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    Statistic of the day. we're with 7 billion today on this planet. That's 7 000 000 000. This would mean that more than 1 in 1000 people on Earth are member of CodeProject. That's about 0,12 % of the world's population. Pretty impressive. Certainly if you deduct from that fact that this means that at least 0,12% of the world occupies his professional career with (mostly) Microsoft based IT. If you deduce further (I'm feeling like Sherlock I guess) and take about 40% of the worlds population that is not working (too young or too old) then that figure becomes about 0,20%.

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    RJOberg
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    So, based on your 1:1000, you are speculating that ~1m members here are just "Homework Plz now k thx" spam accounts? I think your estimate is pretty generous to the human race. That or I just have no faith in humanity.

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      So, based on your 1:1000, you are speculating that ~1m members here are just "Homework Plz now k thx" spam accounts? I think your estimate is pretty generous to the human race. That or I just have no faith in humanity.

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      Maybe I should have written: supposedly professional career instead of professional career :-D

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        Statistic of the day. we're with 7 billion today on this planet. That's 7 000 000 000. This would mean that more than 1 in 1000 people on Earth are member of CodeProject. That's about 0,12 % of the world's population. Pretty impressive. Certainly if you deduct from that fact that this means that at least 0,12% of the world occupies his professional career with (mostly) Microsoft based IT. If you deduce further (I'm feeling like Sherlock I guess) and take about 40% of the worlds population that is not working (too young or too old) then that figure becomes about 0,20%.

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        Luc Pattyn
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        Watson says CP has 8M+ accounts, he knows many people have 2 or more accounts. And each account has a "Professional Profile", even when it gets removed for behavior unbecoming a professional. :)

        Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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          Watson says CP has 8M+ accounts, he knows many people have 2 or more accounts. And each account has a "Professional Profile", even when it gets removed for behavior unbecoming a professional. :)

          Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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          Good work Watson! We'll make a detective out of you yet :-D

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            Statistic of the day. we're with 7 billion today on this planet. That's 7 000 000 000. This would mean that more than 1 in 1000 people on Earth are member of CodeProject. That's about 0,12 % of the world's population. Pretty impressive. Certainly if you deduct from that fact that this means that at least 0,12% of the world occupies his professional career with (mostly) Microsoft based IT. If you deduce further (I'm feeling like Sherlock I guess) and take about 40% of the worlds population that is not working (too young or too old) then that figure becomes about 0,20%.

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            Dalek Dave
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            I don't think that 'Celebrating[^]' is the word I would use. Mourning the birth of the 7 billionth more like. Oh joy, just what the planet needs, another mouth. We should be shrinking the population back to a manageable amount, about 3 billion. The trouble is religionists keep telling their followers to breed like vermin so as to take over the planet, and the poor and impoverished are not encouraged to stop breeding their way to starvation. What a sad day.

            ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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              I don't think that 'Celebrating[^]' is the word I would use. Mourning the birth of the 7 billionth more like. Oh joy, just what the planet needs, another mouth. We should be shrinking the population back to a manageable amount, about 3 billion. The trouble is religionists keep telling their followers to breed like vermin so as to take over the planet, and the poor and impoverished are not encouraged to stop breeding their way to starvation. What a sad day.

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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              Dalek Dave wrote:

              We should be shrinking the population back to a manageable amount, about 3 billion.

              Are you volunteering?

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                Statistic of the day. we're with 7 billion today on this planet. That's 7 000 000 000. This would mean that more than 1 in 1000 people on Earth are member of CodeProject. That's about 0,12 % of the world's population. Pretty impressive. Certainly if you deduct from that fact that this means that at least 0,12% of the world occupies his professional career with (mostly) Microsoft based IT. If you deduce further (I'm feeling like Sherlock I guess) and take about 40% of the worlds population that is not working (too young or too old) then that figure becomes about 0,20%.

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                AspDotNetDev
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                V. wrote:

                That's about 0,12 % of the world's population

                FYI, in English we represent the decimal using a point rather than a comma. So, 0.12%. And the thousand separator is a comma (e.g., 1,000,000.00).

                Somebody in an online forum wrote:

                INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.

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                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                  We should be shrinking the population back to a manageable amount, about 3 billion.

                  Are you volunteering?

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                  Dalek Dave
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                  I have had one child. That seems reasonable enough to me.

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                    V. wrote:

                    That's about 0,12 % of the world's population

                    FYI, in English we represent the decimal using a point rather than a comma. So, 0.12%. And the thousand separator is a comma (e.g., 1,000,000.00).

                    Somebody in an online forum wrote:

                    INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.

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                    Dalek Dave
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                    Not just in English, it is the accepted Scientific notation too.

                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                    • A AspDotNetDev

                      V. wrote:

                      That's about 0,12 % of the world's population

                      FYI, in English we represent the decimal using a point rather than a comma. So, 0.12%. And the thousand separator is a comma (e.g., 1,000,000.00).

                      Somebody in an online forum wrote:

                      INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.

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                      Gary Wheeler
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                      Since you're being pedantic... Actually it depends on your locale, not the language. The list separator, decimal, and other characters are more a regional preference than one based on the language spoken.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                        V. wrote:

                        That's about 0,12 % of the world's population

                        FYI, in English we represent the decimal using a point rather than a comma. So, 0.12%. And the thousand separator is a comma (e.g., 1,000,000.00).

                        Somebody in an online forum wrote:

                        INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.

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                        Brady Kelly
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                        In SA the thousands separator is a space, but one can't really say whether "1 000 000" is English or not. This is a nice thorny issue for software developers that assume the separator is a comma, compounded by Microsoft, until very recently, ignoring the correct en-ZA locale settings and using a comma anyway.

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                          Since you're being pedantic... Actually it depends on your locale, not the language. The list separator, decimal, and other characters are more a regional preference than one based on the language spoken.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          AspDotNetDev
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                          Yeah, I was wondering about that. I remember my French teacher mentioning the "reversed" (for me) symbols being used in France, so I assumed it was a language thing. Makes sense that it would be regional.

                          Somebody in an online forum wrote:

                          INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.

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                            Yeah, I was wondering about that. I remember my French teacher mentioning the "reversed" (for me) symbols being used in France, so I assumed it was a language thing. Makes sense that it would be regional.

                            Somebody in an online forum wrote:

                            INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.

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                            Gary Wheeler
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                            I do the UI's in our products, which have been localized for the U.S., several countries in Europe, Japan, China, and South Korea. The best thing you can do is follow your operating system's facility for these things and hope for the best.

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                              I don't think that 'Celebrating[^]' is the word I would use. Mourning the birth of the 7 billionth more like. Oh joy, just what the planet needs, another mouth. We should be shrinking the population back to a manageable amount, about 3 billion. The trouble is religionists keep telling their followers to breed like vermin so as to take over the planet, and the poor and impoverished are not encouraged to stop breeding their way to starvation. What a sad day.

                              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                              Ben Breeg
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                              Got to admit, you're not wrong with that sentiment.

                              Why can't I find a signature that I can stick with? Are they all gone?

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                                I don't think that 'Celebrating[^]' is the word I would use. Mourning the birth of the 7 billionth more like. Oh joy, just what the planet needs, another mouth. We should be shrinking the population back to a manageable amount, about 3 billion. The trouble is religionists keep telling their followers to breed like vermin so as to take over the planet, and the poor and impoverished are not encouraged to stop breeding their way to starvation. What a sad day.

                                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                                Mycroft Holmes
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                                Every time I see this story in one form or another I feel like screaming STOP FUCKING ABOUT WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY. Sadly it would be a waste of breath.

                                Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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