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Uche Ogbuji wrote: >>>>the accepted wisdom that premature optimization is evil? >> >>Don't fall into the trap of reading this as "early optimization is >>evil", let alone "you can ignore performance during the design stage". > > > <SIGH/> > > I used to refuse to use emoticons. I always figured that ":-)" was nothing > more than an ironical amplifier to anything from which the reader might take > offense, and that it also had about the same effect on a good joke as an > unnecessary laugh track. > > But everytime I try posting a joke without an emoticon, the above happens. > > I guess there's an unfortunate lesson...? That one of us has no sense of humour? Nah, I prefer blaming the medium. Email [expletive deleted] for funnies. Bill de hÓra
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