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Generaleh eh ehmemberGuirec Le Bars5 Nov '12 - 21:13 
To the woman telling you that men are all the same reply that she was not supposed to try them all.... Seulement, dans certains cas, n'est-ce pas, on n'entend guère que ce qu'on désire entendre et ce qui vous arrange le mieux... [^]
GeneralRe: eh eh ehmemberMarco Bertschi5 Nov '12 - 23:44 
Anyways... When all men are the same (according to many women) why do they search for 'the special men of her life'?$   If they are all the same a woman could just pick one ... doesn't matter, weare all the same.
GeneralMelbourne cup winnermemberbryce5 Nov '12 - 17:14 
Green Moon takes it   Bryce (didn't win the office sweeps for the nth year) MCAD --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. -- Our kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff   The Snotgoblin for the Ipad...
GeneralRe: Melbourne cup winnermember_Josh_5 Nov '12 - 17:32 
bryce wrote:Bryce (didn't win the office sweeps for the nth year)   For me, n = 18!
GeneralRe: Melbourne cup winnermemberRage8 Nov '12 - 4:40 
_Josh_ wrote: n = 18! Wow, that's about 6402373705728000 years. How old are you ? ~RaGE(); I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
GeneralI love the Melbourne cupmemberRCoate5 Nov '12 - 16:33 
All my work mates disapear and I get 2 hours to goof off work in peace.
GeneralRe: I love the Melbourne cupadminChris Maunder5 Nov '12 - 16:46 
Bit of a thunderstorm going on - hope it isn't washed out.
 
Lots of soggy hats today I reckon.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
 
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

GeneralRe: I love the Melbourne cupmemberNagy Vilmos5 Nov '12 - 22:54 
Chris Maunder wrote:Lots of soggy hats today I reckon   That's because they throw the beer around. 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...
GeneralReceptionist RequiredmemberMehGerbil5 Nov '12 - 9:12 
My office is on the first floor of a 4 story building. We have single door in the corner. The door has a sign "Private Office - Employees Only".   To get to that door a person has to walk past 50 linear feet of glass walls which are puncuated with glass double doors which are usually...
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberChris Meech5 Nov '12 - 9:18 
They are looking for the gerbil roller coaster. You should point them in that direction. Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]   In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]   posting about Crystal Reports here is...
GeneralRe: Receptionist Requiredmemberharold aptroot5 Nov '12 - 9:18 
MehGerbil wrote:The door has a sign "Private Office - Employees Only".That looks useful, intruding there might solve whatever problem I was having..   Change it to "Broom Closet".
GeneralRe: Receptionist Requiredmemberdjj555 Nov '12 - 9:37 
Then you get couples.
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberMycroft Holmes5 Nov '12 - 11:59 
Which would be more interesting that the current crop of dipstiks. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
GeneralRe: Receptionist Requiredmemberryanb315 Nov '12 - 9:29 
Quote:I can hardly wait to have a barrier from the stupid.Is there a feature to prevent you from browsing to QA? You must protect yourself.   There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmvpJohn Simmons / outlaw programmer5 Nov '12 - 9:33 
MehGerbil wrote:I can hardly wait to have a barrier from the stupid. They tried that in Washington, DC as well, yet the stupid always manage to find their way to their House or Senate seats. ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo -...
JokeRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberMarcus Kramer5 Nov '12 - 10:16 
The one thread that wasn't political ... I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmvpCPallini5 Nov '12 - 10:52 
MehGerbil wrote:I can hardly wait to have a barrier from the stupid.You might try drugs, anyway they won't permanently disconnect your brain. Veni, vidi, vici.
JokeRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberS Houghtelin5 Nov '12 - 13:04 
MehGerbil wrote: past the smiling helpful row of people anxiously waiting to help Smiling helpful people generally aren't really all that helpful. MehGerbil wrote:into my office and ask me where [insert location] may be foundThe scowling curmudgeon usually knows where everything is and will...
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberGary R. Wheeler5 Nov '12 - 13:10 
Change the sign to read "Erectile Dysfunction Testing", or "Lemur Proctology Dept", or something like that. Software Zen: delete this;
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberMehGerbil5 Nov '12 - 16:15 
Gary R. Wheeler wrote:Change the sign to read "Erectile Dysfunction Testing", or "Lemur Proctology Dept", or something like that It's a college campus. The last thing I want is to have my office full of drunk frat boys.
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberZac Greve5 Nov '12 - 14:14 
    throw new BrainNotFoundException();   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
GeneralRe: Receptionist RequiredmemberMark Wallace5 Nov '12 - 20:30 
It's no good asking the monkey how to play the organ; you've got to talk to the organ-grinder. I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
GeneralToo Tired To FightmemberW Balboos5 Nov '12 - 8:53 
Intensely tired head. Posting is burden - very strange feelings, all in all.   I live(d) in Long Beach, NY - If that helps explain anything.   "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein "As far as we know, our computer has...
GeneralRe: Too Tired To FightmemberMehGerbil5 Nov '12 - 9:06 
Sounds like you might be an easy mark.
GeneralRe: Too Tired To FightmemberBillWoodruff6 Nov '12 - 3:54 
Dear W∴B,   Soak head, drop burden, breathe in-and-out, become aware of the utter strangeness of all feelings: it is only a movie, in which your life is a stage-set for what you will, inevitably, experience as "the Greatest Show on Earth," but is, in essence, a cosmic cartoon.   ...

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