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Heath,
Just wanted to say congratulations again. Megan and I can't wait to come to Seattle; you should have all the nice places to see scoped out by the time we come up to visit. If I'm lucky maybe you can even give me a tour of the campus! Congrats man, you deserve it.
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Thanks. We'll be happy to see you two as well. It'll be fun there but I'll definitely miss my friends here in the midwest. We'll be back for our annual tailgating with some other friends from around the country that are ISU alums, too.
Microsoft's main campus in Redmond is huge! It's like its own little city (actually has a larger population than my hometown). And with all the water (bays, lakes, rivers, and the Pacific ocean) and mountains (Mt. Rainer, Mt. St. Helens, and the Cascades) there's sure a lot to see. We could even go to Seattle's zoo instead of Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo again!
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Congratulations!
It's nice to see someone chasing after their dream and succeeding!
I hear it's beautiful up there! My girlfriend and I were supposed to take a long weekend in the SeaTac area a few months ago, but she wrecked a knee before we could get out there... Maybe next year!
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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It definitely is beautiful up here. The Puget Sound area is so full of wonders, and you have so many mountain ranges (and several REI's to go with that!) that's it's almost overwhelming (in a great way). My wife and I were so bored with Iowa (we weren't heavy drinkers; then there's plenty to "do") and coming up here is a big change.
If you'd like (not to sound strange), give me a hollar before you come up if you needs some tips on great places to go (by then I should know some! ).
Oh, and don't worry about getting your coffee fix. There's a Starbucks on every other block (I'm not exagerating!).
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A little belated, but CONGRATULATIONS!
All the best, and every success in your new job.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell
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Thanks!
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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Congrats man!
I've watched you contribute selflessly to the codeproject community for the past 2 years. I would never forget your reply to one of my impossible question in the forum (demonstrating wit and simplicity).
Once again, accept my congratulations!
...the mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to ignited
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Finally hit the 6,000 message mark with this post. It's a rewarding (mostly) and learned experience (hey, I sometimes learn things researching what others can't seem to find) experience.
Now whadda' I win?
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Very much nice!
Somehow, you always seem to come up with something helpfull.
Gues that doesn't make all those positngs spam
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When you provide a complete answer to a question, and get the follow up reply "Pls solve !!", what do you do to not lose temper? I figured that at the rate you're helping people, you ought to get a lot of those replies.
:thumbs up: for your C# forum efforts by the way
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Ich bin Joachim von Hassel, und ich bin Pilot der Bundeswehr.
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Let's just say I'm glad that this message board can't record what I say on the other side of the screen!
I usually try to accept the fact that many programmers these days aren't really developers and don't know how to really research the problem, so asking me to explain what I wrote isn't a big surprise. It's always nice when someone has researched their problem but just can't figure it out.
I'm only human, though, and sometimes my fustration comes through. Lately it seems there's a rash of "questions" where they post a whole bunch of code (not even formatted, which makes it incredibly difficult to read) and then they simply say "it doesn't work" with no further explanation. Or sometimes there's not even any code at all with a statement of "it doesn't work". That's what's truly aggravating. That's like going to a doctor and saying, "I don't feel well." There's not a doctor in the world that could diagnose the problem just from that, nor is there a developer in the world that could diagnose a problem with no source code, little description, and simply "it doesn't work". One can always offer suggestions, but in some cases those suggestions can be long-winded and with a good coverage of suggestions it can irritating when a little more explanation could probably help the developer figure it our right away.
And don't forget to pour a for the other homies who provide wonderful help in the C# forum, like Dave and Nick!
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Heath Stewart wrote:
Now whadda' I win?
A cookie, well, isn't that the standard offering for 6,000 posts? I guess I finally need to catch up with you now. Ah, all in due time. Congrats again man, you know what I mean.
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That's about 20 messages/day. Hmm, maybe I should kick back with some Earl Grey, throw on some Pearl Jam from their "No Code" days, and relax.
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Hmmm, youβre getting close to catching up with me. Time to write a bot that will randomly make posts on my behalf.
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With all of the same questions on the C# forum, it wouldn't be hard to write one that actually posted something relevent. Some answers come to mind...
"Most controls in Windows Forms encapsulate Windows common controls; you can use messages to do what you want. It's already a reference type - don't use ref . Everything you need to know is in the .NET Framework SDK - just read it. Instantiating and array does not instantiate reference type elements."
That should cover most of the usual questions!
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Heath Stewart wrote:
"Most controls in Windows Forms encapsulate Windows common controls; you can use messages to do what you want. It's already a reference type - don't use ref. Everything you need to know is in the .NET Framework SDK - just read it. Instantiating and array does not instantiate reference type elements."
Perfect, then you could add this to your signature with the following disclaimer:
"If you did not get the answer you were looking please read my signature below for the answer to your question."
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470 as of this post till I squash you (assuming you never post again, of course)! I see I'm currently #37 in the message post rankings. You're #26. Not too bad for either of us, eh? Of course, I don't think we'll ever beat Nish!
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Heath Stewart wrote:
Not too bad for either of us, eh? Of course, I don't think we'll ever beat Nish!
Nope, and nope, Nish has us beat by a long shot. It's always nice to have goals though!
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Well, here's 4001! I forgot to NOT post my 4000th in the forums, but oh well. I'll just have to agonize over it because of my often anal habits.
Wait, that doesn't sound right...
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Well, looks like you have me beat...for now! I need to find more mystical time so I can post more often.
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Well, you are now well past my message count. I guess I might have to start posting more often. It would help if I didn't stay up like I did last night till 1:30 a.m. working in Java.
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Guess we'll just have to see.
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A couple weeks ago I was awarded with the Microsoft MVP award for the Visual Development, C# catagory! This is truly and honor and a testament of helping out the community (mostly the C# forum[^]). I just didn't want to say anything until the papers were signed.
Thanks to everyone, though, who help support the communities both here on CodeProject and elsewhere.
For more information about the MVP program, see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com[^].
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Congrats Heath, glad to hear they picked you. Your a great asset to Code Project and the development community. Keep it up!
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