Kids I've Got Some News For You...
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For those of you thinking I've lost it. Nope. This place is just boring. I'm going to shake it up. It's so predictable I can tell you with near certainty what 50% of tomorrows post will be. Nobody here really cares. They close the browser and leave. So why not shake it up and stir the pot... I don't know... why not? :laugh: I've finally come to see this playground for what it is. What it is is hilarious. Guys like Jim Crafton, Juan Ramos, Colin, Vector, Ray, Gary, Trollslayer, Mustafa, Dan, Mike and the rest. You know you are. I don't have to list you but you know who you are. You guys are real. You talk, to don't complain incessantly about the people who read your articles and their dumb questions. You post real stuff. You talk about your life the parts of your life that you value. You share stories that tell us about you as a person, thinker and human being. You share humor. You share pain. You share loss. You share what keeps life real. Even John Simmons is starting to actually develop educated well-formed thoughts about how managers and companies are screwing up stuff with Dilbert-like ignorance. That's the stuff that's real. You guys that cast the votes and make these glib and ignorant comments without even asking a question to inquirer what the OP meant are what is making this place hard to stomach at times. You are supposed to smart, educated, patient engineers and scientists. You are not supposed to missile-lock on one view but you should be open to them all. You don't have to agree but if you don't agree... show your education by at least adding more than 1 sentence to your low vote. NO! The votes don't bother me. They really don't. What gets me is that you have allowed yourself to become a spectator in life and you have forgotten you are a participant. Sometimes people share things that mean something to them. Sometimes they are celebrating something of historical importance or personal significance. Don't just blow it away with a low vote because you are too lazy to understand that even though their view is not your view they chose to share it with you. It's that they wanted to be right. It's not they needed a trail of red replies making them legends in their own minds at all. Instead, people share things here so you can get to know them. You can learn about them. You can celebrate with them. Your can artfully and articulately disagree with them. But all too often what I see here now is that people don't read something gain an appreciation for the OP they read something to come to one of 3 c
I can't be troubled to read anything that long. And I just realized that I've had no caffeine (sp?) for several days, so a witty come-back will not be forthcoming from this quarter.
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For those of you thinking I've lost it. Nope. This place is just boring. I'm going to shake it up. It's so predictable I can tell you with near certainty what 50% of tomorrows post will be. Nobody here really cares. They close the browser and leave. So why not shake it up and stir the pot... I don't know... why not? :laugh: I've finally come to see this playground for what it is. What it is is hilarious. Guys like Jim Crafton, Juan Ramos, Colin, Vector, Ray, Gary, Trollslayer, Mustafa, Dan, Mike and the rest. You know you are. I don't have to list you but you know who you are. You guys are real. You talk, to don't complain incessantly about the people who read your articles and their dumb questions. You post real stuff. You talk about your life the parts of your life that you value. You share stories that tell us about you as a person, thinker and human being. You share humor. You share pain. You share loss. You share what keeps life real. Even John Simmons is starting to actually develop educated well-formed thoughts about how managers and companies are screwing up stuff with Dilbert-like ignorance. That's the stuff that's real. You guys that cast the votes and make these glib and ignorant comments without even asking a question to inquirer what the OP meant are what is making this place hard to stomach at times. You are supposed to smart, educated, patient engineers and scientists. You are not supposed to missile-lock on one view but you should be open to them all. You don't have to agree but if you don't agree... show your education by at least adding more than 1 sentence to your low vote. NO! The votes don't bother me. They really don't. What gets me is that you have allowed yourself to become a spectator in life and you have forgotten you are a participant. Sometimes people share things that mean something to them. Sometimes they are celebrating something of historical importance or personal significance. Don't just blow it away with a low vote because you are too lazy to understand that even though their view is not your view they chose to share it with you. It's that they wanted to be right. It's not they needed a trail of red replies making them legends in their own minds at all. Instead, people share things here so you can get to know them. You can learn about them. You can celebrate with them. Your can artfully and articulately disagree with them. But all too often what I see here now is that people don't read something gain an appreciation for the OP they read something to come to one of 3 c
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Rex, you are taking all this far too seriously... Most people don't reveal their innermost thoughts and secrets to their closest of real-life friends (and sometimes even their partners), let alone to online friends. Yes, things are different here, even in the couple of years I've been hanging around, but pining for the old days won't bring them back. If you want to share with us, then go crazy. I for one enjoy reading your posts (although sometimes I wish you would get to the point just a liiiiiiiiiiiittle more quickly ;P ), but really, people only share what they are comfortable sharing. I don't know about your lounge at home, but mine is usually used for mundane discussions about dinner, work, the kids, where we are camping next etc, with the occasional deep and meaningful. This lounge seems to be the same. Just my 2 cents...
