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The spot challenge for stage 2 of the Azure challenge has been posted[^].
Remember: if you missed out on completing challenge 1 you can still enter and be in the running for the remaining challenges.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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1. The lounge is for the CodeProject community to discuss things of interest to the community, and as a place for the whole community to participate. It is, first and foremost, a respectful meeting and discussion area for those wishing to discuss the life of a Software developer.
The #1 rule is: Be respectful of others, of the site, and of the community as a whole.
2. Technical discussions are welcome, but if you need specific programming question answered please use Quick Answers[^], or to discussion your programming problem in depth use the programming forums[^]. We encourage technical discussion, but this is a general discussion forum, not a programming Q&A forum. Posts will be moved or deleted if they fit better elsewhere.
3. No sys-admin, networking, "how do I setup XYZ" questions. For those use the SysAdmin[^] or Hardware and Devices[^] forums.
4. No politics (including enviro-politics[^]), no sex, no religion. This is a community for software development. There are plenty of other sites that are far more appropriate for these discussions. Or if you must, use the Back Room[^] - but enter at your own risk.
5. Nothing Not Safe For Work, nothing you would not want your wife/husband, your girlfriend/boyfriend, your mother or your kid sister seeing on your screen. For those discussions where you wish to be a little more frank, use the Soapbox[^]
6. Any personal attacks, any spam, any advertising, any trolling, or any abuse of the rules will result in your account being removed.
7. Not everyone's first language is English. Be understanding.
Please respect the community and respect each other. We are of many cultures so remember that. Don't assume others understand you are joking, don't belittle anyone for taking offense or being thin skinned.
We are a community for software developers. Leave the egos at the door.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
modified 9 Dec '11 - 16:59.
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The inventor of GIF insists it should be pronounced JIF[^]. Okay, the G at the start stands for Graphic - not Jraphic, which sounds like it should apply to something with a really long neck.
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I thought "jif" was already taken for Joint Photographic Experts Group Image.
Or is he just a choosy mother[^].
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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They've called in the COBRA committee, so it seems that it's not just a really nasty killing, but terrorism instead.
The picture they showed on the BBC news seemed to be the victim, plus the two attackers on the ground being arrested. So either the hung around after killing him, or the armed police were right there (or very close) when it happened.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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 No motive? Didn't like the way he looked? Brutal.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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For anyone who is interested, some of my discoveries are now available on my blog. Eighteen years of work to get to the bottom of three-thousand-year-old thinking! Enjoy[^]!
For those who like more context, there are four blog entries, each about 900 words. By the end you will better understand how today's science stems from religious ideas long ago. Putting everything together was harder than any programming I ever did!
Maybe now I can get back to some more software design, and be more active here.
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David, I enjoyed reading the blog post, even though I'm no nearer to understanding how you came to these conclusions at the end than I was in Part 1. The only concern I have is that you link to your book an awful lot in there, and that kind of puts me off. I understand why you've done it, but if you were a little bit more judicious in your linking to it, it might be a good thing. Interesting read though.
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I am glad you enjoyed it, Pete. Per your feedback, I've eliminated all but two links, one at the beginning and one at the end. Even without buying it, though, I hope the information in that writing is illuminating, and that others find it enjoyable.
I don't know how to transfer understanding of the reason for my conclusions. That probably would take the book to come to grips with. If you have specific questions, I'd be happy to try.
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David O'Neil wrote: I've eliminated all but two links
Excellent. I did find it illuminating and enjoyable.
The biggest "issue" I had was that I didn't understand why you picked Samson as the defining thing that you hung your research on. I guess I'll have to buy the book and research it myself. Is there a Kindle copy available?
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As for the reason Samson was focused on, Hamlet's Mill had a chapter devoted to it, which brought it to my attention. Then the planetarium program discovery blew my mind, and made me slowly work out the rest of the astronomy behind the tale.
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Ah, I see. I'd read your comments about Hamlet's Mill, and how there was only one conclusion in it that would have saved you work. I just didn't connect the dots. Thanks for clarifying.
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I seem to remember there is a good number of Curiosty Rover fans here, so I thought I'd share a video I made last night: http://youtu.be/3FH6QPAD-BU[^]
This is a time lapse video created from the Raw Images available at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/[^]. It was created from using only Full Data Product images from the Front Left Hazcam, and shows the Rover's journey so far.
Quote: Curiosity sends back raw images for current and prior Sols based on commands sent by the mission team. The rover uses orbiters to relay back a lot of its data, and maximizes each opportunity when they pass by overhead. Curiosity stores any data not transmitted onboard. The rover will send back this data on later Sols according to the mission team's science and engineering priorities. That means these pages update whenever data comes back. Images are filed in the Sol the rover took the picture, not the Sol on which the rover sent the image back to Earth.
So some Sol's don't have all their images yet, making the video a bit more jumpy in some places than others. I hope to update this from time to time as more pictures are downloaded from Curiosity.
Be The Noise
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Are the cute smiling martians included in your video ?
EDIT: cute not cure
Btw i never heard of the band The Cure. The mistake was purely a typo
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The Cure were always a bit weird but I'm not sure they were aliens?
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No, no. Here[^] she is.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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It's missing the part where Agnes Moorehead beats [^]the crap out of the rover.
"Sanity is not statistical."
- Eric Blair, 1984, Chapter 9
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Use to work with a guy who helped create the power pack for the Mars rover.
[edit to add Mars]
modified 2 hrs ago.
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I use to work with a guy who drove a Rover.
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Griff knows a few guys who [redacted] a rover.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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