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  • Z zkrr01

    I sure wish "The Code Project" would hire a real joke writer to write the jokes placed in the News area. What is placed there now is really bad! Do it right, or don't do it at all. X|

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    Marc Clifton
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    zkrr01 wrote:

    I sure wish "The Code Project" would hire a real joke writer to write the jokes placed in the News area.

    Uhhhh...I wish CP would hire a real news writer! I thought the news section WAS the joke! Marc

    Thyme In The Country Interacx My Blog

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    • H Hamed Musavi

      Totally disagree. Understanding jokes is a bit difficult for those whose native language is not English, like me, but not only I understand most of them I sometimes laugh out so loud that people around my room ask what's the matter?! Like this one: Gates: Windows 7 will "take less memory, be more efficient" Don't worry, no one is listening to him anymore :-D Further than that writing a joke for a news several times a day should not be easy and I don't expect to read best of them everyday. Many times I thought how to give the writer my feedback and thank him?

      // "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
      {
          cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
      }

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      Chris Maunder
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      Hamed Mosavi wrote:

      Many times I thought how to give the writer my feedback and thank him?

      insider@codeproject.com or kent -at- codeproject.com He'll love the feedback. He gets flak and praise in equal amounts and has the hardest job in the world: provide interesting relevant news that isn't simply regurgitating a company's press releases while providing commentary that puts things in perspective. Kent worked at Microsoft for years (he used to sneak us into Building 42) so is intimately familiar with the Microsoft space and even the guys who write the stuff. And he's so nice and shy that you just want to give him a hug.

      cheers, Chris Maunder

      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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        zkrr01 wrote:

        I sure wish "The Code Project" would hire a real joke writer to write the jokes placed in the News area.

        Uhhhh...I wish CP would hire a real news writer! I thought the news section WAS the joke! Marc

        Thyme In The Country Interacx My Blog

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        Chris Maunder
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        Tough crowd here tonight :)

        cheers, Chris Maunder

        CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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        • C Chris Maunder

          Hamed Mosavi wrote:

          Many times I thought how to give the writer my feedback and thank him?

          insider@codeproject.com or kent -at- codeproject.com He'll love the feedback. He gets flak and praise in equal amounts and has the hardest job in the world: provide interesting relevant news that isn't simply regurgitating a company's press releases while providing commentary that puts things in perspective. Kent worked at Microsoft for years (he used to sneak us into Building 42) so is intimately familiar with the Microsoft space and even the guys who write the stuff. And he's so nice and shy that you just want to give him a hug.

          cheers, Chris Maunder

          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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          Hamed Musavi
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          Chris Maunder wrote:

          has the hardest job in the world

          Sure! He has to consider several things at the same time: relevancy, easy to understand, funny enough and meaningful. I sometimes just read the line and understand the point of the whole article and ignore reading a large text. He does a nice job. I like it, I shall tell him. Thanks for the email address.

          Chris Maunder wrote:

          he's so nice and shy that you just want to give him a hug

          Just if he was a girl... :-D

          // "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
          {
              cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
          }

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          • H Hamed Musavi

            Totally disagree. Understanding jokes is a bit difficult for those whose native language is not English, like me, but not only I understand most of them I sometimes laugh out so loud that people around my room ask what's the matter?! Like this one: Gates: Windows 7 will "take less memory, be more efficient" Don't worry, no one is listening to him anymore :-D Further than that writing a joke for a news several times a day should not be easy and I don't expect to read best of them everyday. Many times I thought how to give the writer my feedback and thank him?

            // "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
            {
                cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
            }

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            Ray Cassick
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            I agree with you.. I for one like the often sarcastic whit of the lines below the titles.