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Don't take it all too seriously. I'm just tired of the boredom. So I'm going to start pulling some chains. It's so stupidly predictable around here now. Time for some fun. I get so bored here. Most of the time what I read here today is what I read yesterday or the day before. People seem to like that. Well time to change all that. :-D BOOORING!!!!! :zzz: Care to join me? Seriously. We can serious at times but I think it's time to stir up some junk and have some good ol shenanigans and fun stupid stuff. :wtf: :laugh:
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For those of you thinking I've lost it. Nope. This place is just boring. I'm going to shake it up. It's so predictable I can tell you with near certainty what 50% of tomorrows post will be. Nobody here really cares. They close the browser and leave. So why not shake it up and stir the pot... I don't know... why not? :laugh: I've finally come to see this playground for what it is. What it is is hilarious. Guys like Jim Crafton, Juan Ramos, Colin, Vector, Ray, Gary, Trollslayer, Mustafa, Dan, Mike and the rest. You know you are. I don't have to list you but you know who you are. You guys are real. You talk, to don't complain incessantly about the people who read your articles and their dumb questions. You post real stuff. You talk about your life the parts of your life that you value. You share stories that tell us about you as a person, thinker and human being. You share humor. You share pain. You share loss. You share what keeps life real. Even John Simmons is starting to actually develop educated well-formed thoughts about how managers and companies are screwing up stuff with Dilbert-like ignorance. That's the stuff that's real. You guys that cast the votes and make these glib and ignorant comments without even asking a question to inquirer what the OP meant are what is making this place hard to stomach at times. You are supposed to smart, educated, patient engineers and scientists. You are not supposed to missile-lock on one view but you should be open to them all. You don't have to agree but if you don't agree... show your education by at least adding more than 1 sentence to your low vote. NO! The votes don't bother me. They really don't. What gets me is that you have allowed yourself to become a spectator in life and you have forgotten you are a participant. Sometimes people share things that mean something to them. Sometimes they are celebrating something of historical importance or personal significance. Don't just blow it away with a low vote because you are too lazy to understand that even though their view is not your view they chose to share it with you. It's that they wanted to be right. It's not they needed a trail of red replies making them legends in their own minds at all. Instead, people share things here so you can get to know them. You can learn about them. You can celebrate with them. Your can artfully and articulately disagree with them. But all too often what I see here now is that people don't read something gain an appreciation for the OP they read something to come to one of 3 c
This is the longest message I have ever seen since I joined CP :-)
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I just thought people were getting bored of my daily diatribes. I know there is interest in bizarre holidays. I'll try to post more rants rather than keeping them in! :-D
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Excellent. I'm trying to incite a riot of uniqueness. I liked you a lot when you just hung out here. Then you started mashing articles and post quality and you became status quo. People really liked you a ton when you were not status quo. You were more mysterious and you tended to post in such variety. That's what we need. This place is so predictable I don't need to come here. I can tell you what tomorrows threads of repetitive will be. There will be: 1. Weather. 2. Driving. 3. Office. 4. Article quality. 5. CCC. 6. Vista Bet I'm 50% right. It's boring as hell. ;P
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This is the longest message I have ever seen since I joined CP :-)
crudeCodeYogi wrote:
This is the longest message I have ever seen since I joined CP
You've not been here very long then. (Less than one month apparently) Back in the day the servers would creak and scream out in pain at the size of the messages. Good quality too (most of them).
