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  • X Xiangyang Liu

    Forgot yoru own phone number, Geek Level = 1 Remembered your web address, Geek Level = 2 Gave web address to a girl, Geek Level = 3 :)

    My .NET Business Application Framework     My Younger Son & His "PET"

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    Lost User
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    Talking with a girl, Geek Level = -Infinity [reply with the post about geek vs dork vs w/e]

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    • C Chris Maunder

      You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

      cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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      Chris Losinger
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      dusting?

      image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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        Talking with a girl, Geek Level = -Infinity [reply with the post about geek vs dork vs w/e]

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        dybs
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        And if the girl happens to be a fellow geek (my wife happens to be quite a geek herself)?

        The shout of progress is not "Eureka!" it's "Strange... that's not what i expected". - peterchen

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          And if the girl happens to be a fellow geek (my wife happens to be quite a geek herself)?

          The shout of progress is not "Eureka!" it's "Strange... that's not what i expected". - peterchen

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          Rajesh R Subramanian
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          It would be absurd if your wife (a fellow geek) needed to be reminded of your website URL. :)

          “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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          • R Rajesh R Subramanian

            It would be absurd if your wife (a fellow geek) needed to be reminded of your website URL. :)

            “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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            True, but I was referring to geek level scale :)

            The shout of progress is not "Eureka!" it's "Strange... that's not what i expected". - peterchen

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            • C Chris Losinger

              dusting?

              image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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              Gary R Wheeler
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              Cleaning the dust out of a desktop machine, of course.

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              • C Chris Maunder

                You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

                cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                ...or... ...you find yourself iscussing template metaprogramming in the bar. :doh: (just coming back up from ACCU 2010, culminating in a session on "Abusive C++" which demonstrated way too many fiendishly bad but entertaining ideas. Long blog post to follow once I've caught up on the editing)

                Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"

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                • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                  ...or... ...you find yourself iscussing template metaprogramming in the bar. :doh: (just coming back up from ACCU 2010, culminating in a session on "Abusive C++" which demonstrated way too many fiendishly bad but entertaining ideas. Long blog post to follow once I've caught up on the editing)

                  Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"

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                  Lost User
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                  Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

                  you find yourself iscussing template metaprogramming in the bar

                  A touch of the DDs there? :laugh:

                  Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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                  • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                    ...or... ...you find yourself iscussing template metaprogramming in the bar. :doh: (just coming back up from ACCU 2010, culminating in a session on "Abusive C++" which demonstrated way too many fiendishly bad but entertaining ideas. Long blog post to follow once I've caught up on the editing)

                    Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"

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                    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                    Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

                    Abusive C++

                    Is the material or presentation online? It will be fun to watch it.

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                      You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

                      cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      Good, I'm still a nerd.

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                      • L Lost User

                        Talking with a girl, Geek Level = -Infinity [reply with the post about geek vs dork vs w/e]

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                        Xiangyang Liu
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                        harold aptroot wrote:

                        Talking with a girl,

                        He could be having a brain-storming session with the girl ... about web design, of course. :-D

                        My .NET Business Application Framework     My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                          You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

                          cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                          Steve Wellens
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                          You know you're a geek when... You buy a new TV and open it up to look inside before you turn it on.

                          Steve Wellens

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

                            cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                            AspDotNetDev
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                            You decide to watch the newest episode of Smallville rather than go to a strip club on your company's dime.

                            [Forum Guidelines]

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                            • C Chris Maunder

                              You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

                              cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                              Marc Clifton
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                              Chris Maunder wrote:

                              You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster.

                              You need a woman in your life! (ok folks, don't take that as "to do the dusting" but "to tell him how HOW to do the dusting"!) Marc

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                                Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

                                you find yourself iscussing template metaprogramming in the bar

                                A touch of the DDs there? :laugh:

                                Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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                                Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                Just information overload. :-O

                                Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"

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                                • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                                  Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

                                  Abusive C++

                                  Is the material or presentation online? It will be fun to watch it.

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                                  Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                  I don't think they're up yet (though slides from some sessions are[^]) In the meantime however there are summaries of all of the sessions here[^] to give you a flavour of what the conference is all about.

                                  Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"

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                                    ...or... ...you find yourself iscussing template metaprogramming in the bar. :doh: (just coming back up from ACCU 2010, culminating in a session on "Abusive C++" which demonstrated way too many fiendishly bad but entertaining ideas. Long blog post to follow once I've caught up on the editing)

                                    Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"

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                                    Gary R Wheeler
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                                    The only way I think I would do template metaprogramming :rolleyes: is after a few stiff drinks.

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                                      The only way I think I would do template metaprogramming :rolleyes: is after a few stiff drinks.

                                      Software Zen: delete this;
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                                      Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                      Me too. I'll stick to algorithms and concurrency, thank you. :)

                                      Anna :rose: Tech Blog | Visual Lint "Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"

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                                        You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

                                        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                                        ...you're supposed to use those for quick-chilling your beer... then you use the dusty surfaces for sketching while drinking.

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                                          You do your dusting with a can of compressed air duster. :doh:

                                          cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                                          Joe Q
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                                          Hey, everyone knows the dust is there as natural protection for furniture.

                                          Joe V My Blog on Testing Me, Myself, and I SGP Robotics team and FIRST Robotics

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