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  • C Christopher Duncan

    Jeremy Falcon wrote:

    To master my own mind

    You obviously mastered something prior to mastering your body, but the mind wasn't it. The mind is also a bit player in the things you just mentioned. The same source that you drew on to accomplish physical things will aid you in achieving your goals. "The Last Samurai" - From Katsumoto's son as Capt. Algren practices with sword master Ujio: "Please excuse. Too many mind." "Huh?" "Mind sword. Mind people watching. Mind enemy. Too many mind. No mind." And yeah, a taco does sound good now that you mention it. :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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    Jeremy Falcon
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    Christopher Duncan wrote:

    "The Last Samurai"

    Is that a good movie btw? I'm not a Tom Cruise fan, so I never really bothered to see it. But, I've heard people talk about it positively. Jeremy Falcon

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    • C Christopher Duncan

      Bloody Marys, yeah! And, just to be specific, cute, single type females who are into Bloody Marys, right? :-D As for the cigarettes, I just don't get it. Smoking tobacco is kinda like non alcoholic beer, isn't it? :cool: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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      Shog9 0
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      Christopher Duncan wrote:

      As for the cigarettes, I just don't get it.

      Hard to explain... there's just something delightfully wrong about going hiking and then stopping off for a bloody mary and a cigarette. Kinda like going for a cheeseburger and milkshake after a visit to the dentist...

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      • J Jeremy Falcon

        Shog9 wrote:

        other people into Bloody Marys...

        Not I. Besides V8s[^] taste so much better. Jeremy Falcon

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        V8 and orange juice is an excellent breakfast, i've found. :cool:

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        • C Christopher Duncan

          Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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          Mike Poz
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          Damn, non-techncial, there goes my flying car... To make my life better, what magic wand wave result would I want: For all people to accept that my opinion may or may not be identical to theirs without them reverting to calling me an idiot for believing differently. But that may be too much to ask for so how about a four lane highway to Hawaii? Mike Poz

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          • C Christopher Duncan

            Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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            Christian Graus
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            I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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            • P Paul Brower

              I would book all the first class seats for all flights everywhere, and allow anyone who is a software developer to move from stinky cramped coach seats into the first class seats for free!

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              Mike Poz
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              You got my 5!!! Mike Poz

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              • C Christopher Duncan

                Stan Shannon wrote:

                Free humanity from all collectivist ideological principles.

                But, but... as you gather followers, wouldn't that make this yet another collectivist ideological principle? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                Stan Shannon
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                Christopher Duncan wrote:

                But, but... as you gather followers, wouldn't that make this yet another collectivist ideological principle?

                The question wasn't about followers it was about magic wands. In any case, cooperation isn't collectivism. People can work together in their own self interest without being a collective. "You get that which you tolerate"

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                  V8 and orange juice is an excellent breakfast, i've found. :cool:

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                  Jeremy Falcon
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                  Mixed together? :confused: Jeremy Falcon

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                  • J Jeremy Falcon

                    Mixed together? :confused: Jeremy Falcon

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                    Shog9 0
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                    Yup. The V8 tempers the sharpness of the orange juice, and the oj brightens up the taste of the V8... try it sometime.

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                      Yup. The V8 tempers the sharpness of the orange juice, and the oj brightens up the taste of the V8... try it sometime.

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                      Jeremy Falcon
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                      Shog9 wrote:

                      try it sometime.

                      Thanks for the tip. Jeremy Falcon

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                      • C Christian Graus

                        I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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                        Christian Graus wrote:

                        I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA.

                        That must be one powerful drink. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon

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                          Christian Graus wrote:

                          I'd make it so I could buy lemon, lime and bitters when I'm in the USA.

                          That must be one powerful drink. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon

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                          Christian Graus
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                          It's sprite ( which I would call lemonade ), lime cordial and bitters. IT's very nice. I managed to get ONE between my two trips to the USA, and an assortment of very strange things, even after I worked out that in the USA, lemonade is lemon cordial. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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                          • P Paul Brower

                            I would book all the first class seats for all flights everywhere, and allow anyone who is a software developer to move from stinky cramped coach seats into the first class seats for free!

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                            Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                            Now who will give anything but 5 to that post:)


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                            • B BoneSoft

                              If you could wave a wand and institute flat tax, why not make that no tax?


                              Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

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                              Marc Clifton
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                              BoneSoft wrote:

                              If you could wave a wand and institute flat tax, why not make that no tax?

                              I considered that, but frankly, that's an impossible situation. And in fact, I'm happy to pay a certain amount of my income for a variety of things. But in this day and age, I would like the ability to specify exactly where my tax money goes. I may want it to go flowers, and you may want it to go to guns, and that's fine. But I'd at least like to control where my taxes go, rather than let some idiot politician steal it for his salary, his mistress, his pet projects, his lobby, and last of all, some remote possibility of representing my interests. Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                                Marc, O.T. but looks like someone wrote an article just for you : A Complete ActiveX Web Control Tutorial[^] It shows how to write the control, how to insert it into an HTML page etc. :-) Regards, Nish


                                Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                                Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)

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                                Marc Clifton
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                                Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                                It shows how to write the control, how to insert it into an HTML page etc.

                                Very cool! Thanks for the link. BTW, Justin whipped together a simple .NET/C# demo for me that got the job done. :jig: Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                                • C Christopher Duncan

                                  Planning on getting around to that anytime soon? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                                  brianwelsch
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                                  Yup. I'm always planning on changing that, but I'd hate to see where it might lead. ;) BW


                                  If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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                                  • J Josh Smith

                                    brianwelsch wrote:

                                    I'd get rid of my procrastination and my fear of success.

                                    I imagine that those two conditions work well together. You can keep avoiding the effort required to get a higher paying job and promotion, which should assuage your fear of getting a higher paying job and promotion!! :-D

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                                    brianwelsch
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                                    :) I strive to maintain balance in my life. BW


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                                    • J Jeremy Falcon

                                      Nicholas Butler wrote:

                                      I would create world peace

                                      Yeah, we need to kill off those violent people to get rid of them. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon

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                                      Super Lloyd
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                                      Yeah, that's the spirit man!

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                                      • C Christopher Duncan

                                        Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                                        Lost User
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                                        Less travel between work and home and more time to persue hobbies and other interests Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                                        • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                                          Now who will give anything but 5 to that post:)


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                                          Steve Mayfield
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                                          but that means your stuck in the section with all software developers while all the hot women (or men) are back in coach...who wants to spend several hours debating the merits of C++ vs VB, why WTL is better than MFC or how .NET will bring about world peace... X| Steve

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