First Experiences With "The Lounge"
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I think more programmers offend people with their looks/smell[^] than lounge posts...
6/10 :laugh:
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I think the Lounge attracts far more members than it repulses.
Yeah, true but it also seems to attract people with bullying tendencies. I assume that many people here are so weak and timid in real life that they like to play tough-guy in these forums here.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com You've gotta read this : Using lambdas - C++ vs. C# vs. C++/CX vs. C++/CLI
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Yeah, true but it also seems to attract people with bullying tendencies.
Think that's true of any anonymous (or semi-anonymous) board though. [although some of us have our names on our profile]
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Another GREAT example of the unprofessionalism, elitism, and cronyism I am referring to in this post.
Oh, come off it. His reply was a bit snarky, but hey that's what you get with the intertubes. Relax. Yes, what you said in your post was well written and has hit the mark, but your choice to be offended is only self-defeating. Get over yourself.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Yeah, true but it also seems to attract people with bullying tendencies.
Think that's true of any anonymous (or semi-anonymous) board though. [although some of us have our names on our profile]
Albert Holguin wrote:
Think that's true of any anonymous (or semi-anonymous) board though.
I agree.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com You've gotta read this : Using lambdas - C++ vs. C# vs. C++/CX vs. C++/CLI
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6/10 :laugh:
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}I just guessed they were all serial killers (5/10)... :laugh:
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I think the Lounge attracts far more members than it repulses.
Yeah, true but it also seems to attract people with bullying tendencies. I assume that many people here are so weak and timid in real life that they like to play tough-guy in these forums here.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com You've gotta read this : Using lambdas - C++ vs. C# vs. C++/CX vs. C++/CLI
Alas that is a truism. Big gobs and small dicks seem to go together. However, the lounge is where a lot of stuff gets passed around, how many of us click on a link and then send it out to other friends? Or Jokes, or rants etc. There is a place for the lounge, but I agree a new poster should not get flamed grilled, a polite 'Heads Up' should be enough. Of course if it is one of the old sweats, then flame on boys and girls.
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I completely agree that the reactions on your question were uncalled for. The restaurant metaphor is not completely correct though. We are here out of our free will. Especially the lounge people come here for their pleasure and relaxation. Waiting staff gets paid to do their job, we don't. That being said someone should simply have pointed you to the correct forum and leave it at that. I believe that would have been decent human being behaviour. Another thing I want to point out, in defence of Nagy, is that he did actually contribute a lot to CP, even though you might not tell from his reaction. So I'm sure he meant no harm :)
diverbw wrote:
First of all, I love the code fragment! LOL
Did it answer your question though? I got downvoted for answering you by the way :laugh: I hope this whole affair has not traumatized you for life and that you will come back here in the future. Either for help with your problems (not this forum obviously) or just to chat :)
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}Naerling wrote:
I got downvoted for answering you by the way
That was my downvote, by the way. Answering programming questions in the Lounge encourages others to post programming questions in the Lounge.
Naerling wrote:
The restaurant metaphor is not completely correct though. We are here out of our free will. Especially the lounge people come here for their pleasure and relaxation. Waiting staff gets paid to do their job, we don't.
I was thinking of posting that too. :thumbsup: To me, it seems the metaphor is more like the OP happened across a party the thought was a meeting and hopped on a table to give a speech about appropriate meeting behavior after a partygoer told him that tie he was wearing looks stupid.
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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I completely agree that the reactions on your question were uncalled for. The restaurant metaphor is not completely correct though. We are here out of our free will. Especially the lounge people come here for their pleasure and relaxation. Waiting staff gets paid to do their job, we don't. That being said someone should simply have pointed you to the correct forum and leave it at that. I believe that would have been decent human being behaviour. Another thing I want to point out, in defence of Nagy, is that he did actually contribute a lot to CP, even though you might not tell from his reaction. So I'm sure he meant no harm :)
diverbw wrote:
First of all, I love the code fragment! LOL
Did it answer your question though? I got downvoted for answering you by the way :laugh: I hope this whole affair has not traumatized you for life and that you will come back here in the future. Either for help with your problems (not this forum obviously) or just to chat :)
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}Naerling wrote:
I got downvoted for answering you by the way
I upvoted... :thumbsup:
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I think more programmers offend people with their looks/smell[^] than lounge posts...
9/10
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I think more programmers offend people with their looks/smell[^] than lounge posts...
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I completely agree that the reactions on your question were uncalled for. The restaurant metaphor is not completely correct though. We are here out of our free will. Especially the lounge people come here for their pleasure and relaxation. Waiting staff gets paid to do their job, we don't. That being said someone should simply have pointed you to the correct forum and leave it at that. I believe that would have been decent human being behaviour. Another thing I want to point out, in defence of Nagy, is that he did actually contribute a lot to CP, even though you might not tell from his reaction. So I'm sure he meant no harm :)
diverbw wrote:
First of all, I love the code fragment! LOL
Did it answer your question though? I got downvoted for answering you by the way :laugh: I hope this whole affair has not traumatized you for life and that you will come back here in the future. Either for help with your problems (not this forum obviously) or just to chat :)
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}Naerling wrote:
Did it answer your question though?
I think he was refering to your Lazy<Person> code fragment in your signature.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
Naerling wrote:
I got downvoted for answering you by the way
I upvoted... :thumbsup:
You bastard!
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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You bastard!
Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
:laugh:
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I think the Lounge attracts far more members than it repulses.
Yeah, true but it also seems to attract people with bullying tendencies. I assume that many people here are so weak and timid in real life that they like to play tough-guy in these forums here.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com You've gotta read this : Using lambdas - C++ vs. C# vs. C++/CX vs. C++/CLI
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
it also seems to attract people with bullying tendencies
Or, it brings out those tendencies. Though, I don't see much bullying. Plenty of insensitiveness, but not bullying.
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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Naerling wrote:
I got downvoted for answering you by the way
That was my downvote, by the way. Answering programming questions in the Lounge encourages others to post programming questions in the Lounge.
Naerling wrote:
The restaurant metaphor is not completely correct though. We are here out of our free will. Especially the lounge people come here for their pleasure and relaxation. Waiting staff gets paid to do their job, we don't.
I was thinking of posting that too. :thumbsup: To me, it seems the metaphor is more like the OP happened across a party the thought was a meeting and hopped on a table to give a speech about appropriate meeting behavior after a partygoer told him that tie he was wearing looks stupid.
Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
That was my downvote
I guess I will now have to downtrack your every move and be ready to vote that 1! :-\ I simply didn't think the OP deserved the reactions he got and I just happened to know the answer since I was doing the same thing just today. I don't think my post encouraged anyone. On a side note, I am trying to read files from disk, how can I accomplish this? The requirements say I cannot use System.IO Namespace (yes, our customers are very specific) ;P
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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Naerling wrote:
I got downvoted for answering you by the way
I upvoted... :thumbsup:
Thanks! :D Now will you help me in my quests to downvote all of AspDotNetDevs posts? :D (not really of course)
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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Naerling wrote:
Did it answer your question though?
I think he was refering to your Lazy<Person> code fragment in your signature.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunOh, that's pretty stupid. I couldn't imagine int *i; (in the post I was referring too) was all that funny. Explains a lot :laugh:
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
That was my downvote
I guess I will now have to downtrack your every move and be ready to vote that 1! :-\ I simply didn't think the OP deserved the reactions he got and I just happened to know the answer since I was doing the same thing just today. I don't think my post encouraged anyone. On a side note, I am trying to read files from disk, how can I accomplish this? The requirements say I cannot use System.IO Namespace (yes, our customers are very specific) ;P
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}Naerling wrote:
I just happened to know the answer since I was doing the same thing just today. I don't think my post encouraged anyone
Lots of us in the Lounge will just happen to know the answer to questions posted in the Lounge. If we all acted on that impulse to answer those questions, that might encourage those posters and others to post more programming questions in the Lounge.
Naerling wrote:
I am trying to read files from disk, how can I accomplish this? The requirements say I cannot use System.IO Namespace
Use a third-party assembler library. :) *waits for 1-vote*
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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Oh, that's pretty stupid. I couldn't imagine int *i; (in the post I was referring too) was all that funny. Explains a lot :laugh:
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}Evidently, the OP needs to learn how to read (just kidding OP, just kidding!). :laugh: (emoticon added as a visual in case the OP cannot read) ... (just kidding!)
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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I have come to www.codeproject.com for years and find it is a very valuable resource for my work. But until today, I have never that I recall posted anything to "The Lounge". Seeing "The Lounge" and thinking it was a place that may be monitored by a large group of _professional_ software developers, I asked a question. Unfortunately, I did NOT take the time to go read all of the rules associated with The Lounge. In retrospect, that was a mistake. Within seconds of posting my question, I was shocked to receive numerous responses. And all but one were condescending, elitist, and showed a complete lack of any sort of professional conduct or courtesy. In particular, one responder was completely over the top in his unprofessional and attacking response where he accused me of not being able to read, and called my software architecture, of which he knows NOTHING, a crock. Others told me to go read the rules, and even pointed out the rules that I broke. Turns out I DID break rule # 2, but all of these other "professionals" broke rule #1, which states that those commenting in The Lounge should be "respectful". What the unnamed "mugger" in The Lounge and the others SHOULD have done is to simply say "Your question is not appropriate according to the rules of this forum (provide link to rule). You should re-post your question in one of the programming forums where such questions are welcomed.". If that is too much to type, and you see this a lot, then I suggest you just save that text into a text file somewhere so you can cut and paste in a standard, PROFESSIONAL response when people like myself make a mistake. As a software professional that has earned a very good living in this field for over 35 years and frankly has very little time to contribute my experience to forums like this due to the backlog of new development projects in my queue, I do feel some sense of responsibility of contributing back to the software development community as a whole. So I will simply close by saying "Cool your jets folks!"
I also note that you are writing from the US. There is a strong British presence here and the humour can get a bit... ... ... frosty... ... ... if you're not used to it. From what I can see, none of the original responses to your post were surprising. How about you try sitting on the couch and relaxing a little? :rolleyes:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
