Oh cruel fate
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I was just talking to VuNic about how we ended up on CP. I remember for the first few months the only interaction I had with CP was the insider. I kept clicking the bottom two links on the emails and ended up in this weird orange place with lots of people yelling. Then came the faithful day Jordan left. I instantly came to investigate what had happened. This led to my discovery of the Lounge, and the rest is history. How did you guys find this little pile of bytes we call home?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
Searching for something better than Msdn documentation (Ok, not so hard work ;))
:sigh: Still searching for a good resource to LEARN English grammar ...
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger: -
I was just talking to VuNic about how we ended up on CP. I remember for the first few months the only interaction I had with CP was the insider. I kept clicking the bottom two links on the emails and ended up in this weird orange place with lots of people yelling. Then came the faithful day Jordan left. I instantly came to investigate what had happened. This led to my discovery of the Lounge, and the rest is history. How did you guys find this little pile of bytes we call home?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
I stumbled onto it searching for some .net api call. I created a throwaway registration just to download the code. It wasn't until a year or so later when I found the lounge and created my current login.
Using the GridView is like trying to explain to someone else how to move a third person's hands in order to tie your shoelaces for you. -Chris Maunder
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I was just talking to VuNic about how we ended up on CP. I remember for the first few months the only interaction I had with CP was the insider. I kept clicking the bottom two links on the emails and ended up in this weird orange place with lots of people yelling. Then came the faithful day Jordan left. I instantly came to investigate what had happened. This led to my discovery of the Lounge, and the rest is history. How did you guys find this little pile of bytes we call home?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
I was hacking away on my DOS PC writing a modern version of Pong with my beloved Turbo Pascal one morning about 5. I got up to grab another cup of coffee and on my way back to the office, stumbled on a pile of AOL discs I was saving for Christmas tree ornaments and landed face first on the keyboard. When I awoke I found myself mesmerized by the warm, loving intelligence radiating from some odd, green being's eyes. He said, "call me Bob," and the next thing I remember is selecting a username and swearing to support Bob's bid for world domination. The very next day I installed Windows 95 beta and was never able to complete another program in Turbo Pascal. Since then I've discovered a cure for cancer, developed an economic model for finally eliminating world hunger, and perfected a technology for producing sustained cold fusion power. But all of these breakthroughs depend to some extent on a steady supply of baby harp seal parts, and Bob, kind and all-wise being that he is, has forbidden me to disclose my secrets. CodeProject has evolved since those early days into a fount of technical wisdom, woefully misguided and uproariously funny opinion, and something of a house of reverence to my hero, Bob. Alas...:sigh:
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I was kicking around Toronto as part of a round-the-world pumpkin carving tour. One afternoon while riding out near the east end of the city when I spied a door ajar in a small, non-descript building near the railway crossing. I ventured closer when I started to hear a strange sound. Coming from inside the building was a hum, a sizzle, and occasional brief flashes. I walked up to the door to see what this strange noise was and suddenly a hand grabbed me and hauled me inside. The last thing I remember was hearing an evil laugh, the slamming of a door and the endless chattering of a thousand hamsters running on a thousand tiny power generating wheels. I've been inside here ever since.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
A map showing the escape route is on ebay, starting bid £10,000 :-D
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I was just talking to VuNic about how we ended up on CP. I remember for the first few months the only interaction I had with CP was the insider. I kept clicking the bottom two links on the emails and ended up in this weird orange place with lots of people yelling. Then came the faithful day Jordan left. I instantly came to investigate what had happened. This led to my discovery of the Lounge, and the rest is history. How did you guys find this little pile of bytes we call home?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
I found some really cool code/article on CodeGuru at some point, and saw mention of CP in the messages for that article. I came here, and have made a nice cozy (if mostly quiet) nest. I remember, back in the day, when CP didn't even have a notion of user registration. To post a message, you just put in your name and reply-to email (imagine that today! :laugh:). I registered on the first day I found out that such a thing had been added (6th July, 2000 according to my member page - I don't remember specifically, but that sounds right). It must have been awefully soon after the initial registration system launch - I'm member 201. I learned so much about Windows development from CP in those early years (and I knew quite a bit coming in). In addition, it was the first time I had any contact with my peers in the industry outside of my job. I was a co-op/intern at the time - I was pursing a BS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. It was immensely helpful to me to have the academic rigor of Computer Science placed into a professional and pragmatic context.
