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13-Jan-14 22:50

I think I have got the *B.NET abortion behaving properly! Smile | :)

Much hard work, much swearing, plea's of I could re-write this is C# in less time, misaligned ini files, error handling that caused more errors than it stopped, files opened but not closed. The cancer has a Band Aid, the duct tape is applied and it's due to be sent later today! Am I happy?, I threaten to Kiss a co-worker! WTF | :WTF:

I now have a set of graphics boards to program & test that should have been delivered before Christmas...

Johnny J.13-Jan-14 22:52

Johnny J.

13-Jan-14 22:52

Great! Now that you've got that on your CV, all you will ever get from now on is VB jobs! Poke tongue | ;-P

I know from experience. My boss just threw a VB6 job at me for that reason. So now I have to go install flucking VB6 again! Mad | :mad:

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glennPattonWork313-Jan-14 22:55

13-Jan-14 22:55

I had VB on CV for some time, I'm not a software guy, I'm a hardware guy (who can do bits of software)... Poke tongue | ;-P

Tim Carmichael14-Jan-14 1:46

Tim Carmichael

14-Jan-14 1:46

Tell him Dave K. says it's a dead language, no longer supported, etc. and you need to move to the .NET realm IMMEDIATELY!

glennPattonWork314-Jan-14 2:55

14-Jan-14 2:55

Yeah, but there so much out there...[worry] at least one Major Energy Trading company uses VB6 to keep their entire system (trading, etc.) running because it works![/worry] WTF | :WTF:

Nagy Vilmos14-Jan-14 1:03

Nagy Vilmos

14-Jan-14 1:03

You're not in Oxfordshire are you?

I just got an e-mail about a job in Whitney, VB6 to C# conversion. Right up your street and a snip at around £200 per day. [I declined this one Laugh | :laugh:

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speramus in juniperus

glennPattonWork314-Jan-14 1:07

14-Jan-14 1:07

No, sire, I'm in Brizzle (or as Bristol to the rest of the country)...or as you called it 'Hipster Central'.

Nicholas Marty14-Jan-14 2:27

Nicholas Marty

14-Jan-14 2:27

Nagy Vilmos wrote:
£200 per ~~day~~ hour

that would be an acceptable payment for such a job...

S Houghtelin14-Jan-14 2:16

S Houghtelin

14-Jan-14 2:16

Congrats! Only a couple of weeks past schedule, not bad considering the steaming pile of VB you started with.

I'm proud of you man! Wink | ;)

It was broke, so I fixed it.

glennPattonWork314-Jan-14 2:20

14-Jan-14 2:20

Thank You much appreciated. If I do happen to find the original author(s) they might have a Sams Teach Yourself VB book inserted into each hole. Smile | :)

Clodetta del Mar14-Jan-14 3:29

Clodetta del Mar

14-Jan-14 3:29

glennPattonWork wrote:
they might have a Sams Teach Yourself VB book inserted into each hole

the "Teach yourself in 21 days"? Laugh | :laugh:

(it was Sams that provided it, right!? It feels like i haven´t touched one since myriads of years... )
those books are not appropriate for everybody...

some People might consider the "Teach yourself in 21 YEARS" - Edition
Wink | ;)

glennPattonWork314-Jan-14 3:32

14-Jan-14 3:32

Quote:
for anybody...

Thank you, no ones picked up the Ren & Stimpy reference though.....

Question about political correctness.

Clodetta del Mar14-Jan-14 3:35

Clodetta del Mar

14-Jan-14 3:35

boah, Ren & Stimpy...
also a looong time ago.

they were/are cool...
$Shucks | :-\$ Cool | :cool:

Dalek Dave13-Jan-14 22:21

Dalek Dave

13-Jan-14 22:21

It is a terrible film, but...

The Loan Arranger stars Johnny Depp as Tonto, an Injun.

He paints his face and looks like this[^]

This is seen as acceptable, a White Man painting his face to play a Potawatomi.
(Rather than getting a Native American to play the role).

Had Depp wanted to make a film about, say, Robinson Crusoe and he played Friday, would he have Blacked Up like this[^]

Odd that racism has so many flavours where it is seen as acceptable to Red Up, but not Black Up.

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harold aptroot13-Jan-14 22:35

harold aptroot

13-Jan-14 22:35

Your question has been put on hold as Not A Question.

Also, this guy[^] is still around, and seen as acceptable by most Dutch people.

DaveAuld13-Jan-14 22:37

DaveAuld

13-Jan-14 22:37

Dalek Dave should have wrote:
The Loan Ranger

I think you are just bored and trying to look into something that is not there...

Also, the film was light hearted no thinking entertainment and a lot better than some of the 'sh!t' they pass off as quality on the telly. It scored a 6.6/10 (on IMDB) so it can't be that bad.

And don't forget, it was Disney.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210819/?ref_=nv_sr_2[^]

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OriginalGriff13-Jan-14 22:43

OriginalGriff

13-Jan-14 22:43

As brain-out entertainment goes, it went quite well. I've certainly watched worse films, read worse books, even been to worse parties! Laugh | :laugh:

Much better than the version they used to show during the Saturday Morning Matinée at the cinema when I was a kid!

Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
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OriginalGriff13-Jan-14 22:38

OriginalGriff

13-Jan-14 22:38

Should Blue Peter include a smurf?

Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam

Nagy Vilmos13-Jan-14 22:42

Nagy Vilmos

13-Jan-14 22:42

I could do that and I wouldn't need any fekin make-up.

speramus in juniperus

OriginalGriff13-Jan-14 22:45

OriginalGriff

13-Jan-14 22:45

Hot water bottle and gloves, that's what you need.

Either that or go outside and rub two boy scouts together! Laugh | :laugh:

Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam

Nagy Vilmos13-Jan-14 22:49

Nagy Vilmos

13-Jan-14 22:49

I have gloves and coat on, no hotty wotty botty in the house. The heating is now sporadically coming on, but when it does it's p gushing out water like the 1st XV after a two hour trip back from a cup win with no toilet on the coach.

speramus in juniperus

Johnny J.13-Jan-14 22:45

Johnny J.

13-Jan-14 22:45

Is it ok to Dalek Up? A white, slightly overweight accountant assuming the identity of a murderous robot? Isn't that a discrimination of Daleks everywhere? Wink | ;)

That said: I agree that they ought to have gotten a native indian to play the role (or at least somebody who LOOKS remotely like a native indian)

glennPattonWork313-Jan-14 22:53

13-Jan-14 22:53

Umm, I think you meant 'Native American' not Native Indian!

Johnny J.13-Jan-14 22:55

Johnny J.

13-Jan-14 22:55

That can't be true - if they were indeed Americans, why would the other Americans try so desperately to get rid of them??? Confused | :confused:

Ooops - probably not a politically correct question either... Poke tongue | ;-P

glennPattonWork313-Jan-14 23:08