How often/where do you post ?
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_Damian S_ wrote:
and only update the Booger Mobile blog whenever work/significant events have taken place.
Cool - I've been thinking of starting a blog, probably called thinksIhateAboutMicrosoft.com
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Christian Graus wrote:
I've been thinking of starting a blog
I think that with your (obvious) passion and experience, any blog you write would have a large following! I have quite enjoyed doing the BM blog - just need to do some more work to have a reason to update it!
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Christian Graus wrote:
working alone, this is how I get to talk to anyone at work
Yes, I definitely do it for social interaction... When I'm not onsite, I also tend to use MSN Messenger for this, however they have it blocked at the site I am at today... Do you use any IM software?
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
_Damian S_ wrote:
Do you use any IM software?
I usually use MSN, but it's on the fritz today.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Christian Graus wrote:
I've been thinking of starting a blog
I think that with your (obvious) passion and experience, any blog you write would have a large following! I have quite enjoyed doing the BM blog - just need to do some more work to have a reason to update it!
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
_Damian S_ wrote:
I think that with your (obvious) passion and experience, any blog you write would have a large following!
*grin* I would hope people get a laugh out of it, but I'd actually tell people how to fix bugs in MS stuff, for example, there are .NET methods for reading files that don't work with vista, because under the hood, they request full access, so I'd tell people which ones they should use. other times, I'd just rant about the stupidity of having to remember to install WMP10 every time I start a new PC, so that WPF works.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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_Damian S_ wrote:
Do you use any IM software?
I usually use MSN, but it's on the fritz today.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Well, if you are interested, I'm sure a man of your talents could work out how to contact me and send me your MSN address...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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_Damian S_ wrote:
I think that with your (obvious) passion and experience, any blog you write would have a large following!
*grin* I would hope people get a laugh out of it, but I'd actually tell people how to fix bugs in MS stuff, for example, there are .NET methods for reading files that don't work with vista, because under the hood, they request full access, so I'd tell people which ones they should use. other times, I'd just rant about the stupidity of having to remember to install WMP10 every time I start a new PC, so that WPF works.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Christian Graus wrote:
I would hope people get a laugh out of it
Oh we do! Even just the latest subject line of "XYZ sucks" causes us to commence giggling... I think the problem you have with CP and MSDN forums, is that because you are an advanced user, you have a tough time finding anyone with suitable experience to help you with the advanced issues you have... You (seem to) stretch the bounds of what the products can achieve, therefore run into issues that us mere mortals don't generally come up against! Come to me when you have an SQL query or database design issue... rofl... When you specialise in business software (as I do), there aren't that many new and exciting traps, they all tend to be traps for young players...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Christian Graus wrote:
I would hope people get a laugh out of it
Oh we do! Even just the latest subject line of "XYZ sucks" causes us to commence giggling... I think the problem you have with CP and MSDN forums, is that because you are an advanced user, you have a tough time finding anyone with suitable experience to help you with the advanced issues you have... You (seem to) stretch the bounds of what the products can achieve, therefore run into issues that us mere mortals don't generally come up against! Come to me when you have an SQL query or database design issue... rofl... When you specialise in business software (as I do), there aren't that many new and exciting traps, they all tend to be traps for young players...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
_Damian S_ wrote:
I think the problem you have with CP and MSDN forums, is that because you are an advanced user,
Yes, I agree, generally. However, for WPF, I don't think the questions I asked were that advanced, although they were basically 'why doesn't the bloody media element control work at all ?'. I do think the basic issue is a lot of people asking very basic questions, and the ones that are not basic, get lost pretty quickly.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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_Damian S_ wrote:
I think the problem you have with CP and MSDN forums, is that because you are an advanced user,
Yes, I agree, generally. However, for WPF, I don't think the questions I asked were that advanced, although they were basically 'why doesn't the bloody media element control work at all ?'. I do think the basic issue is a lot of people asking very basic questions, and the ones that are not basic, get lost pretty quickly.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Christian Graus wrote:
'why doesn't the bloody media element control work at all ?
