saw a car going the wrong way going round a roundabout.


How did that happen without an accident? unsure.gif

Was a very small roundabout and no other cars going round it. Could have been VERY dangerous though.


Ah, I thought it must have been quiet at the time!

QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 27 2010, 09:34 PM) *

They do it all the time in France, anti clockwise every time !


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nicki_flute
It was in a village at 9pm at night so smile.gif
stetenorve
Karen Brady (Lord Sugar's aide on The Apprentice) can examine my business credentials any time she wishes. wub.gif
Stephie
QUOTE(stetenorve @ Oct 27 2010, 10:55 PM) *

Karen Brady (Lord Sugar's aide on The Apprentice) can examine my business credentials any time she wishes. wub.gif

laugh.gif rofl.gif laugh.gif
Fran*Piano
QUOTE(stetenorve @ Oct 27 2010, 10:55 PM) *

Karen Brady (Lord Sugar's aide on The Apprentice) can examine my business credentials any time she wishes. wub.gif


blink.gif rofl.gif rofl.gif
Stephie
Hey, this assignment's going pretty well! biggrin.gif Onto page 3...
katyjay
My laptop has a little slot on the front into which one can insert a SD memory card. When one does so, the card is held in place by a little sprung clip, and pushing the end of the card causes the spring to eject it again.....

Which is all very well and good, BUT....if you put the card in, and push it quickly but not quite firmly enough for the clip to engage, it makes a remarkably efficient catapult that fires a 2GB SD with a range of around 4 feet.... wacko.gif

I am now trying to find a missing SD card, as it flew over my right shoulder and has landed somewhere in my far-from-tidy music room ph34r.gif
lucky045
I just used the phrase "nature porn" in an email to my tutor.
kingsley13
QUOTE(katyjay @ Oct 28 2010, 06:16 PM) *

My laptop has a little slot on the front into which one can insert a SD memory card. When one does so, the card is held in place by a little sprung clip, and pushing the end of the card causes the spring to eject it again.....

Which is all very well and good, BUT....if you put the card in, and push it quickly but not quite firmly enough for the clip to engage, it makes a remarkably efficient catapult that fires a 2GB SD with a range of around 4 feet.... wacko.gif

I am now trying to find a missing SD card, as it flew over my right shoulder and has landed somewhere in my far-from-tidy music room ph34r.gif


Yes, my laptop has one of those as well. It really is great fun catapulting the card thing across the room isn't it! laugh.gif Until you lose the card...
nicki_flute
I won't be able to practise until Sunday :-/
barry-clari
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 28 2010, 08:10 PM) *

I won't be able to practise until Sunday :-/


Oh dear...wrong place, no flute or something else, Nicki?
nicki_flute
It's actually for a nice reason...but I feel bad. I'm feeling tired so know that playing tonight will not be productive. And then not at chez Nicki until Saturday evening, but will have been travelling all day.
barry-clari
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 28 2010, 08:16 PM) *

It's actually for a nice reason...but I feel bad. I'm feeling tired so know that playing tonight will not be productive. And then not at chez Nicki until Saturday evening, but will have been travelling all day.


Fair enough! smile.gif Looking forward to finally doing a duet or two with you! biggrin.gif flute.gif flute.gif
nicki_flute
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Oct 28 2010, 08:18 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 28 2010, 08:16 PM) *

It's actually for a nice reason...but I feel bad. I'm feeling tired so know that playing tonight will not be productive. And then not at chez Nicki until Saturday evening, but will have been travelling all day.


Fair enough! smile.gif Looking forward to finally doing a duet or two with you! biggrin.gif flute.gif flute.gif

I do need to do a lot of practice but a break will probably be good too.

Yes! Although, I tried my piece yesterday. It was not the nicest rendition! wacko.gif
barry-clari
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 28 2010, 08:20 PM) *

QUOTE(barry-clari @ Oct 28 2010, 08:18 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 28 2010, 08:16 PM) *

It's actually for a nice reason...but I feel bad. I'm feeling tired so know that playing tonight will not be productive. And then not at chez Nicki until Saturday evening, but will have been travelling all day.


