Turn off the internet!
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Bits of the internet are a vast boon. The first version of Visual C++ can with a box of manuals literally about 2 feet thick. all the information you needed to use the software, and code in MFC and so forth was there, but finding it was a PITA. Now, VS comes without a manual, and all the info you need is available to a (very) quick search, despite the volume of information having grown to vastly exceed that of VC++ V1.0 - I literally could not do my job without Google to help find the name of that stupid class I used once last year, now what was it again? Just having access to the same books that are on my shelf via a search engine instead of having to wade through the paper version lets me forgive a lot of things. How useful would something like Codeproject be without the internet? It would be like playing poker by post! Yes, FarceBook is for morons, and Twatter is full of drivel. But all tech starts out that way. It takes time for the good bits to percolate to the surface and the dross to fall into the sludge at the bottom. And that's without the information explosion which makes it harder for repressive regimes or naught companies to hide what they are doing, and the availability of Gentleman's Special Interest material... ;)
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
Agreed - developing has been made easier (softer?) by the internet. I remember the early versions of Visual C++ and can feel the nostalgia happening. I think it was part III which was the class reference which became my Bible, interestingly my books were by Semantic which had licenced it or something. MSDN came on a single CD-ROM for those posh enough to afford a CD-ROM drive! It's a stupid post, but in truth I am concerned by the way it's all going. Look at Amazon, paying 0.1% in Corporation Tax. They've decimated the High Street, and how can retailers compete when they don't pay tax? Enabled by the internet. The trouble is things like this are not just hiccups, they shape the way society is heading and if you've been put out of business by one of these giants the future isn't going to be looking so bright.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Rob said:
find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them
You are on the spot mate, (don't tell any FB user, but) we've already started the process, with several threads in each country, it's going great, we're having exponential growth of users "consumed". You'll hear about it soon enough.
Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Rob said:
find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them
You are on the spot mate, (don't tell any FB user, but) we've already started the process, with several threads in each country, it's going great, we're having exponential growth of users "consumed". You'll hear about it soon enough.
Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.
Now there's a noble pursuit! Where’s the Donate button?
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Facebook and Twitter make life quieter because these morons aren't trying to strike up a conversation with me. Life++ Whilst their blinkered existence is pitiful, I do enjoy the ability to go about my business without fear of attracting their attention. That has got to be a win-win. Thankyou Zuckerberg. XOXO
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
As you point out yourself... why are you on CP then...? Anyway, yes, you are right to an extent, but the internet has done good things that we couldn't have achieved otherwise too, you know? Twitter and Facebook saved lives in the big earthquake in Japan in 2011. Children with rare incurable heart disease have been able to receive life saving transplant thanks to donations collected over the internet from people who wouldn't have known about their plight otherwise. Personally, online dictionaries have helped my work immensely. I couldn't rely on an old paper dictionary because half the terminology I use won't be in there. And what's wrong with being able to look things up on the fly anyway? My university tutor used to say that it's not necessary to know everything; what's important is that you know where to look them up. People used to be happier because they used to talk more, eh? Well, now with the internet giving me endless amounts of information, I have more to talk about and more people to talk to. I miss my friend from primary school whom I lost touch with; snail mail was too much of a hassle when you just wanted to say and the only thing you could say was "Hi" (being a complicated teenager). If Facebook had been around then, I bet I still have contact with her. The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.:cool:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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Facebook and Twitter make life quieter because these morons aren't trying to strike up a conversation with me. Life++ Whilst their blinkered existence is pitiful, I do enjoy the ability to go about my business without fear of attracting their attention. That has got to be a win-win. Thankyou Zuckerberg. XOXO
Actually, that's a good point that you make. Farcebook divides us into those that do and those that don't. I was foolish enough to neglect to read the terms when I signed up about 7 years ago. Consequently I didn't realize that I couldn't nuke my account - merely 'de-activate' it. As a consequence I've had one basically the whole time and have watched it turn into a popularity contest and a me-me-me-me fest. There has been utility at times of family travelling abroad, but far and away, the biggest use I have for the pig-of-a-thing is to pre-screen contact attempts from people I've known in the past. Twenty years ago, I had a good idea of who would grow up to be an ass. Without farcebook, I wouldn't have had proof and would have said yes to far too many undoubtedly painful catch-up requests. So, in closing - I too love the fact that they're all to busy with one-another to notice me any anybody I really care about. Aint life grand!
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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As you point out yourself... why are you on CP then...? Anyway, yes, you are right to an extent, but the internet has done good things that we couldn't have achieved otherwise too, you know? Twitter and Facebook saved lives in the big earthquake in Japan in 2011. Children with rare incurable heart disease have been able to receive life saving transplant thanks to donations collected over the internet from people who wouldn't have known about their plight otherwise. Personally, online dictionaries have helped my work immensely. I couldn't rely on an old paper dictionary because half the terminology I use won't be in there. And what's wrong with being able to look things up on the fly anyway? My university tutor used to say that it's not necessary to know everything; what's important is that you know where to look them up. People used to be happier because they used to talk more, eh? Well, now with the internet giving me endless amounts of information, I have more to talk about and more people to talk to. I miss my friend from primary school whom I lost touch with; snail mail was too much of a hassle when you just wanted to say and the only thing you could say was "Hi" (being a complicated teenager). If Facebook had been around then, I bet I still have contact with her. The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.:cool:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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As you point out yourself... why are you on CP then...? Anyway, yes, you are right to an extent, but the internet has done good things that we couldn't have achieved otherwise too, you know? Twitter and Facebook saved lives in the big earthquake in Japan in 2011. Children with rare incurable heart disease have been able to receive life saving transplant thanks to donations collected over the internet from people who wouldn't have known about their plight otherwise. Personally, online dictionaries have helped my work immensely. I couldn't rely on an old paper dictionary because half the terminology I use won't be in there. And what's wrong with being able to look things up on the fly anyway? My university tutor used to say that it's not necessary to know everything; what's important is that you know where to look them up. People used to be happier because they used to talk more, eh? Well, now with the internet giving me endless amounts of information, I have more to talk about and more people to talk to. I miss my friend from primary school whom I lost touch with; snail mail was too much of a hassle when you just wanted to say and the only thing you could say was "Hi" (being a complicated teenager). If Facebook had been around then, I bet I still have contact with her. The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.:cool:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
Oh gawd, yes - I forgot speeling cheekers! :thumbsup: I would have real problems without them now - I have even one running in VS to check my comments! And the Google Chrome textbox one is superb, especially with the "Ask Google for suggestions" option turned on, which adds better correction options and checks the grammar at the same time. Unfortunately, I am posting this from Firefox, which is pants in that department...
