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MehGerbil wrote: Do you have any technology where you were initially skeptical but now cannot imagine living without it? Not exactly, but it took a while for me to "get" how powerful Linq is, and I think I still have much to understand about it.
Perhaps my lack of background in using some kind of structured query language with a database meant my initial study of Linq was "more of a jump" ?
cheers, Bill
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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BillWoodruff wrote: lack of background in using some kind of structured query language with a
database
That's Linq's target demographic. ![Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/thumbs_up.gif)
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Same here with Linq.
I feel it is harder for me to write than it should be but it sure is powerful.
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You don't realize how valuable they are until you develop on a system that doesn't have them.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Lambda expressions...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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I really enjoyed them once I made the swap from VB.NET into C# just over 3 years ago
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Mobile phone.
Initially, I was made to have one - as I was "on call" 24 hours to a client, and it meant they could contact me at any time. Not-quite-a-brick, it was at least pocketable (but pre-digital)
But...it only ever rang when the bosses son wanted to go for a beer, so I warmed to it.
And now I never leave home without it...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Mobile phone.
Sure beats a pager and having to find a public phone and change.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: having to find a public phone and change
Good grief! I didn't realize you were Superman!
Can I have your autograph?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Flushing toilets
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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You've got those in the States now as well? When will it ever stop? You guys never cease to surprise me...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Absolutely,
An internet connection. I was wrong. I needed it.
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I've had the reverse experience;
Windows was my bread and butter.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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MehGerbil wrote: Do you have any technology where you were initially skeptical but now cannot imagine living without it?
Yes. I call it "computers."
My first commercial one was built from a kit, and I had to write the operating system for it to make it do anything. My second was purchased assembled and had an operating system already installed, but I had to write the programs to make it do anything. I had them both for the novelty, and the learning experience to help out at work, but I had no expectation that anyone would actually need or want one at home.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Hi All,
I'm thinking about a contract role at the moment had the interview this morning (it went well) the only thing that bothers me is the fact I was thinking about getting a Mortgage would the fact I am a Contractor be a problem with the lenders in the UK, I will get some proper advise as soon as I am able to, but 'The Lounge' seemed the quickest and easiest way! ![OMG | :OMG:](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/smiley_OMG.gif)
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Not in the UK, but... when I moved to the U.S. from Canada in 1999, I was taking a contract position. The banks let me get a mortgage based on my job, regardless of type.
Hope you get the job and the mortgage!
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glennPattonPUB wrote: advise
Nouning verbs lowers your credit rating. ![Big Grin | :-D](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/smiley_biggrin.gif)
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Nouning verbs lowers your credit rating.
You realize you criticized the nouning of a verb by verbing a noun
Now we just need to verb an adjective, adjective an adverb, and adverb a dangling participle...
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Yes, yes I do.
Ian Shlasko wrote: verb an adjective
Never had a blued pistol? ![Big Grin | :-D](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/smiley_biggrin.gif)
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Never had a blued pistol?
Once, but my yellow submarine evaded it.
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I'm an Engineer, don't go for high fluent language! ![Frown | :(](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/smiley_frown.gif)
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did you mean falutin or just languages you are fluent in?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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with my spelling and typing flatulent is more likely...
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it used to be that you had to show an earning pattern that would cover the mortgage repayments, so being a contractor would not bar you but it used to be unlikely that you would get a mortgage until you have been contracting for at least a couple of years.
however since then they seem to give them out to anyone walking past the bank/building society and now it would seem to be the preserve of those that have at least twice the value of the house in cash in the bank
so its anyone's guess
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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