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  • C Chris Maunder

    ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

    cheers, Chris Maunder

    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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    ClockMeister
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    You are in an instant-message conversation and making a spelling correction is done with C/old spelling/new spelling/. -CB ;-)

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    • C Chris Maunder

      ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

      cheers, Chris Maunder

      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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      Lost User
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      Chris Maunder wrote:

      I wish I was joking here

      I am not sure which is funnier. Someone wrote this down or that I have actually done some of this stuff.... :laugh:

      Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns

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      • C Chris Maunder

        ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

        cheers, Chris Maunder

        CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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        SD SteveG
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        Instead of relaxing when you're away from the computer, you optimize and re-check recent code blocks in your head.

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          Mark Puddephat wrote:

          You're typing an email and you press Escape then:

          Sometimes I press escape and type "wq!"...:cool:

          Life was much simpler in 2002

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          Mark Puddephat
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          I do too. But only if I want to save it as a draft.

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          • P proftc

            Mladen Jankovic wrote:

            ...you start counting from 0 in real life.

            That's me. Or how about when you're counting on your hand, look down, and realize you're working in boolean. Extra points for being in a group where nobody thinks it odd.

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            Count me in on that, I sometimes write single line comments in emails or in word, count from 0, or even put in the odd semicolon on sentences - regardless of which app I'm using; see what I mean; !!!! Shoo a fly away from the monitor - not with cursor but with mouse without realizing I've yanked the mouse cable out of the dev box wonderin' why the mouse aint responding...or sometimes, the cable is tied so tightly that I try swat the fly only for the mouse to fly out of my hand and I go 'ooops' esp if there's a mug o coffee nearby...or a glass o wine...sheesh...:doh: :-)

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            • C ClockMeister

              You are in an instant-message conversation and making a spelling correction is done with C/old spelling/new spelling/. -CB ;-)

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              Curtis J
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              Or you're on LiveJournal (in a non-programming group) and make a second comment - correcting the spelling in the first one - that says s/misspelled/correct/... (I admit to doing that one.) --Curtis

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              • C Chris Maunder

                ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

                cheers, Chris Maunder

                CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                MrPlankton
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                While at the keyboard you develop tunnel vision, you see a bright light at the end of the tunnel, then hear long dead relatives beckon you to step into the light.

                MrPlankton

                modified on Thursday, March 6, 2008 11:13 AM

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                  srulyt
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                  I think i do all of the above :) You have been coding (for the web) to long when ... when you try to url-escape your local file names you take notes in pseudocode when putting a space between the two words in a compound noun makes you feel like somthing is wrong you don't understand whey when you put a dot after a word in your email you don't get intellisense you can't figure out why other (non tech) people can't understand your emails //shopping list select 2 potatos from potatos where potatos look nice if NiceBananas = true; get a few bananas // i assume you know we have oranges at home if we have < 4 oranges buy some of those 2 i do this all the time and then have to rewrite the email before i send it :-D

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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

                    cheers, Chris Maunder

                    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                    You write a line of code, and comment it using a different coding language.

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                      azonenberg
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                      You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi- colons

                      Been there, done that...

                      Lots and lots of nested parentheses

                      LOL of course - it's only logical to use them in English.

                      You begin lines with comment characters

                      One time when I was writing a college essay and had to stop for dinner, I marked my stopping point: //Concluding sentence here...

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                      • S SD SteveG

                        Instead of relaxing when you're away from the computer, you optimize and re-check recent code blocks in your head.

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                        azonenberg
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                        SD SteveG wrote:

                        Instead of relaxing when you're away from the computer, you optimize and re-check recent code blocks in your head.

                        No joke - I've written some of my best algorithms in a canoe ten miles from the nearest computer. I don't even consciously think about it - the idea just suddenly hits me when I'm nowhere near my work.

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                        • L Lost User

                          Vasudevan Deepak K wrote:

                          F10 key to step-through each suggestion.

                          :laugh: :laugh: This would suggest that someone is coding since Adam's time.

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                          patbob
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                          ...you understand the joke about the F10 key.. and think it's funny :)

                          patbob

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                          • F Freddy0001

                            You write a line of code, and comment it using a different coding language.

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                            Luc Pattyn
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                            Freddy0001 wrote:

                            You write a line of code, and comment it using a different coding language

                            Nothing wrong here, I occasionally add C code as a comment to explain what VB is supposed to do... :)

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                              SD SteveG wrote:

                              Instead of relaxing when you're away from the computer, you optimize and re-check recent code blocks in your head.

                              No joke - I've written some of my best algorithms in a canoe ten miles from the nearest computer. I don't even consciously think about it - the idea just suddenly hits me when I'm nowhere near my work.

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                              I often solve problems and create algorithms in the morning during my shower. Pierre Boucher

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                              • R Rage

                                Chris Maunder wrote:

                                Ctrl-Shift-B

                                :omg: What shortcut is this ? I hope you do not use this to build your project...

                                ~RaGE();

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                                Rage wrote:

                                Chris Maunder wrote: Ctrl-Shift-B What shortcut is this ? I hope you do not use this to build your project...

                                Call me stupid, but what's wrong with that? Is there something I'm missing, because I use that shortcut all the time...

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                                • F Freddy0001

                                  You write a line of code, and comment it using a different coding language.

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                                  You use #include "person@company.com" in an email instead of CCing them Just last week, I woke up in a stupor trying to figure out how to set a breakpoint on my noisy alarm clock. I have a stack of papers on my desk that needed to be sorted by date, and I spent more time trying to figure out the most efficient sort algorithm than I actually spent sorting them.

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                                  • C Chris Maunder

                                    ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

                                    cheers, Chris Maunder

                                    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                    VE2
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                                    ..You take a break, your cat walks across your keyboard, and you spend a shameful amount of time wondering why your code doesn't compile anymore...

                                    73

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                                    • Z z974647

                                      During romance, you refer to 'buffers', 'input', 'output', and 'runtime' :-O

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                                      LenaBr
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                                      That is not romantic? What about linking or "Being with you is like when code runs bug free the first time" When your dreams start to be object oriented

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                                      • C Chris Maunder

                                        ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

                                        cheers, Chris Maunder

                                        CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                        Ashley van Gerven
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                                        ... you add comments instead of parenthesis /*don't say you've never done it!*/ ... you try to attach a file to an email by typing "ResourceManager..." ... you think it would be a good idea to create a branched copy of your timesheets

                                        "For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza

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                                        • C Chris Maunder

                                          ...You are writing an email and you find yourself ending sentences with semi-colons ...You hit Ctrl-Shift-B after completing the email instead of Ctrl+Return ...You keep hitting tab and wonder why your words aren't autocompleting ...You find yourself trying to check if you're under Debug or Release before sending the email ...You realise the person reading the email is using a Mac and you get worried about whether they will be able to read your email. And you know I wish I was joking here. Jetlag and long nights are a killer. Anyone got any more?

                                          cheers, Chris Maunder

                                          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                          Faidzal Thalith
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                                          i've write a report for my neighbourhood security in pseudocode format before... dunno how many of them understand it ;P

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