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GeneralRe: Musical TastesprotectorAspDotNetDev17 May '13 - 13:37 
Space music? Shouldn't that sound a bit like this?

GeneralRe: Musical TastesmemberRichard Andrew x6417 May '13 - 13:40 
AspDotNetDev wrote:
Shouldn't that sound a bit like this?

I don't get the joke.

 

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

GeneralRe: Musical TastesprotectorAspDotNetDev17 May '13 - 13:43 
Haven't you heard? In space, no one can hear you scream (i.e., there is no air for sound waves to propagate through).

GeneralRe: Musical TastesmemberRichard Andrew x6417 May '13 - 13:47 
Ah.
 
Well, Space music is apparently a sub-genre of Ambient music. The kind of music that creates an atmosphere. I'm enjoying it.

 

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

GeneralRe: Musical TastesprofessionalMike Hankey17 May '13 - 14:18 
It's not to bad but it's like your waiting for a solo or a change up that never gets there. Couldn't listen to it long.
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GeneralRe: Musical TastesmemberRichard Andrew x6417 May '13 - 14:34 
Yeah, it's very mellow.

 

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

GeneralRe: Musical Tastesmemberdusty_dex17 May '13 - 14:41 
I used to be into ambient stuff when the Orb were at their peek.
 
But it all got a bit too 'mainstream' (ie sh*t), so I went back to electronica. (instrumental)


GeneralRe: Musical TastesmemberRichard Andrew x6417 May '13 - 15:14 
I like electronica too. Some new age stuff I like is by Cusco, and Schiller.

 

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

GeneralRe: Musical TastesprofessionalPIEBALDconsult17 May '13 - 14:48 
That's dreadful, but I've always found that some music (most noteably Nena's Leuchtturm[^]) seemed like floating in space when laying in the dark listening with headphones.
GeneralRe: Musical TastesmemberRichard Andrew x6417 May '13 - 15:09 
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
That's dreadful

Laugh | :laugh:

 

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

GeneralRe: Musical TastesmemberMladen Janković17 May '13 - 16:16 
How 'bout K-Pax sound tracks:
 
Edward Shearmur - Taxi Ride[^]
Edward Shearmur - Grand Central[^]

GeneralBest headline...membermark merrens17 May '13 - 12:31 
Gassy Uranus Has Violent Wind[^].
 
You have to look at the home page to see that: they change it somewhat on the story page.
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GeneralRe: Best headline...professionalMike Hankey17 May '13 - 13:03 
mark merrens wrote:
Gassy Uranus Has Violent Wind

Only on taco night!
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GeneralMessage Automatically RemovedmemberBikash Prakash Dash17 May '13 - 12:17 
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modified yesterday.

GeneralRe: Help Regarding Jobmembermark merrens17 May '13 - 12:32 
Go and ask for your job back.
 
Why on earth would you leave without getting something else first???
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GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobprofessionalMycroft Holmes17 May '13 - 15:51 
mark merrens wrote:
Why on earth would you leave without getting something else first

As a contractor I have almost always left before getting another contract! The next one should be interesting, almost 60 looking for a developer/architect role in a different country!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
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GeneralRe: Help Regarding Jobmembermark merrens18 May '13 - 4:34 
Really??? If I knew the role was coming to an end I would start looking about 2-3 weeks before.
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GeneralRe: Help Regarding Jobmemberryanb3117 May '13 - 16:12 
http://www.monster.com/[^]
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GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobprofessionalRajesh R Subramanian17 May '13 - 16:14 
Use the "Email" link in this post to write to me. I'll reply to you and you can then send me your resume.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobmemberBikash Prakash Dash18 May '13 - 9:36 
Hii Rajesh
Did you get my resume ?
I sent it yesterday.
GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobprofessionalRajesh R Subramanian23hrs 59mins ago 
Hi Bikash,
 
I replied to your email asking you to send it in word (.doc or .docx) format. Can you please do that?
 
Thanks,
Rajesh.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobmemberBikash Prakash Dash17hrs 15mins ago 
hii rajesh,
I sent my resume with doc attachment please check it.
GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobprofessionalRajesh R Subramanian12hrs 38mins ago 
OK, I'll forward that to the recruitment team. Good luck!
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobmemberBikash Prakash Dash12hrs 29mins ago 
thanx a lot rajesh
GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobmemberBillWoodruff17 May '13 - 18:03 
Good luck, Bikash !
 
yours, Bill
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GeneralRe: Help Regarding JobprotectorOriginalGriff17 May '13 - 22:04 
You might have got a better focussed response if you had posted this here: http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1580229/General-Indian-Topics.aspx[^]
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General20 things I learnt about the webmember GeekBond 17 May '13 - 11:54 
Well, not really me.
 
20 things I learnt about the web.[^] An interesting read, just serves to show what one can accomplish with HTML5
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GeneralI'm not lookingmemberPeter_in_278017 May '13 - 14:19 
Sorry, but I am not yet ready to allow arbitrary sites to "store things" on my computer. HMTL5 looks to provide some enticing opportunities for the purveyors of malware.
 
Cheers,
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GeneralRe: 20 things I learnt about the webmemberkmoorevs18 May '13 - 11:00 
The read is interesting, albeit pretty elementary, but agree that the presentation is pretty slick. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:
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GeneralRe: 20 things I learnt about the webmember_Maxxx_3hrs 30mins ago 
One thing I learned was that the site doesn't work on my iPad
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GeneralWe're all doomed...membermark merrens17 May '13 - 10:24 
An asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 is due to sail past the Earth later this month.[^].
 
Well, we're not really: comes close but not that close. Still, one of these days... Smile | :)
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GeneralRe: We're all doomed...memberGarth J Lancaster17 May '13 - 11:06 
so we dont need Bruce Willis and the lads to fly up to it and nuke it .. how comforting Smile | :)
 
'g'
GeneralInspirationalmembermark merrens17 May '13 - 9:39 
Charles' touch for a true hero: Touching pictures as brave Ben Parkinson receives his MBE[^].
 
What an amazing guy - to come back from what he has been through: truly extraordinary. A salute to him and all the others that sacrifice everything for us. Rose | [Rose]
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GeneralBuilding the Enterprise (the other one)memberKent Sharkey17 May '13 - 8:43 
It's actually cheaper than I thought it might be. Let's start chipping in! How Much Would It Cost to Build the Starship Enterprise?[^]. Mind you, this is the price without a bowling alley[^].
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TTFN - Kent

GeneralRe: Building the Enterprise (the other one)protectorOriginalGriff17 May '13 - 9:16 
Probably, the cost would come down considerably from that, if we were to do it for real. Partly economies of scale - we wouldn't build just one, Star Fleet didn't so why should we? Partly because we wouldn't build the damn thing at the bottom of a gravity well. Use asteroid materials for the bulk of it and it's just a case of guiding them into earth (or lunar) orbit.
 
The real cost involved in building it will of course be packing all the consoles with high explosives the way Star Fleet always does...
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GeneralRe: Building the Enterprise (the other one)memberLloyd Atkinson17 May '13 - 9:42 
OriginalGriff wrote:
The real cost involved in building it will of course be packing all the consoles with high explosives the way Star Fleet always does...

 
Laugh | :laugh:
 
I've recently watched most of the series's, and I agree, it's amazing just how many sparks and explosions their computers make.
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GeneralRe: Building the Enterprise (the other one)professionalPIEBALDconsult17 May '13 - 9:24 
There's a reason Starfleet built the small (TOS) one first.
GeneralWhat are the odds...memberSteve Mayfield17 May '13 - 7:27 
If you get attacked by a shark, you'll probably be elected President of the USA and date 12 supermodels Cool | :cool: [^]
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GeneralRe: What are the odds...professionalMatthew Faithfull17 May '13 - 7:48 
And yet your chances of being you at all are around 1 in 10,000,000,000 and you already did that. Poke tongue | ;-P
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GeneralRe: What are the odds...professionalColin Mullikin17 May '13 - 8:15 
So you're telling me there's a chance[^]? Shucks | :->
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
 
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin


GeneralRe: What are the odds...memberjeron117 May '13 - 8:26 
I'd also be a billionaire, dating as many supermodels as I'd like!
GeneralRe: What are the odds...memberMehGerbil17 May '13 - 8:29 
I don't know why anyone would be attracted to a super model.
It would be like dating a burlap bag full of ax handles.
GeneralRe: What are the odds...protectorOriginalGriff17 May '13 - 8:32 
MehGerbil wrote:
I don't know why anyone would be attracted to a super model.

I dunno, this one[^] is pretty super!
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GeneralRe: What are the odds...memberryanb3117 May '13 - 8:53 
"Being selected on The Price is Right: 1 in 36"
 
Not for me. It is a 0 in 36 chance since I will never be there. Smile | :)
 
Still, 1 in 36 seems low. It must be of people who are actually in the audience.
 
"President of the US: 1 in 10,000,000"? That seems wrong as well. You have a new President every 4-8 years and the population is 300,000+. I know all aren't eligible but I call fail on these numbers.
 
Most of these numbers don't sound right. Then again, 75% of all statistics are wrong 80% of the time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

GeneralRe: What are the odds...professionalPIEBALDconsult17 May '13 - 9:22 
Right, most of those numbers are bogus due to other circumstances.
GeneralRe: What are the odds... [modified]memberwizardzz17 May '13 - 9:41 
These numbers are complete sh*t. The President one really got me pissed off.
 
The fun part about this. In games like the lottery, scratch offs, poker, etc, you can increase your odds by playing more than once.
 
These are odds per single play so it throws it off; buy 100 mega million tickets (not smart, but still), your odds are now 100 / 135,000,000 which is 1 / 1,350,000.
 
Odds of other things listed are per lifetime, like being president, attacked by shark, being a billionaire, being a pro athlete, you cant increase your number of plays.
 
None of these are comparable.
 
PS, to get proper Presidential odds (as if President was chosen by drawing straws), one must estimate the number of Presidents there will be between your death and your 35th Birthday, to even start. That's not many.


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GeneralRe: What are the odds...memberJimmyRopes17 May '13 - 10:21 
What does that mean to someone who has been attacked twice.
 
Oh boy, 24 super models. Big Grin | :-D

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GeneralAPODmembermark merrens17 May '13 - 5:55 
Another wonderful image from the APOD site: The Waterfall and the World at Night[^].
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Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
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GeneralRe: APODprotectorOriginalGriff17 May '13 - 6:11 
Very nice!
 
I remember taking Herself into the garden in 2011 and pointing out Jupiter to her - never seen it so bright with the naked eye before or since. It was in opposition and won't be that bright for another 9 years!
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GeneralRe: APODmemberGary Wheeler17 May '13 - 7:18 
New wallpaper, check.
 
Thanks!
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