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30 Dec '12 - 8:48

Good to know. The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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GeekforChrist

30 Dec '12 - 8:43

Me too
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Ironic

Espen Harlinn

30 Dec '12 - 2:52

http://blog.techdebt.org/[^] MySQL crashed out! Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Re: Ironic

An interesting request from an OP

30 Dec '12 - 2:58

Oh. The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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Re: Ironic

Espen Harlinn

30 Dec '12 - 3:11

Yupp, still crashed out! Technical debt[^] Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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jibesh

30 Dec '12 - 0:55

how do you react for this question "I want someone to solve this problem in Visual Studio 2012. Don't tell me where the mistake is".[^] Jibesh.V.P India
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30 Dec '12 - 1:36

Exactly how Griff reacted in his solution. However, why did you bring this into the lounge? It is the sort of cr@p that can stay where it was without being spread further! Dave Find Me On: Web\|Facebook\|Twitter\|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
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30 Dec '12 - 1:40

Whan I saw that, I was like The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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Dalek Dave

30 Dec '12 - 2:27

is that what you were like? Please do not turn into a valley girl. --------------------------------- 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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30 Dec '12 - 2:57

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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Saying Goodbye to My PCs Forever

Dalek Dave

30 Dec '12 - 3:44

Pink Five[^] --------------------------------- 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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AspDotNetDev

29 Dec '12 - 23:35

I'm running a disk utility to completely wipe the hard drives (14 hours remaining), then off my old laptop and desktop go to whoever will take them. I've had the desktop for about a decade (it's been through a few upgrades) and the laptop for a few years. They both have major issues (e.g., shutting down randomly, can't upgrade the RAM beyond 4GB), so I will be glad to be rid of them. Goodbye, old friends. Rose | [Rose]

From now on, it's all Mac all the time. Jig | [Dance]

Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

29 Dec '12 - 23:42

AspDotNetDev wrote:
From now on, it's all Mac all the time.

You must be getting desperate!

AspDotNetDev wrote:
I'm running a disk utility to completely wipe the hard drives (14 hours
remaining),

Why bother, I just take the hardisk out, smash them bits/take them apart, recover the good bits, e.g. the really strong rare earth magnets, and just bin the rest.

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PHS241

30 Dec '12 - 1:06

DaveAuld wrote: e.g. the really strong rare earth magnets, Just thought I'd ask, but what do you do with them exactly? "I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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30 Dec '12 - 1:31

They make excellent fridge magnets or notice board magnets...... Dave Find Me On: Web\|Facebook\|Twitter\|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
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OriginalGriff

30 Dec '12 - 3:59

And if you dismantle them, the hard disk platters make excellent coffee cup coasters. If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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30 Dec '12 - 4:49

And frisbees! And mirrors! Dave Find Me On: Web\|Facebook\|Twitter\|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
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OriginalGriff

30 Dec '12 - 4:54

Frisbees I'm not too sure about - they are more like blunt throwing stars! If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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30 Dec '12 - 5:01

I have always fancied building one of these with an old hdd; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7__dQZuJEQ[^] Dave Find Me On: Web\|Facebook\|Twitter\|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
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OriginalGriff

30 Dec '12 - 5:07

Cool! I don't often talk about the lack of voting, but that deserves a big 5! If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Colin Mullikin

31 Dec '12 - 2:16

DaveAuld wrote:
Why bother, I just take the hardisk out, smash them bits/take them apart, recover the good bits

When I first read this, I interpreted "bits" to mean actual "bits" of data. I thought a joke was coming, then I got to the magnet part and it all suddenly made sense... Laugh | :laugh:

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PHS241

30 Dec '12 - 1:14

AspDotNetDev wrote:
From now on, it's all Mac all the time.

That's sort of me as well. My big laptop sits under the drawers of my desk; wifey's netbook sits in a draw and my desk is clear of everything except my iMac. It took a while to finally get Win7 installed with BootCamp but all things taken into account, it runs fast enough and I'm but a dual-boot away if I need to Macify for any reason. Don't get me wrong, I love the concept of the iMac but it does nothing for me at this time that I can't do under Win7 and I get the added bonus of using VS and RS.

"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).

Gary R. Wheeler

30 Dec '12 - 1:38

AspDotNetDev wrote:
I've had the desktop for about a decade (it's been through a few upgrades)

I finally retired the family desktop this fall. It started out in life as a Pentium II, 266 MHz, with 256MB RAM and a 20G hard drive almost 15 years ago. When I first got it my internet access was via dialup at 56K, which seemed blindingly fast compared to the baud rates I was used to.

When the motherboard failed it was a Pentium III, 600 MHz with 640MG RAM and a little over 500G spread over three drives. The only part of the thing that was still original was the case. I'd replaced the motherboard/CPU once, RAM a couple times, hard drives several times, and so on. It was being used as a print server and for shared disk space.

I salvaged the hard drives and the case. I just don't have the heart to chuck the thing.

Software Zen: delete this;