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Excellent. I'm trying to incite a riot of uniqueness. I liked you a lot when you just hung out here. Then you started mashing articles and post quality and you became status quo. People really liked you a ton when you were not status quo. You were more mysterious and you tended to post in such variety. That's what we need. This place is so predictable I don't need to come here. I can tell you what tomorrows threads of repetitive will be. There will be: 1. Weather. 2. Driving. 3. Office. 4. Article quality. 5. CCC. 6. Vista Bet I'm 50% right. It's boring as hell. ;P
To be honest, Hubby was watching all my posts like a hawk. He thought any little thing might prevent me from getting a job. After a few months he has really let loose; he even gave me a blog topic tonight and I have not blogged since October! Now that my Big Brother/You-Aren't-My-Real-Dad seems to feel comfortable, I'll rock this Lounge like my personal beatch. :)
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This is the longest message I have ever seen since I joined CP :-)
code-frog does not post as often as he used to due to personal reasons, but they are often thought provoking. When he posts, I make sure to take the time to read the entire posts--I do not always do that.
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Don't take it all too seriously. I'm just tired of the boredom. So I'm going to start pulling some chains. It's so stupidly predictable around here now. Time for some fun. I get so bored here. Most of the time what I read here today is what I read yesterday or the day before. People seem to like that. Well time to change all that. :-D BOOORING!!!!! :zzz: Care to join me? Seriously. We can serious at times but I think it's time to stir up some junk and have some good ol shenanigans and fun stupid stuff. :wtf: :laugh:
code-frog wrote:
Care to join me?
I replied didn't I? ;)
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Excellent. I'm trying to incite a riot of uniqueness. I liked you a lot when you just hung out here. Then you started mashing articles and post quality and you became status quo. People really liked you a ton when you were not status quo. You were more mysterious and you tended to post in such variety. That's what we need. This place is so predictable I don't need to come here. I can tell you what tomorrows threads of repetitive will be. There will be: 1. Weather. 2. Driving. 3. Office. 4. Article quality. 5. CCC. 6. Vista Bet I'm 50% right. It's boring as hell. ;P
code-frog wrote:
Weather.
Scotland's not been too cold this winter - I think I prefered it when it snowed, I didn't get so wet.
code-frog wrote:
Driving.
Glad I don't drive to work any more. I live 20 minute walk from my office and it is great. I pass under the M8 each day and I can see the traffic is always at a near stand still. The only time I ever really drive on the motorway any more is out of peak hours. I can make my flat to the edge of the city in 7 minutes. When I lived outside and drove into work it would take me 40 minutes to do the same distance.
code-frog wrote:
Office.
So, I no longer work in a call centre. The intelligence of my colleagues has gone up. But they are not so outrageous. I used to work with a lesbian that had very active and open relationships. I learned more from over hearing her conversations than I ever did in sex education classes at school.
code-frog wrote:
Article quality.
Well, now we have the system whereby some folks get to approve article before they reach the public site at least the utter crap never gets seen. Still along way to go, but it is getting a lot better.
code-frog wrote:
CCC.
Not in to crosswords - Sorry, I can't contribute here.
code-frog wrote:
Vista
Love it! I really don't know what's got the naesayers so wound up. I love Windows 7 too. Okay - So, now I've got all that out my system what would you like to chat about?
* Developer Day Scotland 2 - Free community conference * The Blog of Colin Angus Mackay
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
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Even if I do... who cares. Seriously this place is could be reproduced and I really mean it with a decent bot and some average AI.
