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No kidding! I run across more WACD stuff everyday. Will probably extend this little anti-pattern parody again, soon.
Commented Feb 3, 2010 on Introducing the WACD Methodology at Table or Booth?
Introducing the WACD Methodology
Pronounced 'whacked', WACD is short for: W - Wild A - Ass C - Cowboy D - Development Key WACD Tenets Use IDD (Instinct Driven Development). After all, you’re the one who has to build it. Always code alone. Other opinions rarely help, so, in the end, they just slow you down. Always don’t test...
Glad to help. Can't tell you how many times ramdom posts like this have saved mine!
Commented Feb 3, 2010 on Solution to Windows Bug: "The file name is too long" at Table or Booth?
Solution to Windows Bug: "The file name is too long"
I couldn't delete a set of files on an old Windows OS because "The file name is too long". After fruitless Google searching, I found the solution and so, posting here for posterity. Remove any files you don't want to delete (and whose name is short enough to allow this!). Ensure recursive write ...
Thanks for the feedback, Kohsuke & Alex. I updated the article and the spreadsheet.
Commented Aug 13, 2009 on Continuous Integration Server Review: CruiseControl, Hudson, TeamCity and Cruise at Table or Booth?
Continuous Integration Server Review: CruiseControl, Hudson, TeamCity and Cruise
Comparison of two open source and two paid continuous integration servers: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhkskk4s_54f749s7dc
Also on wikipedia: Market (definition): "any of a variety of different systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and goods and services are exchanged, forming part of the economy."
If 'persons' form a society, then the previous comment's statement that "markets destroy society" implies that the act of exchanging goods or services destroys people.
Thousands of years of history prove the exact opposite.
"Markets destroy society" is an idiotic assertion and a fine example of the psuedo-intellectualism of a rising class of ignorant socialists.
Commented Jun 11, 2009 on Earnings-Based Consumption at Table or Booth?
Earnings-Based Consumption
We cannot spend our way to good economic health, even in the short run. We have to produce. John Stiglitz, Chief Economist of the World Bank from 1997 - 2002 took callers on CSPAN this morning, one of which was a democrat who suggested (paraphrasing), "With the economic downturn and the tax pa...
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