MVP surprise
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I getted [*] engaged on saturday, and made MVP today... what's coming for wednesday I ask? Maybe I should actually buy a lottery ticket... I trust the newsletter article is a paeon of praise to our wondrous virtues? And our excellent modesty? Iain. [*] past tense of gotten.
Iain Clarke wrote:
I trust the newsletter article is a paeon of praise to our wondrous virtues? And our excellent modesty?
Or a 'thank you' for the sums we paid... :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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You guys are seriously quick. I pushed the big orange MVP button not 5 mins ago and am currently doing a writeup for the newsletter. Certificates will come in the mail soonish.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
So you can be an MVP just by your work in the lounge?
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It looks like Chris wants to see who notices that he/she has become an MVP. Icon Changed to MVP Icon[^]
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How long one can be MVP? And how it is decided?
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So you can be an MVP just by your work in the lounge?
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Sadly not, you need to have written at least 1 article ;P
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((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))Not true. MVP status is calculated from programming forum participation and articles combined. (The lounge isn't included in the calculations)
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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It looks like Chris wants to see who notices that he/she has become an MVP. Icon Changed to MVP Icon[^]
Giorgi Dalakishvili #region signature My Articles Asynchronous Registry Notification Using Strongly-typed WMI Classes in .NET [^] My blog #endregion
Dern it. I wrote my first CP article this year and stepped up posts in the LINQ and C# forums, but alas, no CP MVP. :sigh:
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Yeah, this came as a big and very positive surprise :-D Thank you!
The need to optimize rises from a bad design.My articles[^]
You are the one who answers most of the questions in database forums so you really deserve it. Good job.
Giorgi Dalakishvili #region signature My Articles Asynchronous Registry Notification Using Strongly-typed WMI Classes in .NET [^] My blog #endregion
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Dern it. I wrote my first CP article this year and stepped up posts in the LINQ and C# forums, but alas, no CP MVP. :sigh:
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
Don't worry - I'm sure you'll get it next year.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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How long one can be MVP? And how it is decided?
Write alot of high quality (measured by votes) articles and posts on the programming forums. The list of people with the best vote counts is then examined for anyone obviously trying to game the system so that they can be purged.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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You are the one who answers most of the questions in database forums so you really deserve it. Good job.
Giorgi Dalakishvili #region signature My Articles Asynchronous Registry Notification Using Strongly-typed WMI Classes in .NET [^] My blog #endregion
Thanks, but as for my opinion, there are many very talented persons answering the questions on that forum. At least one of them also got *promoted* today (http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Profiles.aspx?mid=3356855[^]) :)
The need to optimize rises from a bad design.My articles[^]
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Write alot of high quality (measured by votes) articles and posts on the programming forums. The list of people with the best vote counts is then examined for anyone obviously trying to game the system so that they can be purged.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
gr8!! Thanks for briefing me. :-)
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Write alot of high quality (measured by votes) articles and posts on the programming forums. The list of people with the best vote counts is then examined for anyone obviously trying to game the system so that they can be purged.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
I've been purged. It's most refreshing.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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How long one can be MVP? And how it is decided?
As Chris said earlier in the thread... "MVP status is calculated from programming forum participation and articles combined. (The lounge isn't included in the calculations)"
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Dern it. I wrote my first CP article this year and stepped up posts in the LINQ and C# forums, but alas, no CP MVP. :sigh:
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
Judah Himango wrote:
Dern it. I wrote my first CP article this year and stepped up posts in the LINQ and C# forums, but alas, no CP MVP. Sigh
You became a Most Valuable Dad this year (for the 2nd time I know, but I bet it's still awesome) :-)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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Judah Himango wrote:
Dern it. I wrote my first CP article this year and stepped up posts in the LINQ and C# forums, but alas, no CP MVP. Sigh
You became a Most Valuable Dad this year (for the 2nd time I know, but I bet it's still awesome) :-)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link:-) I suppose that is more important.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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I getted [*] engaged on saturday, and made MVP today... what's coming for wednesday I ask? Maybe I should actually buy a lottery ticket... I trust the newsletter article is a paeon of praise to our wondrous virtues? And our excellent modesty? Iain. [*] past tense of gotten.
Congratulations Iain on being awarded MVP, Iain. :)
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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To all the
MVP's, and a warm welcome to the new entries: I appreciated personally the contributions (to theC++/MFCforum) of_* Iain Clarke
- Hamid
- Naveen
- Rajkumar R_
Special congratulations to Rajesh R Subramanian, not a new entry, but definitely my friend! Finally, thanks to all
CodeProject's staff. :-DIf the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]CPallini wrote:
Special congratulations to Rajesh R Subramanian, not a new entry, but definitely my friend!
Thank you Carlo. When people like you are with me, I'll achieve more and more! :)
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Congratulations Iain on being awarded MVP, Iain. :)
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
I'm honoured to join such illustrious company. With the exception of CPallini of course... Iain.