If you like this message don't vote me a 5 unless you thought of it. I'm not some wanna-be trying to get stupid votes to get an MVP here. The fact is I should be an MVL "Most Valuable Lounger" because ... everybody can put there feet on me to make themselves comfortable and I'm fine with that. The vote-count MVP system is broken and flawed. MVPs should be elected by peers in the group who understand what's really happening in the specific forums. I love Chris but vote's should have no place in ranking MVPs. NONE! - - - {Mark Salsbery approves this message.}
I disagree. I cite this thread of yours as Exhibit A.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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code-frog does not post as often as he used to due to personal reasons, but they are often thought provoking. When he posts, I make sure to take the time to read the entire posts--I do not always do that.
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Personally I find I sometimes I have to print them out and go find some coffee in order to fully appreciate them. Strong coffee.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Personally I find I sometimes I have to print them out and go find some coffee in order to fully appreciate them. Strong coffee.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Agreed; I think most of us are used to no more than a couple of paragraphs with less than 4-syllable words. I have found that most of his posts over the last 3 months or so I need to read at least twice to truly appreciate. Now, that might because I'm a lush, but I'm not sure. :-D
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Even if I do... who cares. Seriously this place is could be reproduced and I really mean it with a decent bot and some average AI.
If you like this message don't vote me a 5 unless you thought of it. I'm not some wanna-be trying to get stupid votes to get an MVP here. The fact is I should be an MVL "Most Valuable Lounger" because ... everybody can put there feet on me to make themselves comfortable and I'm fine with that. The vote-count MVP system is broken and flawed. MVPs should be elected by peers in the group who understand what's really happening in the specific forums. I love Chris but vote's should have no place in ranking MVPs. NONE! - - - {Mark Salsbery approves this message.}
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crudeCodeYogi wrote:
This is the longest message I have ever seen since I joined CP
You've not been here very long then. (Less than one month apparently) Back in the day the servers would creak and scream out in pain at the size of the messages. Good quality too (most of them).
* Developer Day Scotland 2 - Free community conference * The Blog of Colin Angus Mackay
Vogon Building and Loan advise that your planet is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on any mortgage secured upon it. Please remember that the force of gravity can go up as well as down.
Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Less than one month apparently
Yes, to be precise about 23 days. :-)
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Agreed; I think most of us are used to no more than a couple of paragraphs with less than 4-syllable words. I have found that most of his posts over the last 3 months or so I need to read at least twice to truly appreciate. Now, that might because I'm a lush, but I'm not sure. :-D
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Is there any character limit on message (e.g. 2000 char max) or it does not matter. The bad thing (according to me I guess) it makes the page scrollable rather than making the message div scrollable.
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Is there any character limit on message (e.g. 2000 char max) or it does not matter. The bad thing (according to me I guess) it makes the page scrollable rather than making the message div scrollable.
I don't think there is a char limit; trust me, those of us who've been around awhile have seen posts in the forums with pages of code. However, most people will not read past a certain point based on personal preference. Welcome to the digital age!
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I don't think there is a char limit; trust me, those of us who've been around awhile have seen posts in the forums with pages of code. However, most people will not read past a certain point based on personal preference. Welcome to the digital age!
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leckey wrote:
However, most people will not read past a certain point based on personal preference.
Yeah thats true in my case.
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Agreed; I think most of us are used to no more than a couple of paragraphs with less than 4-syllable words. I have found that most of his posts over the last 3 months or so I need to read at least twice to truly appreciate. Now, that might because I'm a lush, but I'm not sure. :-D
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leckey wrote:
because I'm a lush
ok, Ive seen a reference (penned by yourself) to you and a like for white wine (hope I'm remembering correctly) .. but unless there's a different definition/colloquial use of the term 'lush' in the US, I'd say 'I dont think so' (btw, glad the blog is back) Garth (see, I'll even use my full name rather than the usual 'g')
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leckey wrote:
However, most people will not read past a certain point based on personal preference.
Yeah thats true in my case.