Fair enough! smile.gif Looking forward to finally doing a duet or two with you! biggrin.gif flute.gif flute.gif

I do need to do a lot of practice but a break will probably be good too.

Yes! Although, I tried my piece yesterday. It was not the nicest rendition! wacko.gif


Will also be good to hear you play a solo again. Been a bit long since I last heard you (or saw you in any capacity!)...
nicki_flute
Haha...it'll be good if I play ok!
barry-clari
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 28 2010, 08:27 PM) *

Haha...it'll be good if I play ok!


Just changing your quote, Nicki biggrin.gif
Flossie
I'm in the mood for fluting, but it's a bit too late. sad.gif
Fran*Piano
Where on earth has this day gone?!? blink.gif
louise1712
QUOTE(Flossie @ Oct 28 2010, 08:47 PM) *

I'm in the mood for fluting, but it's a bit too late. sad.gif


me too, not had the chance to 'play' it today sad.gif been to band though clarinet.gif clarinet.gif clarinet.gif
Juniper
hmm, you'd think a reasonably sensible person would notice, after listening to the recording, scanning the music to send to people and looking at where accompaniment is needed, that a choral arrangement is in a different key to the original, the one they've been practising from!!

Methinks I need those new glasses more than I thought!! wacko.gif
barry-clari
QUOTE(Juniper @ Oct 28 2010, 09:40 PM) *

hmm, you'd think a reasonably sensible person would notice, after listening to the recording, scanning the music to send to people and looking at where accompaniment is needed, that a choral arrangement is in a different key to the original, the one they've been practising from!!

Methinks I need those new glasses more than I thought!! wacko.gif


oops!...

My random thought : why oh why did the BBC think it was a remotely good idea to re-make 'Reggie Perrin'?... blink.gif
Juniper
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Oct 28 2010, 09:43 PM) *

QUOTE(Juniper @ Oct 28 2010, 09:40 PM) *

hmm, you'd think a reasonably sensible person would notice, after listening to the recording, scanning the music to send to people and looking at where accompaniment is needed, that a choral arrangement is in a different key to the original, the one they've been practising from!!

Methinks I need those new glasses more than I thought!! wacko.gif


oops!...



yep, I said that (or words to that effect) laugh.gif
stetenorve
Just watched a programme with Nigella Lawson cooking some fabulous food. Had me drooling...


and the food looked good, too!
barry-clari
QUOTE(stetenorve @ Oct 28 2010, 10:18 PM) *

Just watched a programme with Nigella Lawson cooking some fabulous food. Had me drooling...


and the food looked good, too!


ohmy.gif What will Karren Brady say?????

laugh.gif
Solari
QUOTE(stetenorve @ Oct 28 2010, 10:18 PM) *

Just watched a programme with Nigella Lawson cooking some fabulous food. Had me drooling...


I must say that you have impeccable taste in ladies, Steve wink.gif
Stephie
I've nearly finished my assignment! Only about... another half hour/forty-five minutes to go.

That seems so much longer when you type it out unsure.gif
katica

QUOTE(Stephie @ Oct 28 2010, 06:54 PM) *

I've nearly finished my assignment! Only about... another half hour/forty-five minutes to go.

That seems so much longer when you type it out unsure.gif

You're up late again (it's only 7pm over here...). Good luck!!!!
Hope you get some sleep!
stetenorve
QUOTE(Solari @ Oct 28 2010, 11:00 PM) *

QUOTE(stetenorve @ Oct 28 2010, 10:18 PM) *

Just watched a programme with Nigella Lawson cooking some fabulous food. Had me drooling...


I must say that you have impeccable taste in ladies, Steve wink.gif


And Mrs Stetenorve is the pick of the crop! wub.gif
Clari Nicki1
Is it really sad that I find radio 4 News Quiz very fun? it makes me laugh out loud whilst I'm driving! Does that make me middle aged?
jazzycat
I too find the News Quiz funny. But then I am middle-aged smile.gif
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