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I was just talking to VuNic about how we ended up on CP. I remember for the first few months the only interaction I had with CP was the insider. I kept clicking the bottom two links on the emails and ended up in this weird orange place with lots of people yelling. Then came the faithful day Jordan left. I instantly came to investigate what had happened. This led to my discovery of the Lounge, and the rest is history. How did you guys find this little pile of bytes we call home?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
Bradml wrote:
How did you guys find this little pile of bytes we call home?
When CodeGuru made the transition from merely dire to sheer unadulterated cr**p. ;) That was sometime in 2000, and I've been stuck here ever since. :doh::beer::doh::jig::beer::doh:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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I was kicking around Toronto as part of a round-the-world pumpkin carving tour. One afternoon while riding out near the east end of the city when I spied a door ajar in a small, non-descript building near the railway crossing. I ventured closer when I started to hear a strange sound. Coming from inside the building was a hum, a sizzle, and occasional brief flashes. I walked up to the door to see what this strange noise was and suddenly a hand grabbed me and hauled me inside. The last thing I remember was hearing an evil laugh, the slamming of a door and the endless chattering of a thousand hamsters running on a thousand tiny power generating wheels. I've been inside here ever since.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
It was the gophers that got me. I've been chasing them around with a mallet singing "The Spam Song" and dodging the flying vegemite ever since...:jig::jig::jig:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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I was kicking around Toronto as part of a round-the-world pumpkin carving tour. One afternoon while riding out near the east end of the city when I spied a door ajar in a small, non-descript building near the railway crossing. I ventured closer when I started to hear a strange sound. Coming from inside the building was a hum, a sizzle, and occasional brief flashes. I walked up to the door to see what this strange noise was and suddenly a hand grabbed me and hauled me inside. The last thing I remember was hearing an evil laugh, the slamming of a door and the endless chattering of a thousand hamsters running on a thousand tiny power generating wheels. I've been inside here ever since.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Nineteen 5 votes! I think we have decided to keep you inside for a while still. :) jhaga
It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. A[man], seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. — business! - I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau
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I was kicking around Toronto as part of a round-the-world pumpkin carving tour. One afternoon while riding out near the east end of the city when I spied a door ajar in a small, non-descript building near the railway crossing. I ventured closer when I started to hear a strange sound. Coming from inside the building was a hum, a sizzle, and occasional brief flashes. I walked up to the door to see what this strange noise was and suddenly a hand grabbed me and hauled me inside. The last thing I remember was hearing an evil laugh, the slamming of a door and the endless chattering of a thousand hamsters running on a thousand tiny power generating wheels. I've been inside here ever since.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Maybe you should leave the computer world and begin a life as a SciFi writer :)
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I was kicking around Toronto as part of a round-the-world pumpkin carving tour. One afternoon while riding out near the east end of the city when I spied a door ajar in a small, non-descript building near the railway crossing. I ventured closer when I started to hear a strange sound. Coming from inside the building was a hum, a sizzle, and occasional brief flashes. I walked up to the door to see what this strange noise was and suddenly a hand grabbed me and hauled me inside. The last thing I remember was hearing an evil laugh, the slamming of a door and the endless chattering of a thousand hamsters running on a thousand tiny power generating wheels. I've been inside here ever since.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I was just talking to VuNic about how we ended up on CP. I remember for the first few months the only interaction I had with CP was the insider. I kept clicking the bottom two links on the emails and ended up in this weird orange place with lots of people yelling. Then came the faithful day Jordan left. I instantly came to investigate what had happened. This led to my discovery of the Lounge, and the rest is history. How did you guys find this little pile of bytes we call home?
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
Chris announced on the WinDev mailing list that he was sick of CodeGuru and was toying with starting his own site. He started it, and I've floated in and out over the years, making a more stationary appearance a little over a year ago.
What's in a sig? This statement is false. Build a bridge and get over it. ~ Chris Maunder