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Quite a bit of new technology is just plus ça change or hyped-up attempts at differentiation.
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The Great Database Event.
Not many people remember. A few still have the scars...
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Chris Maunder
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Are you still in touch with the regulars from the early hours ? (I am thinking Christian Graus, Chris Losinger, Megan Forbes, Anna-Jayne - who came in the Lounge not so long ago - Paul Watson - Clickety!, Mick Martin - where is he by the way, long time no see any scrotum - Nish, Michael Dunn, Uwe Keim, Colin MacKay, Shog - CPHog ! - Rama Krishna, Christopher Duncan, Chris Meech, Trollslayer, David Stone, Karl,...)
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Occasionally yes, but in 20 years you can imagine life has moved on in the various ways it does. I know some have left the industry disillusioned, and some moved on to bigger and better things. Shog went to work for SO a couple of years after it started and was doing well last I saw (which admittedly was a long time ago)
I still owe Uwe many, many beers. I plan on honouring that.
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Chris Maunder
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I owe a lot of them virtual beers, because besides being nice people to chat with in the Lounge, they also helped me a lot back then when I was starting in the industry and struggling with C++ and MFC. 
If you plan to see Uwe in Germany - in a post-Corona world probably, don't forget to say you are in the area, I'd be happy to join and meet IRL
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Deal
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Chris Maunder
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Ditto... If you come to germany, say it. I'll arrange something too.
M.D.V. 
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Rage wrote: If you plan to see Uwe in Germany
Just curious... which part of Germany? I am in Bavaria.
M.D.V.
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I am living near the German border, Baden-Württemberg.
Bavaria, damn, I have been mistaking your profile flag for the Belgian one all this time ( Nelek sounds Flemmish ). *facepalm*
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Nelek has nothing to do with that. It is just a small variation of the nickname I have used since I started chatting in college with mIRC back then in my birth city.
Then I came to north germany, moved a couple of times and I now live relativelly near Munich.
M.D.V. 
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I thought we still had those on a regular basis, and you guys have simply grown quite skilled at fixing it before anyone notices. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Nothing up the sleeve!
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Chris Maunder
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I remember, and fondly carry the wrong join date as a memento of marvelous times in the industry, and our community. Even though I don't actively program anymore, except for occasional personal projects, I still consider this site my home on the Internet. I haven't contributed much in the last decade or so, and I wouldn't blame you if I got deleted, but this community is my family. I have a great affection for all who frequent the site, it being the only truly useful site on the 'Net for those who code. I've learned a bunch, and taught a bit, and never spent a moment here that wasn't enjoyable and/or useful. I can't thank you enough, Chris, for the magnificent site that you, and Uwe, et al, created all those years ago. Happy New Year, my distant friend, and may God grant you many more years of ever increasing success. This is my home, and until I'm kicked out - screaming and biting - I shall remain.
Will Rogers never met me.
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You? Be deleted? I'd rather cut off my right arm. Or someone's arm. No sense in wasting a good one
(Name the source of that quote for 10 point!)
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Chris Maunder
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Sounds like something my old friend Zaphod would say, though I can't recall it. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Close.
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Chris Maunder
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Ah, Ford, then. Poor Arthur never quite got the hang of things...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Welcome to the old-farts-club!
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Rage wrote: now I think I am part of the people enduring technology
You mean "tolerating" technology... That's my view anyway.
I can't wait until I retire and don't have to care about new stuff anymore.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: I can't wait until I retire and don't have to care about new stuff anymore.
That means that luckily you are old enough for that (me? not yet  )
M.D.V.
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Three years, and I'm cashing out...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Ok, who saw the above and though they did that with Window 8, how did that go again? 
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I wonder when MS will let ME decide what UI I want to use for MY desktop environment...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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