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    Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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      Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

      :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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      Marcus J Smith
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      Maybe Chuck Norris could just kick everyone for eternity for that matter. ;P


      CleaKO

      "Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate." - Marc Clifton (The Lounge)

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        Maybe Chuck Norris could just kick everyone for eternity for that matter. ;P


        CleaKO

        "Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate." - Marc Clifton (The Lounge)

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        CleaKO wrote:

        Maybe Chuck Norris could just kick everyone for eternity for that matter.

        Chuck Norris is too pricey for a "discount version" of Hell! :)

        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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          Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

          :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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          Jim Crafton
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          Josh Smith wrote:

          then beats you until you start walking again

          With what? Remember we're on a tight budget! Also where would you put Hell? Have you considered zoning issues? The whole thing sounds a bit half-baked to me. I urge to consider Hell more thoroughly, and return when you have a proper plan in place, complete with a PowerPoint presentation. Also, don't forget to blog about this, so we can all participate in a Web 2.0 compliant manner.

          ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog

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            Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

            :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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            Josh Smith wrote:

            Everyone who enters Hell is given...

            WAY too expensive. First you have to buy huge mountains. Mountain real estate is not cheap. Then there is the matter of a "heavy rock" budget. Have you seen landscaping prices lately? Lastly, you have to pay the migrant workers. Sure, they're cheap now but wait until Hell's congress gives them all citizenship and starts raising the minimum wage. Here's my idea: Open source Real Networks software and force people to document it. :omg:

            "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

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              Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

              :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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              Bobby T
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              Hell would have to be my current project at work. So Hell on a budget would be them cutting me down to dial up. :((

              PEACE <3

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                Josh Smith wrote:

                then beats you until you start walking again

                With what? Remember we're on a tight budget! Also where would you put Hell? Have you considered zoning issues? The whole thing sounds a bit half-baked to me. I urge to consider Hell more thoroughly, and return when you have a proper plan in place, complete with a PowerPoint presentation. Also, don't forget to blog about this, so we can all participate in a Web 2.0 compliant manner.

                ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog

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                Josh Smith
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                Jim Crafton wrote:

                With what?

                Fists and feet. Perhaps teeth. :)

                Jim Crafton wrote:

                Also where would you put Hell?

                Somewhere down in South America, like Chile. They have a lot of mountains down there. I imagine the contingent labor force down there is pretty good.

                Jim Crafton wrote:

                I urge to consider Hell more thoroughly, and return when you have a proper plan in place, complete with a PowerPoint presentation.

                I'm on it. ;P

                :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                  Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

                  :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                  Shog9 0
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                  Josh Smith wrote:

                  What might your design be?

                  Narrow cells with no light, no sound, no visitors, no furnishings, not even a discernible texture to the material from which the walls, floor and ceiling are constructed. Residents are tasked with making as little noise as possible - failure is punished with complete sensory deprivation.

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                  i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

                  --BarnaKol on abusive words

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                    Josh Smith wrote:

                    Everyone who enters Hell is given...

                    WAY too expensive. First you have to buy huge mountains. Mountain real estate is not cheap. Then there is the matter of a "heavy rock" budget. Have you seen landscaping prices lately? Lastly, you have to pay the migrant workers. Sure, they're cheap now but wait until Hell's congress gives them all citizenship and starts raising the minimum wage. Here's my idea: Open source Real Networks software and force people to document it. :omg:

                    "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

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                    Graham Bradshaw
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                    Mike Mullikin wrote:

                    Here's my idea: Open source Real Networks software and force people to document it.

                    Even worse: Install Real Networks software and force people to use it.

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                      Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

                      :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                      Effective, but not original. Sisyphus

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                        Josh Smith wrote:

                        Everyone who enters Hell is given...

