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Legend has it that Plenty of Fish (no linkie, I'm sure you can find it if you don't already have an account) was started by the developer as an exercise in learning ASP.NET. He (pretty much personally) grew that into a very highly scaled and profitable business[^] over the last twelve years (USD6,000,000/year in Google ads). Now he's selling it to Match[^] (.com) for USD575Million. 
Maybe Chris needs to set up dates for the hamsters (or sheep?) or something.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: for USD575Million
..in cash?
Now that would be news 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: ..in cash?
Now that would be news
It's only just enough to buy you a world cup event!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Selling something for a specific value does not equal to holding that amount in cash.
And yes, sounds like a lot, but prices are rather distorted. I'd also be pointing out that the architecture allows for scalability - which is worth a lot, but that does not make the complete company scalable.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Selling something for a specific value does not equal to holding that amount in cash.
In this case it sure looks like it does.
Quote from article: The Match Group, the global operator of digital dating products such as Match, Tinder, OkCupid and Meetic, and a subsidiary of IAC announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase PlentyOfFish for US $575 million in cash.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Whaha, cool 
..and wise.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: ...and wise.
Yep, time for Markus Frind to buy an estate on a tropical island and live off the interest. 
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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"in cash" means that the prize will not be payed in goods, like options...but cash does not mean that the buyer will show with a shoe-box filled with bank notes - it will be done on the wire...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Of course, but I think Eddy was commenting that many deals like this are for stock or stock options that end up being worth a bit less than advertised.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Mostly, yes, with an optional part of credit in your local currency. If someone says "cash", I expect real "cash"
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Ah, so virtual money is called 'cash' these days too?
I got some Warcraft-cash that I'd like to trade for that car
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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As there is "nothing new under the sun," perhaps this is not really new, after all, but it struck me that programming is a lot like choreography, as coders must previsualize and plan the precise movements of multiple "dancers" so that they cooperate in space and time and, especially, do not collide with one another.
A case (or at least a six-pack) in point is the choreography that must take place between the server-side code (such as C#) and the client-side code (such as jQuery) in an ASP.NET or Sharepoint (or other type?) of app.
Unfortunately, while aspiring to a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers-type of partnership, I often end up with what looks and sounds more like a mosh pit populated by drug-addled psychos.
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Maybe the hokey-pokey really is what it's all about.
Software Zen: delete this;
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los*; Good response!
* los == "laughing out silently" - after all, I am at work.
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So, Shannon, just why do you want to B Clay?
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
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No, no, no. At first the dance starts. Then the lead pulls a bonehead move, and the second whacks him. All downhill from there 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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So.. does this mean you subscribe to the Three Stooge Choreography school of software design? 
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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I'm living it !
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Yes, I have always enjoyed making data dance.
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B. Clay Shannon wrote: in an ASP.NET or Sharepoint
More like an AARP sponsored dance where half the members are in wheelchairs and the other half have to carry around their oxygen tanks.
Marc
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The term actor is used a lot in OO programming... You can script the actors like you choreograph the dancers. However, I cannot think of a good match for:
dancer is to mosh pit as actor is to ?
I am stumped on that one.
OO note: mosh pit is a true aggregate!
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dancer is to mosh pit as actor is to "reality" show.
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B. Clay Shannon wrote: I often end up with what looks and sounds more like a mosh pit populated by drug-addled psychos.
But take satisfaction in the fact that at least yours are moving. The other guys are huddled around the pit wondering why everyone is dead.
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