Yes, in that instance it was more of a why, why, WHY????? question...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Just curious, CP seems to me to be pretty slow nowadays, do people feel they post more, the same, or less than in the past ? More to the point, would you use CP for programming stuff as much as in the past ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Christian Graus wrote:
Just curious, CP seems to me to be pretty slow nowadays, do people feel they post more, the same, or less than in the past ? More to the point, would you use CP for programming stuff as much as in the past ?
I probably don't post as much here as I have in the past. It seems much more hostile somehow and the ultra right wingers are just insufferable since Obama was elected. I never check the lounge anymore and only look in on SB 2.0 once in a while and haven't posted there since the switchover, I think. I check the algorithms and graphics forums and occasionally answer questions or smack the homework cheaters there but they've been pretty quiet for a while. I check the articles daily but most of the new articles are C# and .NET and not relevant to me. The articles I read are usually about things like image processing.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Just curious, CP seems to me to be pretty slow nowadays, do people feel they post more, the same, or less than in the past ? More to the point, would you use CP for programming stuff as much as in the past ?
I probably don't post as much here as I have in the past. It seems much more hostile somehow and the ultra right wingers are just insufferable since Obama was elected. I never check the lounge anymore and only look in on SB 2.0 once in a while and haven't posted there since the switchover, I think. I check the algorithms and graphics forums and occasionally answer questions or smack the homework cheaters there but they've been pretty quiet for a while. I check the articles daily but most of the new articles are C# and .NET and not relevant to me. The articles I read are usually about things like image processing.
"Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke
I'm a proud denizen of the Real Soapbox[^]
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!!!Yeah, I never look at the Soapbox 2.0, it seems like a weird, inbetween sort of a forum to me.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Christian Graus wrote:
Just curious, CP seems to me to be pretty slow nowadays, do people feel they post more, the same, or less than in the past ? More to the point, would you use CP for programming stuff as much as in the past ?
I probably don't post as much here as I have in the past. It seems much more hostile somehow and the ultra right wingers are just insufferable since Obama was elected. I never check the lounge anymore and only look in on SB 2.0 once in a while and haven't posted there since the switchover, I think. I check the algorithms and graphics forums and occasionally answer questions or smack the homework cheaters there but they've been pretty quiet for a while. I check the articles daily but most of the new articles are C# and .NET and not relevant to me. The articles I read are usually about things like image processing.
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Tim Craig wrote:
It seems much more hostile somehow and the ultra right wingers are just insufferable since Obama was elected.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Never fear, you've always been insufferable but then, that seems to be your mission in life. Oh, since I have your attention. Smack!
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Just curious, CP seems to me to be pretty slow nowadays, do people feel they post more, the same, or less than in the past ? More to the point, would you use CP for programming stuff as much as in the past ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Definitely less. I would never have reached 7k posts in one incarnation at my current rate. I find there are just fewer interesting threads in the Lounge and here.
You really gotta try harder to keep up with everyone that's not on the short bus with you. - John Simmons / outlaw programmer.
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Definitely less. I would never have reached 7k posts in one incarnation at my current rate. I find there are just fewer interesting threads in the Lounge and here.
You really gotta try harder to keep up with everyone that's not on the short bus with you. - John Simmons / outlaw programmer.
Brady Kelly wrote:
I find there are just fewer interesting threads in the Lounge and here.