                        WAY too expensive. First you have to buy huge mountains. Mountain real estate is not cheap. Then there is the matter of a "heavy rock" budget. Have you seen landscaping prices lately? Lastly, you have to pay the migrant workers. Sure, they're cheap now but wait until Hell's congress gives them all citizenship and starts raising the minimum wage. Here's my idea: Open source Real Networks software and force people to document it. :omg:

                        "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

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                        Josh Smith
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                        Mike Mullikin wrote:

                        First you have to buy huge mountains. Mountain real estate is not cheap.

                        Nah, I imagine we could nuke an isolated mountain range somewhere and then just use that. The trick is getting the nukes, but where there's a will...

                        Mike Mullikin wrote:

                        Then there is the matter of a "heavy rock" budget.

                        Good point. Well, we could have some of the "inmates" on a mining duty, where they dig up big rocks.

                        Mike Mullikin wrote:

                        Lastly, you have to pay the migrant workers.

                        hmmmm...Perhaps we can put some of the people in Hell on "guard duty" instead of hiring the migrants.

                        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                          Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

                          :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                          leckey 0
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                          Since I am Jewish, I don't believe in Hell. Now if I were to design heaven I think it would look something like the beach...

                          __________________ Bob is my homeboy.

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                            Josh Smith wrote:

                            What might your design be?

                            Narrow cells with no light, no sound, no visitors, no furnishings, not even a discernible texture to the material from which the walls, floor and ceiling are constructed. Residents are tasked with making as little noise as possible - failure is punished with complete sensory deprivation.

                            ----

                            i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

                            --BarnaKol on abusive words

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                            Shog9 wrote:

                            Narrow cells with no light, no sound, no visitors, no furnishings, not even a discernible texture to the material from which the walls, floor and ceiling are constructed.

                            That sounds like being buried alive.

                            :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                              Josh Smith wrote:

                              What might your design be?

                              Narrow cells with no light, no sound, no visitors, no furnishings, not even a discernible texture to the material from which the walls, floor and ceiling are constructed. Residents are tasked with making as little noise as possible - failure is punished with complete sensory deprivation.

                              ----

                              i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

                              --BarnaKol on abusive words

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                              leckey 0
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                              Sounds like my perfect place when I have a migraine.

                              __________________ Bob is my homeboy.

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                                Effective, but not original. Sisyphus

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                                Josh Smith
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                                JazzJackRabbit wrote:

                                Effective, but not original.

                                Yeah, but my version of Hell includes beatdowns from cheap migrant laborers! :laugh:

                                :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                                  Mike Mullikin wrote:

                                  Here's my idea: Open source Real Networks software and force people to document it.

                                  Even worse: Install Real Networks software and force people to use it.

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                                  Graham Bradshaw wrote:

                                  Install Real Networks software and force people to use it.

                                  :wtf: My gawd, show some mercy!!! :wtf:

                                  "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

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                                    Shog9 wrote:

                                    Narrow cells with no light, no sound, no visitors, no furnishings, not even a discernible texture to the material from which the walls, floor and ceiling are constructed.

                                    That sounds like being buried alive.

                                    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                                    Jim Crafton
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                                    Or working in a cube/office :)

                                    ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog

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                                      Shog9 wrote:

                                      Narrow cells with no light, no sound, no visitors, no furnishings, not even a discernible texture to the material from which the walls, floor and ceiling are constructed.

                                      That sounds like being buried alive.

                                      :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                                      Yeah, the design could certainly be implemented that way.

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                                      i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

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                                        Or working in a cube/office :)

                                        ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog

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                                        Jim Crafton wrote:

                                        Or working in a cube/office

                                        Or being in the womb...

                                        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                                          Josh Smith wrote:

                                          What might your design be?

                                          Narrow cells with no light, no sound, no visitors, no furnishings, not even a discernible texture to the material from which the walls, floor and ceiling are constructed. Residents are tasked with making as little noise as possible - failure is punished with complete sensory deprivation.

                                          ----

                                          i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

                                          --BarnaKol on abusive words

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                                          Marc Clifton
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                                          Shog9 wrote:

                                          failure is punished with complete sensory deprivation.

                                          Heh. I was going to suggest sensory deprivation. Now I'll have to think of something else. Marc

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