What do you do when you have nothing to do?

[Lost User]

Actually that's a great idea. I can show him some websites where he can get the schematics to build a replica of an old computer. Lot's of fun :)

"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011 ---
I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011

[CS2011]

CDP1802 wrote:

how about an XNA game vor WP7 involving kicking some dog's ass?

Now thats a good idea. Have 5

[OriginalGriff]

He could jump on Clippy[^] - and the idiot who developed him.

Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

[Nagy Vilmos]

You could maybe write an article, but then where would you publish it?

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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

[leppie]

Make IronScheme better/faster/louder/smaller/etc ;P

((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

[CS2011]

:zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

[CS2011]

i think booz and making games(For WP7 where you can kick a dog's A**) is much better.What do you say ?

[Stephen Wiria]

How about this[^], listen carefully and tell us when is the next judgement day

[CS2011]

Stephen Wiria wrote:

How about this[^], listen carefully and tell us when is the next judgement day

Is it ok if ask god directly and let you know…

[Lost User]

Seriously, XNA does a lot of the somewhat tedious setup for you and you can start programming right away. Take a look at the SpriteBatch class and you can do 2D graphics in no time. Programming games is a good way to kill time when you are bored.

"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011 ---
I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011

[Nagy Vilmos]

... and write an article about it.

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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

[CS2011]

Just thought you might be interested http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/microsoft-resurrects-clippy-for-an-office-training-game-2011052/[^]

[TorstenH]

japp - give them a proper website. That will at least help the visitors of that site. regards Torsten

I never finish anyth...

[CS2011]

And publish it where ? see what goes around comes around

[Dave Parker]

Play games, watch backlog of TV recordings, code something interesting, implement a backup strategy, review finances and move money to accounts that pay more interest, make start on the colossal mountain of mail and email thats built up etc. Not that I ever do any of these things as outside of work I've always been stupidly busy - I did used to keep a list of things that need doing when I get time but gave up on that long ago as it just kept growing so to keep stress levels lower I just got rid of it.

[Lost User]

Make a better mousetrap? Is there anything more efficient at killing mice than a cat?

"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011 ---
I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011

[Groulien]

I always go to CP when I've got nothing to do :-D . But seriously, I usually seize the oppertunity and make a bit of progress on my own projects.

[CS2011]

Dave Parker wrote:

review finances and move money to accounts that pay more interest

I can remove this from list as do not pay any interest….Those bank suckers is not getting anything from me

[federico strati]

I like the idea presented so far of an Unified Field Theory... actually, such a theory in part already does exist, it is called the "Standard Model". What is missing, and till now is over thirty years it is discussed, is a good theory of gravity from a quantistic point of view. So far, the principal attempt, namely the "String M Theory", didn't yet produce any real experimental prediction, not even about such things of academic interest here in this forum such as the "Rapture". What I will do if I were in your position? It is spring, as such the Como Lake in Italy is as beatiful as ever, I would just take my board & rig and do a bit of windsurfing ... there are always thermal winds on the lake due to the difference in temperature between night and day and the presence of mountains just "diving" into the lake... Instead, I'm here sitting in my office writing a system in PL/SQL for a mad DataWareHouse, for mad clients, for an ETL batch of some billions records to work each day. Cheers Federico

[CS2011]

nbgangsta wrote:

I always go to CP when I've got nothing to do

CP always helps you kill some time but if you hang a lot in Q&A you will feel like killing some of the OP