What would you change?
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Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I would book all the first class seats for all flights everywhere, and allow anyone who is a software developer to move from stinky cramped coach seats into the first class seats for free!
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Stan Shannon wrote:
Free humanity from all collectivist ideological principles.
But, but... as you gather followers, wouldn't that make this yet another collectivist ideological principle? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Christopher Duncan wrote:
But, but... as you gather followers, wouldn't that make this yet another collectivist ideological principle?
The question wasn't about followers it was about magic wands. In any case, cooperation isn't collectivism. People can work together in their own self interest without being a collective. "You get that which you tolerate"
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V8 and orange juice is an excellent breakfast, i've found. :cool:
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Mixed together? :confused: Jeremy Falcon
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Mixed together? :confused: Jeremy Falcon
Yup. The V8 tempers the sharpness of the orange juice, and the oj brightens up the taste of the V8... try it sometime.
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Yup. The V8 tempers the sharpness of the orange juice, and the oj brightens up the taste of the V8... try it sometime.
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Shog9 wrote:
try it sometime.
Thanks for the tip. Jeremy Falcon
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I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA.
That must be one powerful drink. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
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Christian Graus wrote:
I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA.
That must be one powerful drink. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
It's sprite ( which I would call lemonade ), lime cordial and bitters. IT's very nice. I managed to get ONE between my two trips to the USA, and an assortment of very strange things, even after I worked out that in the USA, lemonade is lemon cordial. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I would book all the first class seats for all flights everywhere, and allow anyone who is a software developer to move from stinky cramped coach seats into the first class seats for free!
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If you could wave a wand and institute flat tax, why not make that no tax?
Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.
BoneSoft wrote:
If you could wave a wand and institute flat tax, why not make that no tax?
I considered that, but frankly, that's an impossible situation. And in fact, I'm happy to pay a certain amount of my income for a variety of things. But in this day and age, I would like the ability to specify exactly where my tax money goes. I may want it to go flowers, and you may want it to go to guns, and that's fine. But I'd at least like to control where my taxes go, rather than let some idiot politician steal it for his salary, his mistress, his pet projects, his lobby, and last of all, some remote possibility of representing my interests. Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Marc, O.T. but looks like someone wrote an article just for you : A Complete ActiveX Web Control Tutorial[^] It shows how to write the control, how to insert it into an HTML page etc. :-) Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
It shows how to write the control, how to insert it into an HTML page etc.
Very cool! Thanks for the link. BTW, Justin whipped together a simple .NET/C# demo for me that got the job done. :jig: Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Planning on getting around to that anytime soon? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Yup. I'm always planning on changing that, but I'd hate to see where it might lead. ;) BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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brianwelsch wrote:
I'd get rid of my procrastination and my fear of success.
I imagine that those two conditions work well together. You can keep avoiding the effort required to get a higher paying job and promotion, which should assuage your fear of getting a higher paying job and promotion!! :-D
:) I strive to maintain balance in my life. BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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Nicholas Butler wrote:
I would create world peace
Yeah, we need to kill off those violent people to get rid of them. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
Yeah, that's the spirit man!
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Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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but that means your stuck in the section with all software developers while all the hot women (or men) are back in coach...who wants to spend several hours debating the merits of C++ vs VB, why WTL is better than MFC or how .NET will bring about world peace... X| Steve
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leckey wrote:
and looks of Catherine Zeta Jones. (Before anyone freaks, I'm a girl.)
Why would anyone freak? We have more of them here. Honest.
leckey wrote:
My pets never die.
Perhaps it is the philosopher in me... but I would never wish immortality on anyone. As painful as the loss of my cat, and the causes, he already lived past one owner and had the horror of loosing his owner before him. I would not have wished my cat to go through that a second time. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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leckey wrote:
Before anyone freaks, I'm a girl.
Too late, I already freaked out before I got to this part. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
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Less travel between work and home and more time to persue hobbies and other interests Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
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15 mins by train and then 30 mins by foot. Factor in another 15 mins to wait for the train and I spend about 10 hours a week on the move. Im sure there are many people who spend longer and I dont have to deal with driving in traffic so I should not complain too much. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear