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Don't want to compare my situation with yours but starting next August I think I am just going to take off for six months and see what may come of it. Maybe finish some ventures, who knows. Regardless of the way it turns out for me ... good luck for you. Sometimes small companies can be harder than larger ones.
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Thanks. I've started a company before, I am looking now to have more family time. However, school fees mean I do need to keep working full time 
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Christian Graus wrote: I was told that my job was on the line because our website is slow
Did you ask them to Google it? 
Christian Graus wrote: ( in heated terms )
That sucks, you can't work for people who likes to blame someone, instead of finding / working on a solution.
Welcome back, and let's start the second round by changing your creepy profile picture. 
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Rutvik Dave wrote: Welcome back, and let's start the second round by changing your creepy profile picture
I had a cool one of FB, but it's currently a picture of giraffes.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Christian Graus wrote: So, in to the wide blue wonder, I go.
Go man!
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Christian Graus wrote: the allure of working from home wasn't doing it for me any more
I can't work anywhere else now or for anyone else. 'I am a bad employee'
I know that whatever you do you will be successful, even with your love for OSX. 
A lot of programming is going mobile now so I have been working with JDeveloper.
Knock em dead Christian.
www.dirkstechblog.blogspot.com
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*grin* I barely use OSX nowadays.
Yeah, I'd like the chance to do more mobile stuff. I am doing some jquery mobile, that's about it right now.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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how you going with those blokes i keep sending your way?
you know - the ones who post programming questions on the lounge
Bryce
MCAD
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modified 7-Nov-13 16:40pm.
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They appear to not be finding me
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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nooooooooo!
but i sent them your way
Bryce
MCAD
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Christian Graus wrote: They appear to not be finding me
Taht's probably because he told the last bloke to email Christian Grass.
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Check out the brilliant typing and proof reading above.
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Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Typical...
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Sounds like a smart career move Christian, not to mention saving your sanity. Roll on!!!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Yeah, I think so, a good family move, too. I got a couple of contracts on the way, too, which was nice. A tester just contacted me to wish me all the best. She was the only one who did, so that's nice.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I thought it was Telstra's fault?
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Ultimately, the wireless internet situation made me make a call. If things were better overall, I'd have hired an office. As it stood, not being able to stand still, b/c of Telstra, is the reason I had to move one way or the other. The situation overall is why I moved in the direction I did.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Well, at least you didn't have to run off to Eastern Europe to get away from the hamsters like #1 did[^]. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Deja vu! Good luck again!
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Badger Is Fourth-From-The-Top^
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Hello,
I would like to build up a large collection of sample files for testing purposes and nothing is better than real data that is out there. So what I was thinking is a program to go out on the internet like a webcrawler but just look for files that are linked for download on the internet and download these into an output folder. Would like files of any type but okay aso if specifying types like pdf, doc, xls, docx, ppt, txt, etc.
Does something like this already exist? I would not like to recreate the wheel if someone already has something that does this.
Thank you,
Larry
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You mean, you want a virus sucker ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Nothing related to viruses please.
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Larry Wall wrote: just look for files that are linked for download on the internet and download these into an output folder
Um.
I suspect that a very large number of the files you "find" will not be Safe For Work... 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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The way I'd go about this would be to start from a google search, which allows you to find files based on type. Then crawl that result set normally.
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I used to do this all the time, but I think more recently google has started properly NOT returning files in some circumstances (whether that is based on extension or server path, or both I cannot remember). By that I mean, I no longer find files with particular extensions like I used to.
As an aside, I used to work in a very poorly documented and obtuse software language. The only way to figure out how to use it was search the web for files with the same extension and that contained the method I wanted to use... that was my mode of documentation  Oddly, everyone I worked with thought it was amazing the things I could do with that system  even though they had 10 - 20 years experience on me.
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