>>>>>'Bedazzled' does have to be one of the most thoughtful movies made, with the wonderful interplay between words literally said and imaginatively portrayed.
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>>>>Great training for programmers!
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>>>Yeah -- except we go in reverse -- from words imaginatively portrayed by our users to literally written in our programs.
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>>Sometimes I get vicious and give them exactly what they wish for...
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>Just give them exactly what they ask for. That's usually very different from what they really wanted... (or THOUGHT they wished for!)
It's amazing how literally you can take a really, really dumb request when the user insists you HAVE to do it his way...especailly when they don't realize that you made a backup before letting them see the end result of their handiwork!