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I'm still running Windows XP on my PC. I do use newer systems on client computers, but I am reluctant to upgrade at all. Why? First of all, I like Office 2003, especially as I am so comfortable drawing complex diagrams with it and I find getting used to newer Office versions a bit awkward, especially with those infuriating Ribbons of Death. Also, every time I go to PC World the reps put me off buying a PC by trying to convince me to add on so much stuff I don't need, or by trying to flog me a pre-built PC that doesn't ideally meet my specifications. I just keep walking away empty-handed. Bonus: I can watch more Youtube videos than most users of more modern (i.e. more censored) systems. Problem: I can't run much in the way of VS software, but then the free versions were a bit deficient anyway, which has added momentum to my move to Java, though I can't use Netbeans 8. Additional problem: Windows put me off with all that Metro rubbish and its clunky 'touchscreen' icons - I want a PC OS not some hybrid. I will upgrade eventually, but I am reluctant.
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I think the information you've provided is great.
That's the trouble with upgrades -- the world says everyone wants them and __must__ have them, but the truth is, if the tools you have are doing the trick, it is ridiculous to upgrade.
One the VSTudio thing, have you tried SharpDev Studio? It is free and super cool alternative to VStudio and supports the .NET frameworks. Check it out at:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/[^]
It's opensource too so you can even examine the code it was built with. Really cool.
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While reading an article last night about fathers and sons, memories came
flooding back to the time I took me son out for his first pint.
Off we went to our local pub only two blocks from the cottage.
I got him a Guinness. He didn't like it------so I drank it.
Then I got him a Kilkenny’s; he didn't like that either------so I drank it.
Finally, I thought he might like some Harp Lager? He didn’t-------I drank it.
I thought maybe he'd like whiskey better than beer so we tried a Jameson’s. Nope!
In desperation, I had him try that rare Redbreast, Ireland's finest. He
wouldn't even smell it.
What could I do but drink it?!
By the time I realized he just didn't like to drink, I was so drunk, I could hardly push his stroller back home.
I'll get my coat. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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You should've known he was into a white russian (Hold the vodka and liqueur), natural of course! 
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Had to check, I thought this was post from Michael Martin!
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It was...And before him others...Leslie the first (last) in line 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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"Swearing" - To be honest, I do at things occasionally when situations demand but definitely not at work. Even the filthiest mess on the code , bad people behavior in team etc, do test my patience but have not managed to pull the Elephanting wild words out @ work. Off work, yes I do at times.
With remote calls @ work, I have done some real goof ups in the past. like forgetting to mute the call and asking a LOUD CUP OF COFFEE from the wife, making a video call instead of Voice call (With a shabby unshaved beard, & unkempt hairs pointing on all directions). Damns Hangouts  . And Sometimes If I got connectivity issues, I do try over the phone but forget to disconnect the skype call that is also running in parallel. etc.
But I quickly patch it up like, "uhh, folks you still there,Okay, One more thing before we log off" & Shamelessly continue with a call that I clearly said good bye at. That used to be an embarrassing moment, but the intensity of it purely based on what you've spoken/done after thinking you are out of the concall. Usually it's been manageable 
But this one today, is really really special.
I was having an hour long conference call (over Skype) with the team with some the of members newly joined in. After the passed on the message, I said "Okay folks, that's all I got to say , lets continue with the tasks" & I disconnected the call, Removed the headphones". And with my phone, dialed the electrician who installed Interverters/UPS for me at home for a service request. He's been evading the call for so long and it got to a point, not just elephants, it pulled the T-rex and mosasaurs out of my mouth , when he didn't pick up the call. When the wife heard my voice & she asked what happened, I repeated the whole sequence of words with the same intensity. As it was going on, I just got a ping in Skype:
"So we can disconnect the call?" - A polite request.
My goodness, That was a feeling! I had to reply like, "What? The call was still not over??"
I got real furious and I was about to request them to keep up the concalls etiquettes , i.e Even if someone mistakenly left the call unclosed, someone should remove them voluntarily instead of listening to the conversations happening @ home. blah blah.
But just checked I'm really into the call. To my surprise, I'm not.
I carefully replied him back : " Am I really , still, in the call?"
That guy: No, I just asked, if we (just the team there in office) can get back to work".
WTF? Is he in sane? He was trying to be too nice asking my permission before they disperse out of the conference room. He might have really ended up getting my first curse @ Work. sadly 
I just kept cool , and replied. "Sure , why not?" 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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...after 2.5 weeks holidays. What did I miss ?
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Rage wrote: What did I miss ?
2.5 weeks of work.
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return null;
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Me?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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a 0.5 from your 3 weeks it seems
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Joy, happiness, sharing... Many more! 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Rage wrote: What did I miss ?
Seriously? You have to ask?
What we got here is a failure to communicate
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x^2+y*4
Hint: Find this in the post's subject...
(For reference: http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=5100211#xx5100211xx[^])
2 more hints:
1. We have two of it in the subject line...
2. y === n
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
modified 3-Aug-15 7:20am.
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Whatever it is, it has to be parabolic.
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You certainly get a nice pretty colourful graph when you search for the expression on Google!
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Eliyahu is the only word i found that fits ...
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But it is not part of the subject...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yeah indeed :/
Is it OBSCURE ?
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