"So we need to know if you are still interested"

Of course I'm still interested. That's like asking if I want free pie and chips.

I think I'll include that as the opening line to my official decleration of "Yeah, count me in" I do get to sit in on any surgery I want now too. That should be quite fun. I think I'll also bring along some Junior Mints - they're very refreshing!

Poor Nan

Had to bury her yesterday.

It's not a bug

It's non existent!

So I'm poking around this program for a while now, trying to figure out what on earth another programmer did to screw it up. At first glance it looks decent, although it lacks comments and some of the variable names are confusing as to what exactly they mean. But I eventually start untangling it all and finally decide to insert a bit of my own code in an effort to fix this "bug". And it does what I want it it - sort of. It stops going into an infinite recursion and I breathe a sigh of relief. All that's left is to call up the end functions, assign winners, reset the hand, etc. Easy right? I mean, this is just a bug and I can just look at *other* portions of code that call them.

Huh, that's weird. There is no end game called. No winner function called. But it seems to be written in - partially at least. Surely it's somewhere. Let's just put a few break points down and see where in the stack it gets called. WTF! Not once? Hell, the rounds dont really end at all!

This program is not bugged - its quite literally incomplete. Geebus. I should have guessed when the AI was quite literally, a few lines of if / else commands based on some variables. At least that did something though - even if it was marginal.

Some people really need to pay attention before shuffling work off to be looked at. I mean, it would be like going to have your car fixed, telling the mechanic it wont turn over but you suspect its the starter because it's old, and it had trouble before. The mechanic takes it in the shop, opens it up, and...

"Well here's your problem right here, and it aint your starter"
"Oh? Did you find a loose wire? Maybe the alternator and the battery is dead?"
"Your spark plugs are gone. Camshaft and pistons too."
"Oh my! How badly are they all broke?"
"No. I mean they are not here."

Megos goes Pro!

Technically speaking at least. Prior to today, I'd have been classified as an amateur (despite the long hours, grueling ordeals, high stress, etc) since I never recieved monies that were labeled as pay. But now that's no longer! Kinda fun to think about actually.

"Do you actually know what you are talking about?"
"Well I am a professional..."

Ha!

Too cool.

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Finally!

Term paper down - felt like 14 pages of highly foot noted BS. But hey, its done, and it will earn me what I need - another 4 points and 3 hrs. I should be able to concentrate more on Resident Megos 0 now, which is still progressing nicely. I'm quite pleased with my introductions that have just been made b/w parties. Or rather, the scene itself. I'm a little stuck at the moment as how to now move on without getting bogged, but I'm sure I'll make the bridge easily enough, especially since I have a rough idea already forming.

When my gramps got a bread maker, he took up baking bread as a hobby (go figure) and he made some really good stuff. Now that I've gotten a crock pot, I seem to have taken up roast making, and through a bit of "lets dump this in here", have also made some really good stuff. So not only do I know now 57 ways to kill you, the way you are sitting, I also know 57 ways (give or take) to roast.

Mr. Wiggles

I have procured myself a new little pig, Mr. Wiggles. He is quite the adorable thing. So far he's had a very nice tour of the area, played some games, and even gotten a few comments by locals. And no matter what anyone might say, seeing Mr Wiggles next to a big, sleeping bear never gets old.

Ah Miss Snark...

Talk about finding some real gems. Well, actually, she just merely links to Evil Editor (evileditor.blogspot.com) who managd to get this particular query sent to him. At any rate, after reading queries such as the one below, I'm feeling much better about myself:

"I am not enclosing a manuscript at this moment. I wish to become more familiar with your company and its processes before divulging my work and I do mean work via any medium. I've spent the last three years on character develpment and background storyline layouts and because of the amount of effort that i've put into my literary work, I refuse to be foolish enough just to give the story away to anyone. The book, itself, consist of no measurable end as I will continue to write the story in a continuing series of cliff-hangers. I did not design the story for short term reading because of its potential to both evolve and to reach into new areas of the imagination. If you satisfy my requirements in the information I've requested, then i will submit to you the introduction for the book. The introduction, which consist of 16,000+ words, will give you an inclination of my writing skills. I wrote the introduction for two reasons. One, to familirize the reader with the main character and some sub-characters and two, it doesn't give any of the true story away in the event a company tries stealing something i've worked so hard on."

In semi-related news, my twenty twizzler bounty is not quite netting me any real results. Perhaps I should raise it to thirty or forty. But then I'd have to buy another bag.