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  • V Vikram A Punathambekar

    I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

    Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

    Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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    HimanshuJoshi
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    Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

    How long have you been working?

    4 years and counting

    Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

    * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly.

    Everybody thinks that they are right and other are wrong, but what they are forgetting is that it is difference that makes this world a wonderful place to live.

    Place for Indians to hang out

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    • N Nish Nishant

      Christopher Duncan wrote:

      You're probably one of the three people worldwide who doesn't view the show with the Mute button on.

      :laugh: Got me there! In my defense, I like to put a matching voice to a pair of boobs.

      Regards, Nish


      Blog: blog.voidnish.com

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      Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

      I like to put a matching voice to a pair of boobs.

      I'm exactly the opposite. Kinda ruins the boobs knowing there is a talking head above them. :-O

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      • V Vikram A Punathambekar

        I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

        Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

        Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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        One full decade for me.

        The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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        • I Ian Shlasko

          Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

          Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly.

          yyyyMMdd?

          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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          Vikram A Punathambekar
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          Absolutely, beats the pants off the other two formats. But of dd-MM-yyyy and MM-dd-yyyy, the former is better any day.

          Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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          • V Vikram A Punathambekar

            I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

            Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

            Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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            Nemanja Trifunovic
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            16 years (minus one year of army service which I don't really consider as employment but some people do).

            utf8-cpp

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            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

              Absolutely, beats the pants off the other two formats. But of dd-MM-yyyy and MM-dd-yyyy, the former is better any day.

              Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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              Dan Neely
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              Not when 99% of users habitually give dates in the latter format without thinking. :rolleyes:

              3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

                Ability to define proper date format[^] Just kidding of course.

                Arrogant a$$hole! Just kidding of course.

                The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                Joe Simes
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                Deyan Georgiev wrote:

                Arrogant a$$hole! American Just kidding of course.

                FTFY - and I'm American so it's ok! ;)

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                • L Lost User

                  Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                  I like to put a matching voice to a pair of boobs.

                  I'm exactly the opposite. Kinda ruins the boobs knowing there is a talking head above them. :-O

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                  Dan Neely
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                  Mike Mullikin wrote:

                  I'm exactly the opposite. Kinda ruins the boobs knowing there is a talking head above them.

                  The talking part isn't the problem. It's when nothing by blather and drivel come out of it...

                  3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                  • D Dan Neely

                    Mike Mullikin wrote:

                    I'm exactly the opposite. Kinda ruins the boobs knowing there is a talking head above them.

                    The talking part isn't the problem. It's when nothing by blather and drivel come out of it...

                    3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                    Dan Neely wrote:

                    It's when nothing by blather and drivel come out of it...

                    I thought you said the talking part wasn't the problem? ;) :-D

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                    • D Dan Neely

                      Mike Mullikin wrote:

                      I'm exactly the opposite. Kinda ruins the boobs knowing there is a talking head above them.

                      The talking part isn't the problem. It's when nothing by blather and drivel come out of it...

                      3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                      Lost User
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                      Dan Neely wrote:

                      nothing but blather and drivel come out

                      I thought that was assumed by Nish's use of the word pageant. :-D Boobs and intelligence is spouse material, not pageant material. :cool:

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                      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                        Ability to define proper date format[^] Just kidding of course.

                        Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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                        Chris C B
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                        Well, I have to say that if I had ten Nimitz class toys to play with, nobody, but nobody, would tell me how to write a date. ;P ;P :laugh: :laugh:

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                        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                          I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

                          Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

                          Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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                          Pete OHanlon
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                          I prefer to work in AP (After Pete). Thus, all dates are referred to as numbers of seconds since people become aware of me; I like to keep them on their toes constantly calculating. It's not a perfect system, but it's mine - and as everybody else is but a figment of my imagination it's not my problem.

                          I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be

                          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                          • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                            I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

                            Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

                            Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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                            RichardM1
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                            ISO says yyyy.mm.dd

                            Opacity, the new Transparency.

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                            • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                              Ability to define proper date format[^] Just kidding of course.

                              Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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                              Mladen Jankovic
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                              Too bad you don't know how to use it[^] Just kidding of course.

                              [Genetic Algorithm Library] [Wowd]

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                              • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

                                Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

                                Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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                                Lost User
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                                Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                                Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly.

                                Oh no you don't!

                                It's time for a new signature.

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                                • D Dan Neely

                                  Not when 99% of users habitually give dates in the latter format without thinking. :rolleyes:

                                  3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                                  Mycroft Holmes
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                                  Dan Neely wrote:

                                  99% of users habitually give dates in the latter

                                  Only in the states! Europe, most of Asia, China and I think India all use the more sensible format. Your view is quite parochial. The only reason mm/dd/yyyy gets a look in outside the US is that it is the windows default format!

                                  Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                  • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                    I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

                                    Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

                                    Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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                                    Roger Wright
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                                    It's been 41 years for me, first in restaurants and other school-support jobs, then 13 years in my chosen profession after graduation, followed by 14 bad years of low-wage subsistence work in a variety of jobs, and now in my second chosen career for nearly 6 years. I still miss college, though, but that's a door forever closed to me now. All of those experiences, however - the good and the bad - have been instrumental in forming who I am, and I regret none of them. :)

                                    Will Rogers never met me.

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                                    • C Christopher Duncan

                                      Mike Mullikin wrote:

                                      different parts of the world operate differently and have different customs

                                      Different parts of the world??? How 'bout different parts of America? This place is one big, diverse, complicated disfunctional family. Frankly, I'm surprised we can even understand each other. :)

                                      Christopher Duncan
                                      www.PracticalUSA.com
                                      Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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                                      Rick York
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                                      In many cases we can't. I watched a documentary on the tube about gangs in Little Rock, Arkansas and throughout the show when one of the local residents spoke they had subtitles. I was rather astonished by it. As an experiment, I would often turn my head so I couldn't read the subtitles and I could understand them just fine. It made me wonder who can't understand them but I guess many people can't if they went the expense of adding subtitles to the show.

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                                      • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                        I just realized, I've been working for 6 years now. Started on 01-09-2004*. Switched jobs only once - and what timing that was! 3 months after I left, they sold themselves to Big Bad Financial Institution That Shall Remain Nameless, which fired more than half the employees. Working has been many things to me, but it's been very challenging, and I like it a thousand times better than college. How long have you been working? * Note to Americans: over here, we write dates correctly. ;P

                                        Added smiley - there's something wrong when a tongue-in-cheek comment garners the most responses. And yes, yyyy-MM-dd is way better than any of the other two formats.

                                        Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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                                        phannon86
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                                        It'll be 3 years on friday, and I'm leaving in a few weeks for my second job :cool:

                                        He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                                        • R Roger Wright

                                          It's been 41 years for me, first in restaurants and other school-support jobs, then 13 years in my chosen profession after graduation, followed by 14 bad years of low-wage subsistence work in a variety of jobs, and now in my second chosen career for nearly 6 years. I still miss college, though, but that's a door forever closed to me now. All of those experiences, however - the good and the bad - have been instrumental in forming who I am, and I regret none of them. :)

                                          Will Rogers never met me.

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                                          Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                          Yo Rog, given any thoughts to the blog thing? :)

                                          Cheers, विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.

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