1. Copy the source of the questions.

2. Run the lucky_dip_processor.

3. Goto the playgound and edit.

4. Paste from the clipboard and save it.

5. Select it (including the RSS XML Feed etc buttons).

6. Open a new document in OpenOffice and paste the contents into it.

7. Set the Zoom to 73% (so that there are two pages per screen).

8. Delete all the stuff at the top.

9. Load styles → Lucky Dip, Text + Pages + Overwrite.

10. Right click table → Table… → Text Flow tab → Untick Allow row to break…

11. For each page,

11.1. Put the cursor in the last row of the page.

11.2. Click the Insert Row button lots.

11.3. Copy and paste the all the cells on the first page to the second. Note that this will overwrite the cells, so if there are not some blanks leftover, undo and go back to 17.2.

11.4. Delete the blank cells.

12. Highlight the right columns of odd pages and the left columns of the even pages (inside ones if two pages are displayed at once), change the background colour to black. Also, look for numbered bullet lists in the right column of the even pages and reset the numbering.

13. Print. Set the Input Tray to Tray 1.

LifeQ1: Whose fault should you always assume it is?

Answer: Your own fault.

LifeQ2: When things are shit, what question should you ask?

Answer: “What can I do about it?”

LifeQ3: What is the effect / affect usage mnemonic?

Answer: VANE - Verb Affect Noun Effect

FractalQ1: What should be done first if a layer is too 'busy' or has a lot of noise?

Answer: Lower the bailout parameter on the formula tab.

FractalQ2: What should be done if a layer has 'black holes'?

Answer: Increase the Maximum Iterations parameter on the formula tab.

ITQ1: What is the definition of third normal form?

Answer: “Every non-key attribute must provide a fact about the key, the whole key, and nothing but the key.”

ITQ2: What is Brooks' Law?

Answer: “Adding resources to a late project makes it later.”

ITQ3: What is the Unicode number for the snowman character?

PragPreQ1: What is the most basic characteristic of a Pragmatic Programmer?

Answer: They care about their craft.

PragPreQ2: What are the five lesser characteristics of a Pragmatic Programmer?

Answer: Early adopter / fast adapter, Inquisitive, Critical thinker, Realistic, and Jack of all trades.

PragPreQ3: How does one become a Pragmatic Programmer?

Answer: THINK! about one's work and continuously make many small improvements.

PragC1Q1: What is the 'Broken Window Theory' and how does it apply to software development?

Answer: …

PragC1Q2: What type of soup should you make when being a catalyst for change?

Hint: Stone soup or frog soup.

Answer: Stone soup.

PragC1Q3: Great software today is often preferable to what?

Answer: Perfect software tomorrow.

PragC1Q4: Perfect software tomorrow is often less preferable to what?

Answer: Great software today.

PragC2Q1: When does software maintenance begin and why?

Answer: Software maintenance begins as soon as coding starts, because things keep changing (requirements and our understanding of them, environments, knowledge etc.)