I am trying to randomize a test, and failing, ask me anything

[BigMcLargehuge]

:argh:

[StopTheMorans]

1. is the answer for question #3 C?

:shrug:

[BigMcLargehuge]

2. surprisingly no

LOL!

[terrya]

3. It's not painful, is it?

Ok...I have no idea what you're talking about. :-)

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. thwacking my head on the desk is painful actually

I HATE PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!

[StopTheMorans]

5. another question: will you ever lock that thread where the poster

asked you to lock their thread? oh, and another question :evilgrin: did you vote in my "Skank of the Year or BigMcLargehuge" poll, and, if so, who did you vote for? :shrug:

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. LOL

answer to question 1: :shrug:

answer to question 2: nope, didn't vote.

[JimmyJazz]

7. Is this the reason you have been distracted and haven't

locked the thread that says "Hey BigMcLargeHuge, lock my thread?" - or is there something else on your mind? ;)

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. I am taking the fiff!

T-H-E F-I-F-F!!!

[tigereye]

9. my husband would know what you are talking about

but I do not. He's the software developer guy. I only speak psychopathology and rock and roll, myself. ;)

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. actually, the software is only the tool causing me psychotic anger

at the moment...

here's the lowdown -

We have a customer with 8 e-learning titles in their library. They want to test new hires on their basic understanding of the content of these titles. Easy enough. I make eight tests and tell the software to draw only a set number of questions out of a larger pool, per topic. Each test sits in its own little folder that the student sees.

So far sounds simple, simple implementation, simple applications.

I "build" the test with its 8 component parts (the actual tests within the overall project) and get an error message that it cannot randomize tests that sit inside invididual folders...

So essentially rather than building a single test curriculum wth 8 tests inside it, I have to build 8 separate tests, with four randomized versions each so instead of giving the customer 4 "tests" with 8 randomized tests inside it, I have to give them 24 individual tests - 8 tests times 4 random versions...

And the thing that pisses me off to no end is that I TOLD the software developers that I needed it to work this way, that this was the most common application of the testing engine, and that customers liked getting several smaller tests within one project.

Now they can't and I look like a boob of the first order for telling the customer that our software could do this.

I say again - :argh:

[Misunderestimator]

17. Man, you are royally f*cked...

sorry :)

Nothing like streamlined software systems, eh? Can you get into the code and get it changed, since it's proprietary?

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. I am contemplating flying out to Kansas

and storming the home office to put the fear of Big McLargehuge into our programmers.

We HAD to build this from the ground up, we couldn't BUY an off the shelf package that did everything ours does, only BETTER... Oh no... that would have been TOO EXPENSIVE.

[Misunderestimator]

24. If you've got ONE good programmer, you can make the change

easily... what's the language?

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. Foxpro

[Misunderestimator]

28. Then it's a piece of cake...

but don't ask me to code it for you... I've been managing IT projects for so long, I've forgotten most of my programming skills. But I did work with Foxpro, and even if it doesn't have a random function (though that would be surprising), it must have access to other dll's functions.

[BigMcLargehuge]

30. I've got a mail and two phone calls into our guys now

let's see if they can break the "no new features" rule to FIX and existing feature.

Betcha a buck they won't.

[Misunderestimator]

31. I bet you're right...

[LDS Jock]

10. have you read the thread about you?

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. yes I have LOL

[Susang]

11. WHY HAVEN'T YOU LOCKED MY HUSBAND'S THREAD?

Please, please, please.......he wants you to sooooooo bad! :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

14. I am sure the suspense is killing him

I hope it lasts

[Susang]

19. You're behind the times

Johnny's the new Wonka:

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. I don't know what to think of the remake

other than, for my money Tim Burton has made exactly one watchable film, Ed Wood. And to see him gloomify what is, perhaps, one of my favorite films of all time is just too difficult to comprehend.

I think I'll be watching the original on DVD on opening day and pretend the remake was never made.

[StopTheMorans]

15. is locking sex threads one of your naughty little pleasures?

:shrug:

[BigMcLargehuge]

16. perhaps

[Cadence]

18. Ahhhh BigMcLargehuge.....

noogie, noogie, noogie! Ooops, sorry about your hair there.

Now that I saw your name, it will randomly pop into my head through out the day and make me laugh. I wonder what part of my brain thinks that and the word "duty" is so incredibly funny. :shrug:

[BigMcLargehuge]

22. glad my nom de plume will brighten your day a little

[Cadence]

29. Whoa..Whoa..Whoa...

we just met. I don't think I should be doing anything with your "nom" quite this soon.

That's what this afternoon is for. ;)

[WMliberal]

23. are you going to take your frustration out

by locking random threads instead?

haha, that'd be a great stress reliever. if only we could all have that sort of power. O8)

[BigMcLargehuge]

25. I only lock threads that break the posted DU rules

or those that conflagrate uncontrollably. It's not as stress relieving as you think.

[WMliberal]

27. oh c'mon. i saw what you said to the virgins thread

Hilarious. You def take some delight in coming up with those responses!