            FFRF[^]


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            • C Chris Maunder

              Tough crowd here tonight :)

              cheers, Chris Maunder

              CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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              originSH
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              They've been drinking in the soapbox all night and now they're coming over here... :P

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              • Z zkrr01

                I sure wish "The Code Project" would hire a real joke writer to write the jokes placed in the News area. What is placed there now is really bad! Do it right, or don't do it at all. X|

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                Kent Sharkey
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                Thank you -- here I was going to accuse Chris of sending a bunch of folk to compliment me after a couple of bad days on the newsletter. Glad to see my despair is still warranted. Feel free to send suggestions...

                -------------- TTFN - Kent

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                • O originSH

                  They've been drinking in the soapbox all night and now they're coming over here... :P

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                  Chris Maunder
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                  Run! Run for your lives!

                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                  • K Kent Sharkey

                    Thank you -- here I was going to accuse Chris of sending a bunch of folk to compliment me after a couple of bad days on the newsletter. Glad to see my despair is still warranted. Feel free to send suggestions...

                    -------------- TTFN - Kent

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                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                    Kent Sharkey wrote:

                    Feel free to send suggestions...

                    More jokes? Seriously though, I'm a late comer to the thread but Hamed has the right of it, great job man :)

                    "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon

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                    • Z zkrr01

                      I sure wish "The Code Project" would hire a real joke writer to write the jokes placed in the News area. What is placed there now is really bad! Do it right, or don't do it at all. X|

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                      dighn
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                      What are you talking about? They are great.

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                      • Z zkrr01

                        I sure wish "The Code Project" would hire a real joke writer to write the jokes placed in the News area. What is placed there now is really bad! Do it right, or don't do it at all. X|

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                        Lost User
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                        its not a job to do writting jokes,it come by natural

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                        • O originSH

                          They've been drinking in the soapbox all night and now they're coming over here... :P

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                          Gary R Wheeler
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                          Given the piss and vinegar that flows in the Soapbox, we know what they've been drinking X|.

                          Software Zen: delete this;
                          Fold With Us![^]

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                          • Z zkrr01

                            I sure wish "The Code Project" would hire a real joke writer to write the jokes placed in the News area. What is placed there now is really bad! Do it right, or don't do it at all. X|

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                            Gary R Wheeler
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                            Be careful what you wish for. I might volunteer my services, and I like puns. You have been warned.

                            Software Zen: delete this;
                            Fold With Us![^]

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                            • K Kent Sharkey

                              Thank you -- here I was going to accuse Chris of sending a bunch of folk to compliment me after a couple of bad days on the newsletter. Glad to see my despair is still warranted. Feel free to send suggestions...

                              -------------- TTFN - Kent

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                              MidwestLimey
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                              Kent Sharkey wrote:

                              Feel free to send suggestions...

                              Remove the hand from your face .. says the man with no picture :)


                              I'm largely language agnostic


                              After a while they all bug me :doh:


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                              • C Chris Maunder

                                Tough crowd here tonight :)

                                cheers, Chris Maunder

                                CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                leckey 0
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                                Hey Maunder! I realize I am hated by some, but I am an ameteur stand-up. I really am trying to break into the business.

                                Shhhhh..... http://craptasticnation.blogspot.com/[^]

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                                • C Chris Maunder

                                  Hamed Mosavi wrote:

                                  Many times I thought how to give the writer my feedback and thank him?

                                  insider@codeproject.com or kent -at- codeproject.com He'll love the feedback. He gets flak and praise in equal amounts and has the hardest job in the world: provide interesting relevant news that isn't simply regurgitating a company's press releases while providing commentary that puts things in perspective. Kent worked at Microsoft for years (he used to sneak us into Building 42) so is intimately familiar with the Microsoft space and even the guys who write the stuff. And he's so nice and shy that you just want to give him a hug.

                                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                  Brady Kelly
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                                  I sometimes find his comments cheesy, and other times damn funny, so in all, I suppose he's doing a very good job, unlike the dismal failure that was MFD[^].

                                  Semicolons: The number one seller of ostomy bags world wide. - dan neely

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