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GeneralRe: XKCDOTDmemberwizardzz12-Nov-12 4:19 
I comment my code the exact same way.
GeneralRe: XKCDOTDmemberAndrew Rissing12-Nov-12 4:27 
I liked the, "If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and will not go to space today."
 
The alt text is hilarious as well...
JokeWassat?member_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 17:35 
I'd rescued seven lawyers from the burning building before I realised that the shout had been "Save Our Soles"
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GeneralRe: Wassat?memberChrisElston11-Nov-12 23:40 
Reminds of Dr de Bono's eagles joke.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
 
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GeneralHe's Leaving Friday...member_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 17:33 
I set 'em up...
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GeneralRe: He's Leaving Friday...memberTPFKAPB11-Nov-12 22:42 
What Robinson Crusoe?
 

It's got to be done by Friday.
GeneralApple v HTCmember_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 17:17 
So apple and HTC have patched up their suing differences and agreed on a 10 year deal to share patent info...
 
Does this mean they will be ganging up on the other players to uphold the 'rounded rectangle' patent ?
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GeneralRe: Apple v HTCmemberRage12-Nov-12 0:49 
One of these two companies just got arsed, and it is not Apple.
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GeneralRe: Apple v HTCmemberDan Neely12-Nov-12 6:12 
...and one of the two companies is an arse and it's not HTC.
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Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
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Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
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GeneralRe: Apple v HTCmemberGeekforChrist13-Nov-12 9:44 
I'm glad the patent wars are over for now. Cool | :cool:
Maybe in 10 years, those companies will have both disolved Wink | ;)
GeneralWhy Australian's don't need gunsmember_Josh_11-Nov-12 15:13 
AN 84-YEAR-OLD man was asleep when two brawny, armed intruders - one of them more than 2 metres tall - broke into his Port Macquarie home in the early hours of the morning.
 
They were wearing hoods and armed with a hammer, a pole and a kitchen knife when they entered his bedroom and demanded money at 2am on Sunday morning, police say.
 
The elderly man was struck on the arms with the pole when he tried to get out of bed but then he tackled one intruder who was armed with a knife and hammer.
 
During a struggle on the floor, the 84-year-old broke the blade off the knife and stabbed the intruder when he tried to hit him with the hammer.
 

He then disarmed the other man with the pole and chased both intruders from his house.
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 16:17 
I'm figuring the 'brawny intruders' are imports while the 84 yr old is a native; They build 'em tough over here don't they!
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Josh_11-Nov-12 16:20 
At 84 he probably fought in the Pacific.
GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 16:34 
I was about to point out he'd only be about 13 at the time - then figured he sounds like the type that would have lied about his age to get in on the action!
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Josh_11-Nov-12 17:47 
16 in 1944 - Id's say there's a good chance.
JokeRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmemberlewax0011-Nov-12 16:19 
Why Australians do need guns.[^]
GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Josh_11-Nov-12 16:24 
That little thing? What would we give our kids as pets if we killed harmless little spiders?
GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 16:35 
you should also point out that a bullet has little effect on them anyway - they're made of stern stuff, Aussie spiders!
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Josh_11-Nov-12 17:44 
_Maxxx_ wrote:
they're made of stern stuff, Aussie spiders

 
Indeed! Just don't tell the yanks that's what we make our bullets out of!
GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmemberdevvvy11-Nov-12 18:36 
Perhaps I watch too much Discovery Channel seems like everything in Australia is lethal from box jellyfish, croc, Great White, snakes spiders scorpion .. how you people survive of there amazes me!
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmemberMycroft Holmes11-Nov-12 21:23 
I have to laugh at this one, having spent many years in the Oz bush, place called Ivanhoe of all things, I have the little pests for granted, easy to avoid, step on them if they get too close (obviously this does not apply to crocs and sharks).
 
At least we don't have f***ing great bears and tigers and lions that jump out and eat you!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmemberdevvvy11-Nov-12 22:02 
Here in Hong Kong the only fearsome animal we need to avoid is Landlord!
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmemberChris C-B11-Nov-12 19:15 
Got to be tougher than Yemeni ones , then![^]
GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmember_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 19:23 
Thumbs Up | :thumbsup: Links to 2 year old posts that are relevant - your memory is evidently better than mine!!
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GeneralRe: Why Australian's don't need gunsmemberChris C-B11-Nov-12 19:39 
I remember the incident very well, and recalled vaguely that I had posted about it.
 
Incidently, the Yemeni tribesmen were delighted, and gave me a round of applause. The spider looked a bit like this[^] (before, definitely not after). Laugh | :laugh:
GeneralGoogle search results - is it just me...member_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 13:30 
OK - I'm doing a genuine search on
 
llblgen 2.6 ReadXml "object reference not set"
 
In google I get some 2700 results, many MANY of which are from a site called codeinspot.com and are useless.
 
In Bing I get one result - and it's not useless, but doesn't help.
 
Question is - is this the same for you? and how have codeinspot.com managed to hijack Goodle like this?
 
