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Fixed. Not trivial though: the CP thingy that converts text to a hyperlink when you paste a URL over it was shortening the URL.
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I don't see any braaaains.
And not just on the web-site. They're not a prerequisite where I work.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I just want to check up on how things are going here. After disappearing abruptly two months ago, I was a little busy.
Now I would like to thank my friend, who's special interest in my posts here has caused all this.
First, I have a new job. One where I an once again get to do some productive work and it's even better paid than the old one.
Second, my friend gave me the time to get my own little project on the road. In the last two months with no other needless stress I made more progress than in the entire previous year.
Third, I'm going to get my new car today. My special friend would probably jump off the roof if it was the Lamborghini I always joked about, but it's going to be a little more modest. To be honest, I suffered little discomfort without a car here.
Fourth, I still have a month left before I start my new job. So how about a vacation, a luxury I did not enjoy too often in the past years?
Fifth, I have earnestly started to work with C++ again and really miss only very little, like Reflection. And, thank god, I get to manage memory and other resources directly again. Now I'm curious, what the new C++ standard has to offer.
The only thing that I regret is, that I did not do all this a year ago. For now I'm still busy, but in due Time youu will see me here again. (No, that was not meant as a threat  )
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Welcome back and hope everything works out for you!
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Thanks. It's good that the whole thing is over now. The irony is that they could have gotten rid of me easily one year ago. It would even jave been cheaper for them. All it would have taken would have been an honest talk and a decent offer about how to bridge the time between jobs. Instead, they tried to make my life miserable in various ways and it took them all that time to finally create a big fuzz about something I posted here. But I had seen something like that coming the whole time and was not really unprepared.
The worst problem at the moment is waiting for the call that I can go to get the car
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I remember some of the situation from a couple of months ago now and am glad it all worked for the best.
CDP1802 wrote: The worst problem at the moment is waiting for the call that I can go to get the car
I've learned over the years to be a little more patient but am still impatient so I know what you mean.
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Still haven't GOTTEN around to proper numbering. Everyone knows lists start at the 0th element.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: GOTTEN
Chris may ban you for that!
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking
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CDP1802 wrote: And, thank god, I get to manage memory and other resources directly again.
That's like thanking God for taking away your Roomba and leaving a broom in it's place.
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It mostly comes down to put some thought into what you do in the destructors. In managed code I have to write a finalizer (which by coincidence is written like a destructor in C#) or go a step further and implement IDisposable. Calling Dispose() or delete allocated memory makes little difference to me. Ahh yes, in normal methods I should not let an initialized pointer go out of scope without using delete first. That's all the memory management most programs need and actually is no less safe or more work than using managed code.
I have been working on a game in C#. Generally the performance is good, but at times the 'managed' part of the code needs a little more time and the graphics lose a frame or two and makes your code look bad. I have traced those lapses down to two things: The garbage collection and the times when another library is accessed for the first time. Both are hard to optimize away since I basically can't and should not try to predict when they happen.
As I see it, C++ gives me back all control I need to do such things exactly when I want them to happen without causing any extra effort.
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CDP1802 wrote: Both are hard to optimize away since I basically can't and should not try to
predict when they happen
Why can't you force it to happen (GC.Collect) at a time that's convenient for you instead of waiting or predicting?
Oh, and Welcome back! I hope it turns out well for you.
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Finally saw the quack last night and got an update on what he thinks.
I had a 'test everything' blood test last week, it showed nothing untoward except slightly high cholesterol. so what is the next step?
What with my lethargy, weight loss and regular bouts of diarrhea the medic is not happy. Despite there being no markers in the blood tests it's off to the arse department for a colonoscopy [one's eyes watered at the news], as there is a fair bit of cancer history in my family he wants that ruled out.
Should the bum tube show nothing, the other tac he wants to investigate is that I may have clinical depression. I don't think I'm down or anything, but WTF I'll play along.
The good news is I don't need to not drink! [Gordons share price has bounced back 427p at the news]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Well Nagy, you drink a lot. Just saying.
I do hope all is well with you and all tests come back in your favor.
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That's a lousy way to diagnose. I smoke a lot, does that mean that I can only be unhealthy due to that smoking? Does smoking prevent me from inheriting a disease?
..and before you even ask; I smoke on the doctors' advice.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: That's a lousy way to diagnose.
It wasn't a diagnosis. I'm not a doctor. 
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Slacker007 wrote: It wasn't a diagnosis. I'm not a doctor.
