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Did you mean helicopter parent[^]?
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I found this one interesting:
This one anagrams 30 elements from the Periodic Table
of the Elements into 30 other elements (and all 60 elements
that appear in the anagram are distinct):
hydrogen + zirconium + tin + oxygen + rhenium + platinum +
tellurium + terbium + nobelium + chromium + iron + cobalt +
carbon + aluminum + ruthenium + silicon + ytterbium + hafnium +
sodium + selenium + cerium + manganese + osmium + uranium +
nickel + praseodymium + erbium + vanadium + thallium + plutonium =
nitrogen + zinc + rhodium + helium + argon + neptunium +
beryllium + bromine + lutetium + boron + calcium + thorium +
niobium + lanthanum + mercury + fluorine + bismuth + actinium +
silver + cesium + neodymium + magnesium + xenon + samarium +
scandium + europium + berkelium + palladium + antimony + thulium
But there's more: if we replace each element by its atomic number (position in the Periodic Table), there is still equality:
1 + 40 + 50 + 8 + 75 + 78 +
52 + 65 +102 + 24 + 26 + 27 +
6 + 13 + 44 + 14 + 70 + 72 +
11 + 34 + 58 + 25 + 76 + 92 +
28 + 59 + 68 + 23 + 81 + 94 = 1416
7 + 30 + 45 + 2 + 18 + 93 +
4 + 35 + 71 + 5 + 20 + 90 +
41 + 57 + 80 + 9 + 83 + 89 +
47 + 55 + 60 + 12 + 54 + 62 +
21 + 63 + 97 + 46 + 51 + 69 = 1416
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Starting to get bored with the Visual Studio Mag. Any other good ones out there around .NET development?
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Perhaps Code Project should produce a physical magazine. Hmmm. *strokes chin**
*No, not Chin.
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IMHO, between the Daily Insider and the weekly Web Development and Mobile Development newsletters, we do a pretty good impression of a magazine given the resources at hand. But of course I say that as I put them together.
To put together a high-quality magazine these days, even an online-only one, is not a great business proposition. Hence the decline in quality and quantity of nerdy tomes on the newsstand. I should know: I worked in the dev pub biz until recently. Technically still do, and the Code Project is a good example of what still works.
Suggestion: the Code Project *is* a primary source for a lot of great writing in the dev sphere. But it's all written by the members here. If there's something you want to learn about, post your suggestion here in the forums. Maybe someone will write it. Maybe someone will help *you* write it, and you'll learn something in the process. "Win win" as the brogammers say.
(BTW, when I say "you" I don't mean AspDotNetDev in particular. I mean "y'all" in the Texan sense of the word.)
Director of Content Development, The Code Project
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Once upon a time, Dr. Dobbs Journal was a favorite of mine. Now it appears to have gone entirely online. I can't speak to the cutting edge content it used to have, and may still have, since I haven't kept up with it in many years, but here's a sample: VS11 - Not Ready For Prime Time[^]
Will Rogers never met me.
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MSDN magazine used to be quite good until it became a "Hey! Look at me blowing my trumpet with clever code and self-gratification."
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I've just watched the series on Auntie about the Titanic which was presented by Len Goodman of Strictly Come Dancing fame. I don't know about you chaps that might have watched it, but he presented it really well, with sensitivity and subject knowledge. I looked forward to it each week and was sorry to see it was only three parts when it could have gone on for six or more.
Once again, Auntie produces another fine example of excellent original programming.
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No Spoilers Please.
I don't want to know how it ends.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Leslie Nielsen dies..
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
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Ah dagnabbit!
I was hoping for a whole series on it's many voyages.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Dalek Dave wrote: it's many voyages
May I recommend this[^] book?
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After 10 years or so, I finally got to use friend in C++ again.
friend class CAppDocument;
An extremely specialized case where I could not think of any other way to have a clean design.
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I’m familiar with the concept and have seen it in others code, but after almost 10 years I’ve never used it myself. I suppose this makes me friend virgin.
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Deyan Georgiev wrote: but after almost 10 years I’ve never used it myself
Me neither. They say I am unfriendly. 
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Now the CAppDocument is expected to speak evil of the other class.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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I'll try to remember that one 
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I've always found friend to be quite useful.
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I'm still waiting for the new sworn enemy modifier in C# 6.0, as well as the betray operator in the dynamic extensions that will allow a friend class to change at runtime into a sworn enemy class
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Is this a proposal? 
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C++ - the only place where friends can access your privates 
If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory.
--code-frog
Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?!
--Steve Echols
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Yesterday morning, I was reconciling the last few bank statements, ready for tax day, when I realized I was missing a couple of months, so I contacted my bank who said they'd e-mail them to me. Several hours later, I noticed that e-mails were no longer downloading from my broadband carrier to Outlook (on my pc) and K-9 (on my tablet).
Wondering if the e-mail from the bank was huge and blocking downloads, I tried to go to my broadband carrier's web email client. However, it refused to acknowledge my password! So I clicked the "I forgot my password" thingie (I'm not proud - I read "... for Dummies" books!) but that routine refused to acknowledge my favorite sports team!. So then, I contacted the broadband carrier's techie, who refused to recognize my SSN. Finally, we realized that the account had originally been set up by my wife, and her SSN was accepted. I was given a temporary password, and I updated my profile details to a new password and the correct sports team. I also updated the password on my Outlook and K-9 settings.
However, the e-mail from the bank was only a few Kb, (it consisted purely of a link to a secure web page) so that wasn't the cause of the download blockage. Back to broadband techie (a different one), who had me change most of the settings in Outlook (refusing to understand that the original settings had been working for years until yesterday) and telling me to use dropdowns and tabs and stuff which weren't even on my version of Outlook (I told him 3 times that I was using Professional Plus 2010). He gave me the old "it's working on MY box" spiel, implying that the problem was at my end and I wasn't following his instructions properly. Eventually, when none of his suggestions had helped, he said he'd escalate it and someone would contact me today (which they haven't - yet).
Later yesterday evening, I noticed that e-mails were flowing normally. I checked my tablet, and the same was happening there too. I can only assume that the problems were with my broadband carrier (or possibly some settings that governed my account at their end) which they fixed, and didn't even bother to let me know, let alone apologize for.
What a waste of time!! 
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Something similar happened when I first got my internet hooked up. They tried to install the media package on my computer, but couldn't because I use linux. (they did on my brother computer, and he was NOT happy).
The first time I spent a good deal of time on the phone with people who said things like "other clients have linux, and theirs works fine" , like I couldn't set up my own box or something. In the end, because they could not help at all, I used a windoze box to install the software. The internet worked fine, so I formatted the windoze machine back to linux and never had another problem. Their stuff needed to be installed. The fact was, I had a connection, and there was a message in the web browser that told me I had the wrong OS and it needed to download xyz program, and specifically told me I needed a windoze computer.
The second time pretty much the same thing happened, but no web browser at all. I spent all my time at home on the phone with them for about a week. When I got my first bill, I called them to cancel my service because I got a bill and still no service. The lady ran me through the "open a dos prompt", to which I get to reply "I don't have a dos prompt, but I can open a terminal". Later it goes to "Did you really type that command? It should have worked, what did it say when you typed it" , so I was laughing and told her "bash - command not found". They were completely clueless. I got escalated to their tier 2 ticket and it was fixed by the time I got home from work. I did get a call from the tech guy making sure I had service, but they never admitted that it wasn't my fault.
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