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GeneralMQOTDmemberV.11 Nov '12 - 21:59 
Movie Quote Of The Day
 
After one week of absence... here it is again.
 
Nice guys are fine: you have to have somebody to take advantage of... but they always finish last.
 
Which movie?
 

(for reference read the MQOTD rules on my profile page Smile | :) )

GeneralRe: MQOTDmember1.21 Gigawatts11 Nov '12 - 22:12 
Don't know what the movie is but the quote reminds me of a Green Day song - which I'm now humming.
 
I wonder if they are connected?
 
(The movie and the song, not the humming and the song Smile | :) ).

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GeneralRe: MQOTDmemberTPFKAPB11 Nov '12 - 22:25 
England - The World Cup Years.
GeneralRe: MQOTDmemberChris Quinn11 Nov '12 - 22:51 
Does it sound like it could be BBQ related?
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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GeneralRe: MQOTDmentorKeith Barrow11 Nov '12 - 22:53 
The Greatest Story Ever Told?

GeneralRe: MQOTDmembercharlieg12 Nov '12 - 1:57 
I googled that one. That's one of the best tough guy movies...
Charlie Gilley
You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
 
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
 

GeneralXKCDOTDmvpOriginalGriff11 Nov '12 - 21:38 
http://xkcd.com/1133/[^]
 
Look at it. Do. Do it now!
 
A brilliant explanation of the Saturn V for idiots.
 
I love the bit: "This end should point toward the ground"
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

GeneralRe: XKCDOTDmentorKeith Barrow11 Nov '12 - 23:14 
I liked "Things holding that kind of air that makes your voice funny"

GeneralRe: XKCDOTDmvpCPallini11 Nov '12 - 23:23 
Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:
Veni, vidi, vici.

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.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
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?
--Zachris Topelius
 

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.
-- Sarah Hoyt

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
RAH

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.
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: 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![^]
If it moves, compile it

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.
If it moves, compile it

GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberbryce11 Nov '12 - 12:57 
oh goodness - for your first fight you should be very pleased with yourself Smile | :)
 
Bryce
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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.
If it moves, compile it

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.
If it moves, compile it

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 | :)
 
Bryce
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GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberdevvvy11 Nov '12 - 14:26 
alright Steve, you're the Man!
dev

GeneralRe: Fight clip on youtubememberloctrice11 Nov '12 - 14:34 
Thanks!
If it moves, compile it

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