Sounded like you already had a suspect for the symptoms - just sayin'
Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Sounded like you already had a suspect for the symptoms
yep, and I hope I am wrong. I still am not a doctor, and therefore anything I say should not be construed as fact.
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You do not need to be a doctor to diagnose.
From the Greek Dia - Through and Gnosis - Knowledge.
So giving a Diagnosis is something anybody can do by inspecting, asking or examining.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Dalek Dave wrote: giving a Diagnosis is something anybody can do by inspecting, asking or examining.
There you go. I did not inspect, ask, or examine Nagy. Therefore, I did not diagnose.
However, I made a bold comment and some may take offense to it.
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Slacker007 wrote: I did not inspect, ask, or examine Nagy
With Nagy going to the bum specialist, I don't think you want to be inspecting him there...
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I don't drink that much...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Compared to whom? 
Oliver Read?
George Best?
Dean Martin?
Well, yes - they're all dead - but if they were still with us, you would have competition! 
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Not a drop has passed my lips for nearly two week. I may however stroll down the battle-cruiser a little later for a Britney.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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If it's not passing your lips, how is it getting into... ooh never mind... Think we found the cause of your troubles Nagy
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Countered univotes on your posts.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: for a colonoscopy [one's eyes watered at the news]
Lousy. When there, concentrate on breathing in through your nose (slowly) and exhaling by relaxing the muscles. Why? Because it takes your attention away from what they are doing, you don't want to focus on that.
Also, ask if they can turn the monitor so that you can see what the camera sees. That way time will go quicker, and you'll have the result immediatly (what's that? that's a scar).
I'm sure you already know that alcohol can cause diarrhea, and that you ruled it out as a cause
Best wishes and keep the health-o-meter in the green,
Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Also, ask if they can turn the monitor so that you can see what the camera sees. That way time will go quicker, and you'll have the result immediatly (what's that? that's a scar).
Im so glad I finished my Krispy Kreme donut before reading this else it might of ended up all over my monitor
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
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Simon_Whale wrote: Krispy Kreme donut
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Lousy. When there, concentrate on breathing in through your nose (slowly) and
exhaling by relaxing the muscles. Why? Because it takes your attention away from
what they are doing, you don't want to focus on that.
No, no, no, no. A little tiny pill and you wake up later.
Unless you go someplace where they adjust the dosage so you wake up much sooner so you can drive home yourself.
But they never get the dosage right and you wake up while they've still got the baseball bat up your butt. They may say it's just a thin fiberoptic cable but, trust me, it's a baseball bat with a Nikon strapped to the front of it.
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GenJerDan wrote: No, no, no, no. A little tiny pill and you wake up later.
If you get an anaesthetic, it's a light sedative; net enough to keep you asleep if they start pumping air into those bowels and put pressure on it. The 'small' fiberoptic cable is not a cable, but a tube.
You'd also miss everything seen on the camera/monitor. How often do you see yourself from the inside?
Just checked your profile, might be a regional difference. You're from the US?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Yep, despite having lived 2/5ths of my life in Germany.
Had the colonoscopy in Texas.
Forgot to ask for a DVD of it, though. They probably still have it on file, should I decide I want to post it to YouTube.
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GenJerDan wrote: Forgot to ask for a DVD of it, though.
Maybe it's not a regional difference, but a different age. Things change now and then, and sometimes, they even improve.
On DVD?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: On DVD?
Well, come to think of it, they'd probably just burn me a copy of the .AVI file. I doubt they'd go through the trouble of rendering as a "real" movie.
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Waah, next thing you'll be logging on to the cloud on your xbox or phone.. Would there already be an App for that?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Thinking of you![^]
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Sir, you are a cad!
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I may have clinical depression.
Just in case[^].
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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I'd tell him it's clinical depression right off -- he can stick his thingummies up his own @rse.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Movie Quote Of The Day
I'm a soldier, but in serving my country, I have betrayed my conscience.
Which movie?
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Are we in Iraq in this one?
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I don't know about you, but I'm currently in Belgium.
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Is is Von Stffenberg in Valkyrie perhaps?
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I have a small suspicion you looked that up ?
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Not getting it right away is perhaps a clue 
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Well, if you didn't look it up, the five is yours.
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Don't feel like I have earned that.... Blanked it out
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I had a hunch but want sure...
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V. wrote: I don't know about you, but I'm currently in Belgium.
My condolances
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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