Such a perfect day...

Simon Brooke said:

Days don't come much better.

About lunchtime I understood the bug that I've been struggling with for
a week, and having seen it, of course, solved it with a one-liner
(although I also had to take out a lot of debugging code, which took a
bit longer). And then, having achieved what I had planned for the day,
I took the bike out.

Such a perfect day: sun blazing down out of a deep blue cloudless sky;
the air so crisp and clear I could see the blades of the wind turbines
across the water in England, and once I reached the ridge, every
farmhouse and cottage to the Ayrshire border - breathtaking views. And
not a breath of wind. Still salt on the roads, so I took the Cannondale
and headed over the hill. Before I'd gone up a hundred metres I was too
warm and had to stop to take my woolen vest off. In the fields beside
the track lambs were gambolling in the sun; coming down off the ridge
as I splashed through a shallow ford and mating frogs scurried to get
away from me; a pair of stoats tumbled across the path in an apparently
not-very-serious fight. Just brilliant. And that bike just gets better
and better - I really love the tuning I've got it in now.

And I thought my day was good. Signed a strategically important
contract, held a press launch and made the Times. But, I'm afraid that
your tale of debugging makes me pine for my days as programmer.

I also took the bike out - first bike commute after two weeks of taxis.
I'm afraid all I saw was a lot of A road dual carriageway and a lot of
cars. Not even any interesting road kill.

Not Responding said:

Simon Brooke said:

Days don't come much better.

About lunchtime I understood the bug that I've been struggling with for
a week, and having seen it, of course, solved it with a one-liner
(although I also had to take out a lot of debugging code, which took a
bit longer). And then, having achieved what I had planned for the day,
I took the bike out.

Such a perfect day: sun blazing down out of a deep blue cloudless sky;
the air so crisp and clear I could see the blades of the wind turbines
across the water in England, and once I reached the ridge, every
farmhouse and cottage to the Ayrshire border - breathtaking views. And
not a breath of wind. Still salt on the roads, so I took the Cannondale
and headed over the hill. Before I'd gone up a hundred metres I was too
warm and had to stop to take my woolen vest off. In the fields beside
the track lambs were gambolling in the sun; coming down off the ridge
as I splashed through a shallow ford and mating frogs scurried to get
away from me; a pair of stoats tumbled across the path in an apparently
not-very-serious fight. Just brilliant. And that bike just gets better
and better - I really love the tuning I've got it in now.

And I thought my day was good. Signed a strategically important
contract, held a press launch and made the Times. But, I'm afraid that
your tale of debugging makes me pine for my days as programmer.

I also took the bike out - first bike commute after two weeks of taxis.
I'm afraid all I saw was a lot of A road dual carriageway and a lot of
cars. Not even any interesting road kill.

And I left home just as the head tech went past in her mini. Passed her
at the lights. She passed me a bit further down the road. I passed her
waiting to turn left then it was downhill and *nobody* catches me to
pass on that hill.. and had got my bike locked up in the bike shae dand
was walking in through the door when she arrived in the car park.

Smug? Me?

Lovely day.

My new chainset arrived at the LBS, but, instead of the TA Vega they had
somehow mistakenly ordered a carmina instead. It wasn't in black (bad)
but is supposedly better (good) and he obviously didn't want to send it
back so charged me what he would have for the Vega (still below RRP for
the Vega). I bought a set of SKS raceblades at the same time. I'll be
back in tomorrow as i can't get the chainline right on the exisiting BB.
6mm too long is too much to adjust on short chainstays.

And if anyone is interested in purchasing an Ultegra double chainset
(much used but fully functional and fitted with TA auto extract bolts)
in 165mm length with nearly new bottom bracket (UN72/3) then drop me a line.

...d

Simon Brooke said:

Days don't come much better.

About lunchtime I understood the bug that I've been struggling with for
a week, and having seen it, of course, solved it with a one-liner
(although I also had to take out a lot of debugging code, which took a
bit longer). And then, having achieved what I had planned for the day,
I took the bike out.

Such a perfect day: sun blazing down out of a deep blue cloudless sky;
the air so crisp and clear I could see the blades of the wind turbines
across the water in England, and once I reached the ridge, every
farmhouse and cottage to the Ayrshire border - breathtaking views. And
not a breath of wind. Still salt on the roads, so I took the Cannondale
and headed over the hill. Before I'd gone up a hundred metres I was too
warm and had to stop to take my woolen vest off. In the fields beside
the track lambs were gambolling in the sun; coming down off the ridge
as I splashed through a shallow ford and mating frogs scurried to get
away from me; a pair of stoats tumbled across the path in an apparently
not-very-serious fight. Just brilliant. And that bike just gets better
and better - I really love the tuning I've got it in now.

Cool.

So, what was it, one of golden oldies? :-

if (foo == 0 );
{
// Do whatever you like here it won't get executed
../..
}

if (foo = 0 )
{
// Do whatever you like here it won't get executed, oh and by
// the way, foo is now 0 - fool
../..
}

Spaceships have been lost because of a one character code defect 🙁

--
Chris

In article <[email hidden]>, Not

Responding said:

I also took the bike out - first bike commute after two weeks of
taxis. I'm afraid all I saw was a lot of A road dual carriageway
and a lot of cars. Not even any interesting road kill.

If you were on a bike the south west of Scotland today was
fantasmagorical - if you were in a yacht or dinghy it would have been
disappointing - nae wind.

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
http://www.millport.net

in message <[email hidden]>, Succorso

(') said:

Simon Brooke said:

Days don't come much better.

About lunchtime I understood the bug that I've been struggling with
for a week, and having seen it, of course, solved it with a one-liner
(although I also had to take out a lot of debugging code, which took
a bit longer). And then, having achieved what I had planned for the
day, I took the bike out.

Cool.

So, what was it, one of golden oldies? :-

Better than that. Selection of the correct transform for an item
depended on the value of category in the context, except category had
no value in the context much of the time. Solution?

<init-param>
<param-name>cookies</param-name>
<param-value>category</param-value>
</init-param>

Anytime we see a category, stick it onto a cookie client side. Then,
when we need a value, the client will tell us, and the value it will
give us is the category relevant to the clients actual traversal
history, so there's a great deal of disambiguation of the context we
just don't have to do. Of course, this doesn't work if the client has
cookies disabled, but in that case they'll just have to put up with the
default XSL.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; I'd rather live in sybar-space

Simon Brooke said:

Better than that. Selection of the correct transform for an item
depended on the value of category in the context, except category had
no value in the context much of the time. Solution?

<init-param>
<param-name>cookies</param-name>
<param-value>category</param-value>
</init-param>

Ah ha - "Uninitialised or Undefined value" - definately a Golden Oldie!

Congrats on finding it - an evasive bug can really drag you down,
especially if the boss is breathing down your neck!

Definately just cause for a bike ride; glad you had some decent weather.
After a brief flurry (sic) of winter, it's gone back to the more normal
Autumn mode here in Norfolk - cold, drizzly and dull.

--
Chris