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Nice choice, but you'll first need to get the devil out of your pants...and no, I won't look.
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I'd rather have dinner with Sandra Bullock... 
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No kidding.
Tim Smith
I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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I was thinking Natalie Portman myself, but to each his own.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Navin wrote:
Natalie Portman
Now we're talking!
But I think the choices were to reflect a 'techie' theme... 
- Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
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Isn't she, like, 14 ?
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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I think she's over 18... probably not by much though.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Try 21.
And I just *know* that you didn't pick Erica in the survey. I think your exact words were "woof, woof, hoowl!" 
That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig.
[Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene[Roger Wright on VB] (sorry Christian)
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I put a 'bark' in there as well, as I recall....
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig.
[Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene[Roger Wright on VB] (sorry Christian)
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I can't get past that mole on her face. I don't like moles.
Jason Gerard
"This almost never matters, except quite often."
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Have dinner ? Is that some kind of euphamism ?
Am I the only one forever playing catch up with technology , while all the juicy opportunites keep rolling by ?
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Screw these choices
not even with YOUR pecker, John !!
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mah Meg Ryan does it for me.
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I originally wasn't going to include Eri(c|k)a in the survey but figured that adding her would weed out those who don't really care. I'd be interested to know *why* people voted for the person they did.
My choice: Meg Whitman. eBay have a model that is so simple yet also incredibly powerful. I'd love to find out how they managed to deal with scalability, security, decisions on direction, priority balancing, payments and escrow, insurance, etc etc etc
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Would you say the same if Meg Whitman looked like Erica?
Or, would you ask Erica about scalability, security, decisions on direction, priority balancing, payments, and insurance ?? Nah.
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Actually, Michael Dell would be interesting. Dell rapidly became the number one computing vender, on the relatively simple model of selling direct instead of going through the retail channels. That seems like something that could have easily flopped, but it ended up working quite well.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Yep - he would have been my #2
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I'd love to find out how they managed to deal with scalability, security, decisions on direction, priority balancing, payments and escrow, insurance, etc etc etc
Badly. Did you use ebay early on ?
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Christian Graus wrote:
Badly. Did you use ebay early on ?
Exactly! They've made the mistakes and learned from them.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I guess I'd just hate you to talk to her because their model is one of no customer service, no contact with users except to annoy, attack or sue them.
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Christian Graus wrote:
I guess I'd just hate you to talk to her because their model is one of no customer service, no contact with users except to annoy, attack or sue them.
But that IMO is part of the brilliance. EBay is just this virtual space provided with no strings attached. People, you, me, Chris, Bob Marley, etc. then come in and form what EBay is. We generate the community, we enforce and percolate the rules. If EBay admin interfered all the time then a lot of that emergent behavouir would not, well, emerge.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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But they DO interfere.
Example 1: I was selling legitimate Microsoft software. Microsoft claimed otherwise, with no proof ( how could they have proof ) and all my auctions where closed and the bidders emailed to say I was a pirate. I was given no chance to defend myself. They said they would reinstate my auctions after Microsoft agreed that my auctions were legal. I wrote to the Microsoft address provided, they did not reply.
Example 2: A guy posted a lot of auctions for DVD's, and it soon became clear that he did so solely to generate a lot of sales and keep the money. I posted in the forums to warn people and was told off by ebay staff.
Example 3: ebay is rife with pirated DVD's. I have tried to bring some of these auctions to ebay's attention, they wrote back and told me to pull my head in.
Christian
No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Chris Maunder wrote:
My choice: Meg Whitman
Oh my god - I chose Meg too for exactly the same reasons - simple but sucessfull, just what everybody is trying to find. "It works." 
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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