Oh, so now it's OUR fault ? :P
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Just curious, CP seems to me to be pretty slow nowadays, do people feel they post more, the same, or less than in the past ? More to the point, would you use CP for programming stuff as much as in the past ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
I rarely post here any more. Anything programming related goes to Stack Overflow nowadays. The programming forums here seem to be full of people wanting homework answers - the quality of both the questions and answers on Stack Overflow is in a different league thanks to their reward system and active moderation. I used to live in this place and was always posting in the old Soapbox. Sensible debate has long since disappeared from here though and it's just one troll after another. In my opinion Code Project is in danger of being overshadowed by the new kid on the block. If the guys behind Stack Overflow put together a system where you can post sample code and applications then Chris would need to start worrying. I also no longer live is a MS-centric world and have no intention of jumping on any of their latest technology bandwagons just because they claim it's the way forward. CP is still primarily a place where developers using MS tools hang out, and as I don't really care about these tools any more, I'm less likely to pop by for a visit. I've had a great time here over the years, engaged in healthy debate, helped a few people out and posted more than my fair share of articles, but I can't see those halcyon days ever returning.
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I rarely post here any more. Anything programming related goes to Stack Overflow nowadays. The programming forums here seem to be full of people wanting homework answers - the quality of both the questions and answers on Stack Overflow is in a different league thanks to their reward system and active moderation. I used to live in this place and was always posting in the old Soapbox. Sensible debate has long since disappeared from here though and it's just one troll after another. In my opinion Code Project is in danger of being overshadowed by the new kid on the block. If the guys behind Stack Overflow put together a system where you can post sample code and applications then Chris would need to start worrying. I also no longer live is a MS-centric world and have no intention of jumping on any of their latest technology bandwagons just because they claim it's the way forward. CP is still primarily a place where developers using MS tools hang out, and as I don't really care about these tools any more, I'm less likely to pop by for a visit. I've had a great time here over the years, engaged in healthy debate, helped a few people out and posted more than my fair share of articles, but I can't see those halcyon days ever returning.
Sadly, I think that's a common tale. A lot of people mention stack overflow. I guess I should check it out, but I have been here for so long, and I worked for CP for a time, so I'd feel like I was cheating on my wife or something...
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Sadly, I think that's a common tale. A lot of people mention stack overflow. I guess I should check it out, but I have been here for so long, and I worked for CP for a time, so I'd feel like I was cheating on my wife or something...
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Just curious, CP seems to me to be pretty slow nowadays, do people feel they post more, the same, or less than in the past ? More to the point, would you use CP for programming stuff as much as in the past ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
I post less compared to last year. It's because same questions are getting repeated, people are posting all junk questions and not responding or down voting when someone tries to help. By the starting of this year, I made a move to LINUX. So doing C++ stuff mostly and found it interesting. This is another reason why posting is less. But I used to read almost all posts in C++, C#, Managed C++/CLI and ASP.NET forums. :)
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Josh Gray wrote:
just cant be arsed with he same old crap day in day out.
*grin* yeah, I suspect the main thing that keeps me coming back is that, working alone, this is how I get to talk to anyone at work.
Josh Gray wrote:
Dont look at the programming stuff at all now days
Yeah, it ceased to be of value to me a long time ago, too. I find that asking questions here, or on MSDN, is basically useless nowadays.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Christian Graus wrote:
*grin* yeah, I suspect the main thing that keeps me coming back is that, working alone, this is how I get to talk to anyone at work.
ditto (Hey if it's good enough for Limbaugh, it's good enough for you.)
Christian Graus wrote:
find that asking questions here, or on MSDN, is basically useless nowadays.
I got a decent answer from you when I posted a programming question in here - maybe we should ask Chris to start an address-concealed programming forum? . . .um no, we probably shouldn't.
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Never fear, you've always been insufferable but then, that seems to be your mission in life. Oh, since I have your attention. Smack!
"Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke
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ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!!! -
Sadly, I think that's a common tale. A lot of people mention stack overflow. I guess I should check it out, but I have been here for so long, and I worked for CP for a time, so I'd feel like I was cheating on my wife or something...
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Christian Graus wrote:
A lot of people mention stack overflow
Don't expect too much. Here's one of the latest asp.net questions: "ASP.NET - How to write some html in the page? With Response.Write? I need that some html in the area in the asp.net page that i am coding, is changed according to a string variable. I was thinking about creating a label, and then change the text…" :rolleyes:
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin