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Off I go again, travelling on the company's dime, this time for training at a resort in Henderson, NV. I have to say that I'm underwhelmed by this Hilton Resort on Lake Las Vegas. It's all done up like a Mediterranean Villa, with quaint paths and gardens everywhere, and the room is quite nice once I found it with the aid of a team of Sherpa guides I hired in the parking garage. But 90% of the quaint shops in the Villa are "Available" and vacant, with the rest being closed when I arrived well before sunset. There are a couple of restaurants and bars open, but at the price they're asking for a steak, I can raise and butcher a steer, and I'm probably a better cook than any they have on staff.
There's a casino here, but when I walked over for a little action, the sign on the door said the business had "ceased operations." That's Nevada Gaming Commission speak for 'gone bankrupt.' How do you lose money when you own your own casino? Having struck granite instead of pay dirt looking for something to do after driving up here today after work, I went in search of the jacuzzi. To my view, a hotel is best judged by the quality of its plumbing; showers that change temperature unexpectedly get you on my 'never again' list, but I'll put up with lousy plumbing if you offer me a relaxing soak late at night in a jacuzzi accompanied by a refreshing glass of scotch. That defines my pot of gold at the end of a long day driving along the rainbow highway.
A quick glance at the booklet in my room revealed that the pool and jacuzzi are closed at 7PM! It's not even dark at 7PM! It's still 100F out there! I called down to the desk to inquire whether this was merely a typo, or an incredibly boneheaded management policy enacted by a soon-to-be-outgoing management team. I was politely informed that it was not a typo.
Needless to say, I will not again be staying at this dump. If I attend another training at this site, I'll book a cheaper room at a place that has better amenities for a fair price and drive to class. It's really not that hard to get around Las Vegas if you plan your routes and avoid peak hours. On the brighter side, I definitely plan to visit Extreme Ventures while I'm here, since they're only a few miles from the hotel and stay open late enough to get there after class. I'm told by reliable sources that they have reloading supplies that no one else can find. I sure hope so. 
So, what much-hyped venues have you visited lately that have turned out to be Great Disappointments?
Will Rogers never met me.
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Oklahoma City, OK. Enough said.
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Roger Wright wrote: much-hyped venues have you visited lately
"The View" at Monument Valley. Next time (if there is a next time), we'd stay at Goulding's.
The worst thing I noticed there was in the gift shop (of course). Guests get 10% off, but even the Tony Hilllerman books are marked up 20% -- there's a $12 sticker pasted over the $10 cover price. Over at Goulding's (five miles away) you pay cover price.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Laughlin this weekend! Whoo hoo! Laughlin never disappoints! Provided one has low standards.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I have very low standards; that's why I live there. 
When are you arriving/leaving? Where are you staying?
Will Rogers never met me.
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Driving over after work today. Staying at the Cholera D'Obelle. Driving back on Monday. No plans other than the concert Sunday night. Might go looking for petroglyphs on Saturday. I think I still have your number, ends in 6192, yes?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Yep - same number. Not sure what the plans are this weekend, but we'll try to get together...
Will Rogers never met me.
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is absolutely hilarious!
The guy behind them[^]
Look at some of them.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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My 11 year old was addicted when he was younger.
Not sure what that says about them ...
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My twelve-year-old watches that stuff. It's like some sort of mind-altering drug.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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One has to wonder what TomSka is smoking to come up with some of those things...
e.g. The 'Mine Turtle'. Seriously?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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There appears to be some serious disruption in the UK.
ebay.co.uk has been offline since 20:55. Various web monitoring sites confirm this.
theregister.co.uk was also playing up.
Don't know if akamai is having problems again or someone else in the chain.
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Ta.
Dare say there will be some story about it on elReg soon. 
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Perhaps this[^] is also affecting things on that side of the wet?
TTFN - Kent
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I did not know this:
Concatenating a null string is legal[^]
This works:
string s=null;
s+="Hello World";
Oddly (as someone in the link above points out):
int? i = null;
i+=1;
results in i==null.
Interesting stuff. Sort of rubs the fur the wrong way.
(BTW, those that replied to my best practice question, I'll get back to you soon, the responses are awesome!)
Marc
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Seems like string is a special child for microsoft
Tim Toady Bicarbonate
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Or we could make it an option[^]
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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The int? behavior is the expected one. When an int? is null, its int equivalent is 0 (int's default). Since string is a reference type (with some value semantics), you'd expect its default to be null (which is so), but for concatenation they changed it to default to String.Empty. Although it does make sense to do it that way as the most useful behavior (for most or all scenarios).
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