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I'm gonna have to do that one too, but I do occasionally bite it and give some back. Not a productive thing to do though so I completely agree with your suggestion.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: argument about whether 'frappe' mean milk shake or not
You can't be serious.
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Dont you start!
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I assume you mean this thread[^], where you were talking about mayonnaise, and I innocently mentioned that I use a frappe machine to make it, to which you said, in high authoritative tone:
1. That frappe is American!!!
But you then changed your mind after googling, and said:
2. That you always knew that frappe was a Greek milk shake!!!
But you then changed your mind after googling, and said:
3. That you have been drinking frappes all your life!!! and that you have always known damned well that they are made from coffee and crushed ice!!!
Etc. All the while being as annoying as all get out.
Serves me right for trying to talk nicely to you.
You, ryandev, and the insulting, ignorant new member of your kaffeeklatsch (no, that's neither American nor Greek) are just made for each other.
And frappes are still French, just like they always have been.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Still going on about it?
You really are that sad arent you?
So, a 'café frappé' is what I often drink in summer, OK? Its nice and cool. Got that, finally?
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Still going on about it?
You really are that sad arent you?
And this, boys and girls, is how a troll talks when he knows that he was wrong, but can't ever, ever, ever admit it.
You three go away and play together. I've had enough of trying to be nice to you.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Right, so now I not only dont know what cafe frappe is but I am a troll too.
You really dont know when to stop do you?
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Keep talking.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That sounds just about right.
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Ahhh, that explains your attitude.
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Partly, but I didn't like the game even before it was thrust on me -- I was only forced to play because I kept beating people at it (including my schoolteachers).
"Quick! Tell the cavalry to take one pace forward and two to the side!"
"OMG! The king is in mortal danger of being killed stabbily by a turret! Get the queen and a bishop to defend him!"
It's just a plain and silly game, but it's put across as if it's a refined passe-temps for mature, intelligent people.
It could be fun, if it weren't for all the snootiness involved.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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"Profesasional" chess is. Matches between amateurs? They are simply the biggest unorthodoxy fairy you'll ever see, and they can be fun. Also Magic The Gathering games are. Pro battles are downright boring - same tactics mitigated only by the fate that decides the cards you'll pick up, but even that can be tamed to a high degree. Amateur matches? It's like lightweight boxe with respect to heavyweights: battles fought until the very end with gritted teeth and freely running blood.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I learnt to play chess at a young age but never fell in love with it. I am a competent if somewhat dull player. However, I do agree that the longer I have been programming the more I see the world through very different eyes than those of my younger self. Perhaps a function of age, I'm not sure. I certainly feel smarter than I was then (I know some who would disagree )
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My quick reflexive 'thats the right answer' mentality I had with Engineering (as I said, I was in mech-aero) has gone, probably because of the number of times I have shot myself in the foot making such assumptions in software, so at times I feel very slow, but I think its just because I question everything so much more and take a long time to come to a decision.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: And I can only put this down to the years of brain exercise writing programs, where the same depth, complexity and interconnections of events i exists, gave me.
Or dealing with managers.
But then again, that might be more like poker.
Marc
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A couple years ago my son (10 at the time) asked how chess was played. I had never played though I knew how. We setup the board and played. I won handily. He kept asking to play. Within a month I could barely beat him and rarely did. Within two months we had to quit playing because I could simply NEVER win.
I've programmed for 12+ years and am an inactive member of Mensa. Never considered myself stupid (unless car engines were involved), but he sure made me feel that way.
Tl;dr: Nope, programming hasn't helped my chess game. It did however allow me to afford a personal instructor for my son to nurture him and his ability.
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gardnerp wrote: Within two months we had to quit playing because I could simply NEVER win. So you never considered entering the competition for Dad of the Year?
gardnerp wrote: an inactive member of Mensa It's the ones who are active who worry me: "Ooh, I'm a genius because I spend my very waking hour doing silly little puzzles in my mother's basement!"
Two weeks of practicing silly little puzzles, and you achieve Grand Poombah status in mensa.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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After a few years of playing (including an incident where I beat a kid during our time at high school who went on to become a British Chess Champion. He resigned saying, "I know where you are going with this" which is extraordinary since I didn't know where I was going!) I ended up with a decent rating of 1800+ and took part in an international tournament in Cannes (in the beautiful South of France).
I was a member of a two-man team and we both had conclusive results from our six matches each. He (a master level player) won all six... and I lost all six! I haven't played since!
Stupid, pointless game!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I have been breathing chess for 40+ years and programming for 30+ years.
Never felt that one was strengthening the other.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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No, I was fairly good at chess as a teenager and even had an expert rating, but recently my granddaughter annihilated me. But it was only because she wouldn{t let me cheat, otherwise I could have won.
I think playing chess is good practice for solving detailed problems. When my children were young, we went to thr library or the chess club on alternating Saturdays, so they all learned to play and so have their children. Whrn theey stop by to visit, the first thing they ask is where is the chess set, then they play each ither all day. very quiet and well behaved kiddos.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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This thread is getting tedious....perhaps we should call it a knight.
Pawn intended.
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Mate, your attack is uncalled for.
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Nope. I can hardly remember my name and surname together. My thought moves around very fast and focuses, if may even call it that, on one thing at a time, but all quickly.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. - Liber AL vel Legis 1:40, Aleister Crowley
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