Re: CRAP Poll #( VE+F) : End-Credits

On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:52:14 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

If sometimes mean once then I'll go with 4). Portal anyone?

      "This was a triumph.
       I'm making a note here: huge success.
       It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
       Aperture Science: we do what we must because we can.
       For the good of all of us...
                         ... except the ones who are dead."*



That's always my go-to text when I'm checking to see if a keyboard is
working, or the printer does its printing thing, or if the text-editor
works, or if I need to check if I can edit/save a file. It's more fun
than "The quick brown fox" or "Lorem ipsum". Plus, you know, if the
test works the comment is quite accurate: huge success! And yes, I
always sing-song it in my head as I'm typing it out.


At least once I got in trouble doing that though. Well, 'trouble' may
be overstating the issue, but I accidentally left a file with that
string of text on it on a client's disk. They found it and were
somewhat confused/concerned (probably by the reference to "the ones
who are dead"), and I had to explain what it meant. ;-)

Didn't stop me from using that string again in the future, though.









* for those not in on the joke, that's the starting lyrics to the song
that plays at the end of the game "Portal" (2007).