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More games, it seems. :~ Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

Kannan Kalyanaraman wrote: Its done in VB and Java. MSN Cricketer and written in VB/Java?? X| They should have concluded this contest before the Worldcup. Now looks like the winners are going to be announced only after Worldcup finals. :| Kannan Kalyanaraman wrote: You have to port it to .net and probably add some more cool stuff. The site lets me register eventhough I am out of India. They could have filtered by the IP address.

Kant wrote: And India beat Kiwis Nope, Kenya 14 Kiwis 12. so India plays kenya

Christian Graus wrote: or do they own the enterprise ? Nope. Last time I looked, that was still mainframes. Christian Graus wrote: Anyhow, does anyone know what's going on in the Sun camp nowadays ? J2EE is still on the up, but I've seen loads of projects where people are wanting to get off SUN equipment. One project was even called project SunSet. Got to love that. They are viewed as been overly expensive, while the Sparc processors are viewed as underpowered. Despite that , they are the leaders in terms of CPU scaling (72-128 or so processors in a Starcat 15000), but then you need it if the CPU's are not that fast, compared to say IBM's Power 4 CPU's. Also HP's SuperDome series is pretty quick of the mark. Interesting thing about the SuperDomes is that Windows will run on them shortly. If you have a look at SQL Server benchmarks on a 32 processor Unysis box it fly's. Also NEC have beefed up their offerings. Have a look at this. http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results.asp[^] Genrally, non-clustered boxes are used in the enterprise. In the clustered section which can out perform the non-clusted by quite a bit, MS has it down to a fine art. Funny that MS is trying to move into the Big Iron, while Oracle & DB2 are trying to get good at clustering. Quote from a clever bloke : "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm[^] "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

Trollslayer wrote: the only preson in the UK who was able to put Maggie Thatcher in her place was the queen Was that on a specific public occasion or was it more of a "running battle"? I really am curious because the view here of Ms. Thatcher (at least the view I hold) is at odds with what I've read here. Mike

Paul Watson wrote: Wish you had not said that lol. :-O Ooops! I mean, it was nothing really. just some bad lounge music and poorly drawn stick figures, and such... :~ Sorry about your dessert fiasco. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security

Brit wrote: To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert This is the only part of this post I take umbrage with. Great White rules !!! 'I'm stealing from the Devil, with no help from above, in this house of broken love'. Christian NO MATTER HOW MUCH BIG IS THE WORD SIZE ,THE DATA MUCT BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE CPU. - Vinod Sharma Anonymous wrote: OK. I read a c++ book. Or...a bit of it anyway. I'm sick of that evil looking console window. I think you are a good candidate for Visual Basic. - Nemanja Trifunovic

There is a great botanical gardens there. Well worth it. Mike

Debs wrote: Statistically speaking, the numbers involved here must make it difficult to be representative? There are more of us around than people expect. To put it into perspective, there are something like 30,000-40,000 post-op TS women in the US alone. However, it's very hard to come across concrete figures of the actual prevalence. The best study I've seen is "How Frequently Does Transsexualism Occur?"[^] by Lynn Conway, which estimates the incidence of intense male to female (MtF) transsexualism at between 1 in 250 and 1 in 500 of the population. My own experience bears that out - now I'm "out" I've discovered that amongst my old group of friends (< 100 people) there are two of us, and also that I wasn't the only TS girl who left my school that year! A number of colleague have also come forward and told me they have TS friends. Unfortunately data is hard to come by as so many of us are in hiding - and that's especially true for trans-men (i.e. female to male or FtM). In the past much fewer of them have come forward for treatment (although biologically there seems to be no reason for the incidence being any different to MtF), though that seems to be changing. Debs wrote: They, presumably, are less likely to have children and family? That must inevitably make it easier, regardless of age. Having said that, I know one person who's mother couldn't accept that her son became a woman, such that they no longer see each other. Young transitioners have an easier time of it in a lot of ways (except financially, which can be very important), and one thing I've noticed is that most young TS girls I've met are straight, whereas those my age or above are far more likely to be lesbian or bisexual. I'm guessing that's down to the fact that young transitioners haven't spent years trying to fit-in and be "normal" as those my age have - which I know from experience screws around with your sexuality no end! Sadly, acceptance by friends or family is a lottery whatever age you are. I too have lost my parents, but am now closer to my brother than ever before. I truly hope my parents will come round one day - they may feel they've lost a son, but the daughter they never knew they had is finally here. Anna :rose: ww

That's a shame. I have to say the mainstream news channels in the UK (BBC and ITN) largely come across as unsensationalist and balanced. It's a pity you can't get them as we do - after all...CNN Europe is heavily "Americanised" so why shouldn't BBC America be "Anglicised"? ;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

I get that too, though I've never really thought about it either. I quite like sneezing, it's like a mini orgasm that you can have in public without being frowned upon. :rolleyes: David Wulff "David Wulff can't live without me, so you shouldn't either" - Paul Watson

Believe me, it was not random at all. I've been doing Java again, against my will, of course. So after 5 hours I felt I had to cuss and bitch about it. So I did using a very powerful Klingon insult. And boy, do I feel better now! :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

A naara is a Hindi word, and it is used to denote a shout, or a war cry, or a motto, depending on the context. :) Regards, Rohit Sinha Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going. - Anonymous

Dylan Kenneally wrote: Personally, I think Britian needs more people with the courage of Claire Short. Personally, I think you should wait until she actually *does* resign before applauding her courage. If she gets kicked out for talking shit about her boss, that puts her more in the "stupid bitch" category, IMHO. --- My whole life I've practiced the art of self-sabotage -- fearing success perhaps even more than fearing failure. I think I have got this flareup resolved, but I'm constantly waiting to see what new and exciting ways I can spoil my chances for a better life. - koreykruse, Compulsive Skin Picking

:wtf::wtf::wtf: How in the world? Regards, Alvaro Quitters never win. Winners never quit. But those who never win and never quit are idiots. -- despair.com

Trollslayer wrote: she is unlikely to have children in that situation... There'll for sure be enough men that would help her out of that situation ... ( and who'd be lucky not having to marry her...) :-D We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on. - Steve

Do you need some adrenaline? Then change the country in your CP settings to Germany, rename to s.th. like Fritz Henderson and post it again ... Good Luck :-D We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on. - Steve

India def SL by 183 runs :omg: India is now officially qualified for Semis... :jig: 5 Duck outs from Sri Lankan side. No wonder they lost to Kenyans. Congratulations everybody...:cool: Follow live World Cup Cricket scores here[^] What is Cricket?[^]

It missed out one important point. It will be enforced after a war; by the victor over the vanquished; if it suits them to bring some justification to the war. Ofcourse, immediately after WW II , people were thinking in more idealistic terms. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers