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I can honestly say that Stackoverflow is a crap, lousy place to do business. I'm not saying CP is 100% great all the time but in hotel terms it's 5-star while SO is like a sleazy motel run by down-and-outs for crack whores and cons. I find little of value at SO, and I think of SO as Sod Off, because I might as well on the few occasions I do waste time getting routed there when I google something.
Just my two cents worth. 
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I would disagree with that; the technical stuff can be excellent, it's just the "superior" attitude that gets up my nose. And can get in the way of the technical stuff... 
Even if it was as you describe, running down the competition is never a good idea - nothing makes me not use a company faster than a salesdroid "rubbishing" their competitors.
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I'm sure they have their own salesdroids rubbishing CP. There are many folk here who are registered over there as well. They are indeed "superior" but makes them even more eligible for rotten veg and eggs. 
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I personally agree with your assessment, but the Interwebs are pretty big, so there's room for two dev-centric web-sites, catering to different tastes.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I would search CP first, see if there's anything posted in the Lounge that I'm looking for,  etc.
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...since I last visited the site and the lounge also. A lot of changed I see. Classy look everywhere. Reminds me of old days. Hows everyone? Are the trolls same as before with lots of '???!! need help" ? Soapbox still there with usual fights?
Just saying hi to everyone. BTW, smileys are still the same
Cheers.
"hi, I am explorer.exe. sometimes when you are doing anything at all, I will just freeze for ten minutes. All of my brother and sister windows will also freeze, because they are sad for me. Maybe we will come back, maybe not, it will be a surprise!"
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Hi there, and welcome back - We haven't met yet, but according to my name we will sometime.
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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Iron Maiden Beer[^]
I'm assuming Christian knows about this?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Christian knows
Do you think that he will run to the hills to buy some?
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Not at the moment - he has a Fear of the Dark - but the Prodigal Son of CP will Look for the Truth at 2 Minutes to Midnight and will get some, if not now then in Another Life.
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I've found an Android game (VCMI) which runs Heroes of Might and Magic 3 on your tablet. Now, years ago, I spent a fair amount of time with HOMM, so I thought "Its free, I'll give it a go."
So, install VCMI on tablet - OK.
Now it gets difficult. You have to install HOMM3 on the PC first, then copy the game files to the tablet. So first - find a copy of HOMM3. OK - there are a couple in the "old games" drawer...Found one!
And lets install...oh dear. NT SP4 not found...System not up to spec...32Mb RAM needed and you only have 4Gb...Install anyway?
Yes.
"Setup has detected that you have 4GB of memory available on your system. The game requires 32MB to run. The game may run sluggishly, become unstable, or fail to run at all."
OK - I'm off to the toolbox to get some side cutters, and clip a few ram chips out...If I'm not back soon, somebody send in the RAM mounties, will you?
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Nah, don't waste time downgrading... send me your computer and I'll send back to you one that will run perfectly HOMM3. 
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I solved the problem running 128 instances of the game concurrently. The gameplay was a bit more difficult, though.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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They have been a charged-for item here in Wales for two years now, and I haven't used a supermarket thin disposable for about three - I started practicing to make sure I have bags in the car.
And you know what? In practice it has had no adverse effects. There is an exemption for prescribed drugs (free bags, unless you add a non-prescription object to the bag) and the one thing you don't see is "waste" bags dumped or tossed in the bushes like you used to when kids had finished with the "pie, crisps and a can of cr@p" that replaced a school lunch. For some reason the lack of a bag to throw it all in has made them tider with the rest of their rubbish...
It works - get used to it! 
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Maybe. We too have this big woven things, but I always forget to take them. And what about the smaller 'metro' type supermarkets where people buy their lunch at work? You don't always know you're going to a supermarket until you get there.
It's a sad fact that the filthy masses just chuck their bags in the bushes, but that's hardly a reason to prevent the civilised from having them.
I'll get used to it, I suppose.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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You don't have to have enormous bags - I have a small cloth jobbie which fits well in a pocket for "little shopping". It's just a case of being organised and remembering - keep it in your desk! In a year or so, it'll be second nature.
It's not just the "rubbish-in-the-streets" - it's the "rubbish-in-the-ground"! Landfill is expensive, and hard to locate for a new site - no-one wants it close by. And the more your council throws in landfill, the higher the fines they get from the EU and the more they put your council tax up to compensate. So think of it as saving money, as well as natural resources.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Landfill is expensive, and hard to locate
Don't get me started on fly-tippers. I'd rather the council let them go to the local recycling centre for a couple of quid or for free than have to spend far more coinage cleaning up the mess where they've tipped. Between us and Horsham is a nice country road and there's a gated track where there are regular dumps of rubbish. For sure, it's not all bag-based but the mess is horrible to see. The muck you see isn't just the big boys with vans but also smaller domestic tipping. If the owner brought the gate closer to the road it might discourage most of them because the location where it is now makes it easier for vehicles to pull off the road and do it more covertly.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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SeptimusEjjog 151576 wrote: Don't get me started on fly-tippers.
I know.
It's like serial killers always start off by abusing poets.
Fly-tippers grow up to be cow-tippers.
You've got to stop them when they're young.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What pisses me off about this is that I reuse every single carrier bag I take home from the supermarket that desn't split open (which is less and less as they try to annoy you into buying reuseable ones).
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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We've had that for a couple of years now;
You get used to keep a bag with you all time (I always keep 1 or 2 plastic bag in my work bag).
I'd rather be phishing!
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My family has over two hundred of those reusable bags.
We also keep the plastic bags for cat litter.
Keep Clam And Proofread
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√(-1) 23 ∑ π...
And it was delicious.
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Welcome back to the 80's.
I remember when they used to charge for a bag back then! If they had put all that money from bags in a bag fund just think how much it would be worth now! Just think, a bit like the Norwegian Oil Fund.
Oil fund is filling at a rate of $1 Billion per week![^]
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Yeah, and plastic bags are a petroleum product. They are made during the oil refining process.
Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo.
- Harvey
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