Chris H Bidmead

@chbid

(1941 - ) Classic Doctor Who script editor/writer emeritus & now IT journalist. Finally yielding to Twitter & taking to it like a duvet to water.

London, UK
Joined August 2011
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  1. 20 hours ago

    Spent far too long today trying to explain to a Product Mgr: if a feature is absent, the UI shouldn't invite the user to set up that feature

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  2. 21 hours ago

    You're off that particular hook, Mr T. Very few people now expect anything of that kind from you.

    Leadership: Whatever happens, you're responsible. If it doesn't happen, you're responsible.
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  3. Jul 17

    Or he's just a man who can't count. (And, in my opinion, anyway doesn't).

    Trump said he's signed more bills than any president. He hasn’t. Here's how he stacks up against past presidents.
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  4. Jul 17

    My conversation with JNT was well before October that year. And John and I knew Tom was leaving before Tom did.

    Replying to @chbid @AMadmanNotABox
    This bit from the 1980 book "Doctor Who: A Celebration" was written by JNT.
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  5. Jul 17

    I've told this before, but when I suggested the idea to JNT he stared at me blankly and said: "Chris… the show's called *DOCTOR* Who."

    congratulations...it took nearly 40 years, but at least your 1980s suggestion was accepted. :)
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  6. Jul 17

    Explaining a problem to something like that ("rubber duck debugging") is a respected traditional route to a solution.

    Sometimes when I don't know what to do I'll get this out my pocket & pretend it knows the answer.
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  7. Jul 17

    I don't think you mean "eking out" here, . That would imply small shares in the profits are being abstemiously put to use.

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  8. Jul 17

    Earth "rotating around the Sun" produces the simplest maths. But there's no absolute geometry here. Any arbitrary point can be "the centre".

    How could even 36% approve of Trump's performance? Consider that 1 in 4 people in the U.S. believes that the Sun rotates around the Earth.
  9. Jul 16

    If you're curious to know what that Don Jnr meeting was really about, the answer's in this podcast.

    Behind Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting last summer is a story of a powerful Russians and billions of dollars.
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  10. Jul 13

    I've been asking since Feb about the missing caps-on-the-fly feature. Support's now emailed to say it's gone for good. My response:

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  11. Jul 13

    In today's Telegraph, is wonderfully sunny about the whole mess. If he can find a composer it would make a great musical.

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  12. Jul 13

    Instructions from : strap these things on & dance. Too exhausting. Lay them side by side & just tap them. They work fine. :-)

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  13. Jul 13
    Replying to

    I'm in the back room, French windows open, listening to John Fahey. Mr Fox puts his nose in from the garden. Was the shoe gift his, perhaps?

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  14. Jul 12

    Deeply mysterious: a child's single red shoe found on our doorstep this morning.

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  15. Jul 12

    I want one, . Why was this man favoured?

    Randomly got sent a fidget spinner. It's not distracting at all. 8-|
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  16. Jul 12

    Much less trivial, dear boy—but for some reason so far overlooked by the history books—is that young Holloway was at RADA with my good self.

    Also - solid trivia: Julian Holloway's Dad is the super-marvellous Stanley Holloway, and his daughter is Sophie Dahl!
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  17. Jul 11

    Isn't that a bit like saying I compose on a Bosendorfer Grand but use a second hand Kemble upright for all my performances?

    Replying to @NatNeagle @vanessaepeay
    I was a through-and-through Word girl for drafting. Now I use for composition mode, but will always edit/revise in Word.
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  18. Jul 10

    Later version of the highly recommended EH-TW5200 at a simply crazy Prime Day price. A really worthwhile bargain.

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  19. Jul 10

    DRM explained, succinctly, clearly. Thanks, .

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  20. Jul 10
    Replying to

    In fact a 2nd promotional missive from this morning repeats the offer, with a "Shop Now" link that leads to… the full price page!

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