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Kill the monkey-mind at the driver's-wheel, and there becomes here.
"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.
Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett
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ChrisElston wrote: So, could you name every country in Europe, or every US state, and is there any benefit in being able to do so.
Yes, yes, and no.
Now ask me about Africa then I'm screwed.
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I could probably name the continents,
The countries I could guess
But there's something I know really well.
That's all the states of undress.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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Well, I can name all of the Europpean states, there capitals. All of the 26 Swiss Cantons ('states') with there capitals..
Some US states / capitals, some African states (most of them).. And some others (I was quite good in geography and still love it..)
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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And what good have all those facts done you?
The subject I chose was the title of an essay I wrote at university in the first year of a geography degree.
Geography is not (just) about what is where, it is about why it is where it is. It is about why people are where they are and doing what they are, how they relate to where they are.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Expecting Brits to know every US state is the equivalent of expecting a Yank to know every UK county. It's not the same as knowing every country in the Americas.
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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My average error was 73 miles, although I dropped one state by accident.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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The problem with the video of people being asked about countries (or anything else) is that we are always scared of not knowing something and will answer stupid things instead saying so.
I like when people answer "Sorry, I do not know that answer, but I will look it up later".
I'd rather be phishing!
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Sounds like you are experiencing the beginning stages (Freudian slip, for I did type "states" at first!) of "mid-life crisis".
"You mean I spent 11+ years of my life to learn all that crap they taught me in elementary and high school and I've only used 3% of it?!"
Yup, that's pretty much what happened. You see, the goal, unspoken that it is, is to get you "edu-ma-cated" (mental anesthesia, or "brain-washed") to believe you need to know tons of crap to be "successful" (read "earn lots of money") in life (so we can get that much more taxes from you).
Well, that's the U.S. model since 1847, anyway.
Thing is, we need farmers, mechanics, machinists, hair-dressers, tailors, you know, "blue-collar" workers (as such they are labelled here in AmeriKa, especially KommiFornia), which *DOESN'T* require 12 years of "edu-ma-cated" learning or even a college degree, yet the push is even greater to get this degree.
This guy is DEAD-ON regarding these "Most Neglected Skills":
The most neglected skills.[^]
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So today I took a shot at the Microsoft 70-483 certificate, Programming in C#.
I got a preliminary 875/1000 points and needed 700 to pass.
My first exam, so I am now (almost) officially Microsoft Certified! 
I'm still waiting for my actual certificate and an email from Microsoft.
All in all a pretty good day! 
It's an OO world.
public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Thanks!
It's an OO world.
public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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 Well done!
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Thank you!
It's an OO world.
public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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You're welcome - it's a lot of work: well done, you deserve it!
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Nicely done! 
/ravi
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Thanks! 
It's an OO world.
public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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'Cause we don't have enough Male Chauvinist Pigs here?
Well, congrats anyway.
By the by... does it look (like) an anti-Linq C#ist can pass?
modified 28-Nov-13 15:24pm.
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Uhhh... Thanks I guess 
PIEBALDconsult wrote: By the by... does it look an anti-Linq C#ist can pass?
Yeah, I think so. I didn't see too many LINQ questions on the exam. Or maybe I'm just so used to reading LINQ I don't even notice it anymore.
The real question is why you are against something that is so awesome?
It's an OO world.
public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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One man's awesome is another man's awful.
Really, I'm good with SQL so it doesn't fill a need I have.
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I agree that Linq to SQL is a heap of doggy-do used by developers too thick to learn SQL (controversial? Maybe) but Linq to POCO is really nice for all those "is it in this collection", "sort that collection", "filter the collection" operations that otherwise require loops.
Not that the loops are complex, or difficult to read etc.
I use this page[^] as my bible (as I'm an athiest, and too old to memorise new stuff)
MVVM # - I did it My Way
___________________________________________
Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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Would it be reasonable to say EF uses linq to SQL? I want to stick with my own DAL tool but am getting a bunch of flack from the other, younger devs.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: flack from the other, younger devs
You have experience on your side. The old ways are the best ways.
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