Weird mix and match of symbols... (updated with Microsoft link)
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I just received an email from Microsoft about their new "App Hub" (windows phone store). There's an image with what looks to be a bunch of programmers raising a white flag... According to wikipedia, it is a (modern) symbol or truce, ceasefire and surrender. so what signal does Microsoft send us ? :rolleyes: web site : http://www.developermovement.com/main/?wt.mc_id=can_dpe-DeveloperMovement-en_em_Main[^]
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Maximilien wrote:
so what signal does Microsoft send us ?
They've given up all pretense of being on the developers side?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I just received an email from Microsoft about their new "App Hub" (windows phone store). There's an image with what looks to be a bunch of programmers raising a white flag... According to wikipedia, it is a (modern) symbol or truce, ceasefire and surrender. so what signal does Microsoft send us ? :rolleyes: web site : http://www.developermovement.com/main/?wt.mc_id=can_dpe-DeveloperMovement-en_em_Main[^]
Watched code never compiles.
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I just received an email from Microsoft about their new "App Hub" (windows phone store). There's an image with what looks to be a bunch of programmers raising a white flag... According to wikipedia, it is a (modern) symbol or truce, ceasefire and surrender. so what signal does Microsoft send us ? :rolleyes: web site : http://www.developermovement.com/main/?wt.mc_id=can_dpe-DeveloperMovement-en_em_Main[^]
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I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users. It would, with history in mind, be much easier to explain. Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated. If it is accepted as the truth, all you can do is gently wave a white flag. Cheers, AT
Cogito ergo sum
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They brought in a French consultant?
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
So it's the right time to attempt a hostile takeover? :suss:
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I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users. It would, with history in mind, be much easier to explain. Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated. If it is accepted as the truth, all you can do is gently wave a white flag. Cheers, AT
Cogito ergo sum
Addy Tas wrote:
I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users.
They looked like serial killers...
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Maximilien wrote:
so what signal does Microsoft send us ?
They've given up all pretense of being on the developers side?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
They gave that up when they moved out of Bill's garage!
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users. It would, with history in mind, be much easier to explain. Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated. If it is accepted as the truth, all you can do is gently wave a white flag. Cheers, AT
Cogito ergo sum
Addy Tas wrote:
I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users.
It is an email sent to developers about developing the next best "angry bird" (i.e. develop the next über popular application).
Watched code never compiles.
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I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users. It would, with history in mind, be much easier to explain. Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated. If it is accepted as the truth, all you can do is gently wave a white flag. Cheers, AT
Cogito ergo sum
Addy Tas wrote:
I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users
Because it was a vain attempt by Microsoft to cash in on the popularity and esteem of The Code Project. They made two errors, however, caused by their poor draughtsmanship. In trying to copy this[^] they drew their hamsters so badly that they looked more like rats thereby producing Murines Raising the Flag.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Addy Tas wrote:
I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users.
They looked like serial killers...
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Addy Tas wrote:
I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users.
It is an email sent to developers about developing the next best "angry bird" (i.e. develop the next über popular application).
Watched code never compiles.
Mmm i was starting to feel left out on the MS mail list and then i remembered that i had recently unscribed to the mobile depertment as I'll not have time to toy around with that any time soon, let alone time to read though all the mails. Still, this one has made me just a bit curious....
Cogito ergo sum
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Addy Tas wrote:
I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users
Because it was a vain attempt by Microsoft to cash in on the popularity and esteem of The Code Project. They made two errors, however, caused by their poor draughtsmanship. In trying to copy this[^] they drew their hamsters so badly that they looked more like rats thereby producing Murines Raising the Flag.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Addy Tas wrote:
I wonder why you would suggest that they are programmers rather than general users
Because it was a vain attempt by Microsoft to cash in on the popularity and esteem of The Code Project. They made two errors, however, caused by their poor draughtsmanship. In trying to copy this[^] they drew their hamsters so badly that they looked more like rats thereby producing Murines Raising the Flag.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
[clickity police] Your link no likey. I get a 406 - but refresh cures it like bacon.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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[clickity police] Your link no likey. I get a 406 - but refresh cures it like bacon.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Works fine for me.
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
but refresh cures it like bacon
I've been meaning to ask you this question for ages but keep forgetting. What is the..................... It's no good, I've forgotten it again.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