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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Oh gawd, yes - I forgot speeling cheekers! :thumbsup: I would have real problems without them now - I have even one running in VS to check my comments! And the Google Chrome textbox one is superb, especially with the "Ask Google for suggestions" option turned on, which adds better correction options and checks the grammar at the same time. Unfortunately, I am posting this from Firefox, which is pants in that department...
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Griff Said:
I am posting this from Firefox...
Now why would someone want to do that :confused:
Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.
Because Chrome has decided that Tuesday is "slug mode" day, and takes around a minute to open a new page. It has sessions like this from time to time, so I try to scare it by using FireFox (which opens the same pages almost immediately) for a day or so and it starts to behave again... :sigh:
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Actually, that's a good point that you make. Farcebook divides us into those that do and those that don't. I was foolish enough to neglect to read the terms when I signed up about 7 years ago. Consequently I didn't realize that I couldn't nuke my account - merely 'de-activate' it. As a consequence I've had one basically the whole time and have watched it turn into a popularity contest and a me-me-me-me fest. There has been utility at times of family travelling abroad, but far and away, the biggest use I have for the pig-of-a-thing is to pre-screen contact attempts from people I've known in the past. Twenty years ago, I had a good idea of who would grow up to be an ass. Without farcebook, I wouldn't have had proof and would have said yes to far too many undoubtedly painful catch-up requests. So, in closing - I too love the fact that they're all to busy with one-another to notice me any anybody I really care about. Aint life grand!
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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Because Chrome has decided that Tuesday is "slug mode" day, and takes around a minute to open a new page. It has sessions like this from time to time, so I try to scare it by using FireFox (which opens the same pages almost immediately) for a day or so and it starts to behave again... :sigh:
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Now there's a noble pursuit! Where’s the Donate button?
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Just login to FaceBook, it's in the lower left corner.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Rob Philpott wrote:
Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
With each other even. The other kind, politicians and lunatics, still do a lot of talking.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
The internet, like everything else, has it's good and bad points. I don't worry about Facebook and am not on Twitter, but finding information and being able to remote operate my computer and conduct remote meetings is fantastic. We use Skype to communicate, no matter where we are, and stay in touch (actually talk) with family and friends that we couldn't afford to years ago. I noticed the same problem with air conditioning in Houston. When I was a kid there was no air conditioning and we were always outside in the evenings all summer long - kids playing, adults walking around and chatting. Everyone knew everyone. Kids couldn't get into much trouble, because everyone in the area knew us and would call our parents if we did anything. Now people stay indoors in the summer, watching TV. No one knows much more than their immediate neighbors. Should we turn off all air conditioning? I think not. Everything comes with it's pros and cons.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, but look what's happened. Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by. Brazil? Wozzatt? Dunno, Google it. As well as becoming more stupid, it's making us more inward looking and vain. That's what Facebook is for, and if you ask me a good cure for world over-population would be to find out exactly who is on facebook and kill them. Then there'd be no more-touched up photographs or tumid biographies of dull lives clogging up the wires. As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support. Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm. And as for the CodeProject Lounge, God, where do you start? Yes, I am aware of the irony of this post. I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Rob Philpott wrote:
Firstly everyone has dumbed down. In the same way that you don't need to be able to do arithmetic because a calculator is close by, now you don't need to know anything because Google is close by
False. First, Ppeople didn't know more then, except that they knew there wasn't any effective way to find it out anyways, so they didn't bother asking. Second, no one can ask a question about something that they know nothing about. For example if you don't know a horse exists they you can't ask how one saddles a horse. Computers have made more people aware of more topics and thus they can ask questions about everything.
Rob Philpott wrote:
As a commuter I get so depressed watching people nurturing their Facebook profile on their iPhones as if it were their life support.
Perhaps you should find something to do during your commute besides worrying about how other people are doing on their commute?
Rob Philpott wrote:
Twitter is a great place to voice your bigoted views and get ignored or occasionally incite an enraged storm
Twitter is a great place where very average people have a chance of having their views seen by other people.
Rob Philpott wrote:
I saw something on the TV recently about the 1950s. Were people happier? “I think so, they talked more.”
Yep, back when a husband could beat his wife into submission and sexually abuse the children and for a bit of change on the weekend attacking someone of a different color or even better with a different sexual orientation certainly demonstrated what good times were. And for the select majority they could express their views, at least as long as it met with approval of the rest of the majority. Otherwise there was always the late night drunken beat down to deal with those that strayed from the correct path.
