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OriginalGriff10-Dec-13 21:33

OriginalGriff

10-Dec-13 21:33

"Pig in the City III: The Revenge"

CBadger10-Dec-13 21:37

CBadger

10-Dec-13 21:37

A: Where will you go now, B?
B: Well, I hear Paris is nice this time of year.
A: Mind if I tag along with you?
B: Don't mind.
A: I do believe I'm falling in love.
B: Get in line!

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User 274316210-Dec-13 21:43

User 2743162

10-Dec-13 21:43

Babe?[^]

modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.

Corporal Agarn11-Dec-13 2:07

Corporal Agarn

11-Dec-13 2:07

Beat me to it.

Simon_Whale10-Dec-13 21:54

Simon_Whale

10-Dec-13 21:54

Rambo : First blood

Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.

Help end the violence EAT BACON

David Goebet10-Dec-13 22:29

David Goebet

10-Dec-13 22:29

Babe

"WAKE UP, NEO."

"THE MATRIX HAS YOU..."

"FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT".

Nagy Vilmos10-Dec-13 22:35

Nagy Vilmos

10-Dec-13 22:35

Dirty Dancing

speramus in juniperus

CPallini10-Dec-13 23:46

CPallini

10-Dec-13 23:46

Silvio & Ruby.

Veni, vidi, vici.

StM0n11-Dec-13 0:33

StM0n

11-Dec-13 0:33

"Sonny & Cher - The Aftermath"

(yes|no|maybe)*

Corporal Agarn11-Dec-13 2:07

Corporal Agarn

11-Dec-13 2:07

I got you!

Laptop recommendations

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer10-Dec-13 21:10

10-Dec-13 21:10

I have a great job right now - putting together a recommendation for a new laptop for me. It needs to be able to do 4 hours of REAL work, not this "light use fluff", have high res, enough space for multiple versions of VS, and a VM or two, and be portable.

I have my eyes on the 512Gb SSD version of this:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/yoga/yoga-2-pro/[^]

Any other recommendations? As I'm the main GUI writer in the small company I work for, I want to have touch and hi-dpi on one of my machines, just to make sure our software will play nicely with them - and I miss my laptop from 5 years ago that had 1900 x 10something...

The price of the Yoga above is making my boss wince a little, but not refuse, so no $3000 swiss made gold plated ones please...

Iain.

I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

DaveAuld10-Dec-13 21:42

DaveAuld

10-Dec-13 21:42

Asus Zenbook Infinity UX301, i7, 8Gb, 256/512GB SSD option, 2560x1440
http://www.asus.com/uk/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ZENBOOK_UX301LA/[^]

I'm still trying to pin down a supplier who has the correct variant I want.....

Dave
Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn|GitHub

Folding Stats: Team CodeProject

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer10-Dec-13 21:47

10-Dec-13 21:47

It doesn't look like it has touch, which is a point against - not a deal breaker though. I'll see if it's available here for my list.

Iain.

I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

DaveAuld10-Dec-13 21:50

DaveAuld

10-Dec-13 21:50

It does have touch....

Does the second word in the opening title not give it away, or the whole section on the touch capabilitites....

The touch Ultrabook™ with stunning...

Incredible

Touch

Technology with a human touch

Zenbook UX301 is wonderfully tactile, but that goes well beyond just the feel of its sleek, smooth and durable glass design. Windows 8 is designed with touch in mind and a dedicated ASUS Human Computer Interface team help make it even more intuitive to use with features like a responsive multi-touch display, and a large touch pad with multi-touch support. The backlit keyboard with automatic brightness control also means you'll always have a clear view of the keys, so you can stay productive, even in complete darkness. So whichever way you like to work, Zenbook UX301 has you covered.

Big Grin | :-D

Dave
Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn|GitHub

Folding Stats: Team CodeProject

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer10-Dec-13 21:53

10-Dec-13 21:53

That'll teach me to not just immediately press the "specs" button, and scroll down instead.

Defo on the investigate list then.

Iain.

I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer10-Dec-13 21:57

10-Dec-13 21:57

Here's one supplier of the 2x256Gb version:
http://www.dustinhome.se/product/5010755545/asus-zenbook-ux301la-ci7-2-8-8gb-2x-256-ssd-wqhd-13-3-w8/[^]

Almost 2 grand though... might be pushing my luck there!

(In your position of having to be helicopter transportable, and powerful enough to give you stuff to on a rig for a few weeks, I'd think more positively)

Iain.

I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

Remind Me This - Manage, Collaborate and Execute your Project in the Cloud

Rutvik Dave10-Dec-13 23:57

Rutvik Dave

10-Dec-13 23:57

Yoga 2 Pro is a good choice, also take a look at the Thinkpad X1 Carbon Touch[^].

Side jobs???

Marcus J. Smith10-Dec-13 17:07

Marcus J. Smith

10-Dec-13 17:07

Is there a place where a programmer can find side programming jobs? I thought that is what sologig.com used to be but it doesnt appear to be that way now.

_Cle^aKO

"Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate." - Marc Clifton (The Lounge)

Ron Beyer10-Dec-13 17:10

Ron Beyer

10-Dec-13 17:10

http://www.rent-acoder.com/[^]

http://www.freelancer.com/[^]

Those are the two major ones I know of.

Marcus J. Smith11-Dec-13 3:55

Marcus J. Smith

11-Dec-13 3:55

Thanks, I will check these out.

_Cle^aKO

"Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate." - Marc Clifton (The Lounge)

Kevin Marois10-Dec-13 17:56

Kevin Marois

10-Dec-13 17:56

I actually find a fair amount of work on Craigslist. In each city there are Computer Jobs and Computer Gigs sections.

Jobs is full time & short term stuff, while Gigs seems to be quick work.

If it's not broken, fix it until it is