Now, back to trying to find out why LLBLGen is crashing on me!
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GeneralRe: Google search results - is it just me...memberZac Greve11-Nov-12 13:55 
Same. Will look at the source of those pages later to see if keyword stuffing is in effect.
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GeneralRe: Google search results - is it just me...memberRavi Bhavnani11-Nov-12 14:04 
Try the search without the "2.6".  Does that help?
 
This[^] search result (#1 in Google's results) seems to address your original problem.
 
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GeneralRe: Google search results - is it just me...member_Maxxx_11-Nov-12 14:11 
Thanks - yep I did find that page, and it kind of helped - I was curious about the other stuff clogging Google, though.
 
(incidentally, with the LLBLGen problem, I have the latest dlls from v2.6 AFAIK and still get thte exception - the good news is that the exception seems to be thrown post - instantiating the object tree from the XML so I can probably ignore it!
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GeneralRe: Google search results - is it just me...memberS Douglas11-Nov-12 14:35 
With Bing, the first result is your post here. Smile | :) only one other link...

Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.


GeneralRe: Google search results - is it just me...subeditorIndivara11-Nov-12 16:17 
There are a few obnoxious sites like that (I won't mention them here to avoid giving them any publicity).
They modify the first part of their domain name to fit search results. Apparently using different URLs (with no relation to the search result) has the same effect on Google.
 
E.g.: if it were CP, if you were to Google for "CListCtrl", the site returns clistctrl.codeproject.com, which generally contains a list of BS results or links to other sites (some of which may be genuine).
 
I use personal blocklist[^] to keep them away (Google's built-in block doesn't work on such sites due to the different addresses)
GeneralFight clip on youtubememberloctrice11-Nov-12 11:48 
My fight clip at 155 lbs. Here it is![^]
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberbryce11-Nov-12 12:04 
Smile | :)
assuming you're the white bloke then you did good on your fitness proving again that its not how you start but how you finish
the other chap certainly blew his load in the first round.
If one might offer a tad piece of advise - you're too upright when you fight.
Good fitness and tenacity Smile | :) well done.
 
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice11-Nov-12 12:49 
took a lot of training to get me to keep my posture when I fight. The reason he was getting takedowns is because I let him back me up against the cage. I don't think it was too bad for my first fight. It took about half the round to get my bearings.
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberbryce11-Nov-12 12:57 
oh goodness - for your first fight you should be very pleased with yourself Smile | :)
 
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice11-Nov-12 14:17 
I am pleased Big Grin | :-D You can tell when I started to get my bearings later in the first round.
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberdevvvy11-Nov-12 14:38 
Curious Steve, do you do this for the pride? Or for the price?
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice11-Nov-12 14:58 
Ammy fighters don't get paid here, so it's a very expensive hobby Wink | ;)
 
I do it for several reasons. I got into it on my way to getting healthy and losing weight. I think when it started I had a lot to prove. Now it's just testing myself and my training more than anything. Pride and the competition are two good reasons , yeah.
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberbryce11-Nov-12 15:34 
loctrice wrote:
Ammy fighters don't get paid here, so it's a very expensive painful hobby Wink | ;)

 
FTFY
 
Smile | :)
 
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberdevvvy11-Nov-12 14:26 
alright Steve, you're the Man!
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice11-Nov-12 14:34 
Thanks!
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberPaul Conrad11-Nov-12 14:31 
Congrats on the win dude!
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice11-Nov-12 14:35 
Thank you!
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubesitebuilderAndy Brummer11-Nov-12 16:50 
Congrats on the win, you really kept your composure.

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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice12-Nov-12 1:22 
Thanks!
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberRage11-Nov-12 23:01 
Congrats !
I think the right you punched him at 5:14 (of the video) was the beginning of the end for him.
Plus he did not seem to want to fight a lot, was always attempting at grabbing you...
 
Well done !
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice12-Nov-12 1:22 
yes, but when I started gaining position he just stood back up. And then he wouldn't come in and attack, but he wouldn't let me up either. That is a good tactic I guess, unless there is a crowd there and a time limit.
 
Not taking anything away from him. I appreciate him competing and being an athlete, and it wasn't easy. I was just commenting.
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberwizardzz12-Nov-12 4:09 
I agree with Rage, it looks like around the 5 minute mark of the video, the punches caught up with him. I thought at 4:58 you were going to just finish him coming out of that little grapple, you just did it a minute later. If he improves his conditioning, he's going to give you a tougher fight next time. That body slam he put on you was pretty crazy looking though.
GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice12-Nov-12 5:11 
That depends on how you look at it. He did do some flashy slams, but he was not able to get the position on me after he got me down. After a minute when I started gaining position he let go and stood up. He was definately getting the points if it went to decision, however I don't feel like I lost control at any point other than when I was getting slammed. If he stayed down with me, I feel like I would have done ok, though it's hard to tell cause the fight didn't go that way. Anything I could say would just be guessing based on what happened.
 
Either way, I won't take so long getting my feet down next time. Was a good first fight. I wanted to strike with him, and that's what we ended up doing.
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QuestionIs it allowed...memberNelek11-Nov-12 10:45 
to post links to download software under creative common licences in CP?
I don't want to make spam, it was to answer a user in the QA
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