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Shog9 wrote: what's wrong with relaxing with a bit of speculative fiction?
Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight!
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ed welch wrote: 68% read computer manuals for *relaxation* ??
Sure, a Microsoft product roadmap can make for great fiction  and old ones can certainly be considered humor.
David
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David Cunningham wrote: and old ones can certainly be considered humor
This one[^], for example.
Hope is the negation of reality - Raistlin Majere
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Shouldn't that be in the horror department?
Cheers,
Vıkram.
Be yourself, no matter what they say.
- Sting, Englishman in New York.
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David Cunningham wrote: Sure, a Microsoft product roadmap can make for great fiction and old ones can certainly be considered humor.
Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight!
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*huh huh* and I'm reading kanji dictionary  really entertaining sometimes 
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Is there such a thing as a kanji thesaurus?
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I think that 64% of the people who have taken this survey need to look up the definition of 'relaxing'.
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hey it makes go bathroom reading material..:->
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If it's about non-work technology, that's possible - for example, I'm reading this[^] at the moment, and looking forward to getting this[^] when it's finished and released.
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<looks up from VBScript for Dummies>
Your point...?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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What about real books*? Like the kind Philip Roth or Ian McEwan writes.
They aren't Horror, Mystery / Thriller, History / Biography, Romance, Humour, Sports or even, yet, Classics.
I'm not sure what they are. It seems to me that some of the best fiction I have read lately doesn't fit into any genre. They are... drama? life? Like life the more complex a thing is the harder it is to pigeon hole.
Take The Plot Against America. I really enjoyed it, fantastic read. Apparently it is in "alternative history" genre but that isn't what it is about. That is incidental to the book. It just happens to be set in an alternative history, a means towards telling the story.
Is that what genres are? Means for a story?
* wink wink
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Well, there is a choice for 'Other'. Chris could have put 'Oddball' instead, but I think he was trying to be nice to you, Paul.
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
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I think I would have preferred Oddball
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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had the same reaction. used "Other".
bookstores call it "Fiction".
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Since buying a home, I have found that you have save a ton of $$$ by doing things yourself. My Achilles heal is electric. So, now I'm reading books on how not to get thrown across the room when doing electrical work.
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Where is the "ton of $$$"?
a) in the book store
b) in the tools and material store (as HD)
I think most people buy to big houses and then live for the building. (My brother is homebuilding)
Greetings from Germany
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It's not a huge house. It's a house built in the 80s, that needs some work. There was some custom work that needed to be "undone". I began by hiring people to do the work because I was busy unpacking, etc. I worked in Home Improvement years ago, and I am perfectly qualified to do the work (sans electric).
Soon after, I realized the money differential between hiring someone and doing things myself. By doing things myself, I am able to use the extra money for new guitars
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Some Home Improvement work is fine, it is a hobby of mine. But if it takes to many time, it is bad.
I think my brother and his family will somedays feel the burdon of his big house. A lot of work and a lot $$$ to pay for bills and the bank. 
Greetings from Germany
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ednrgc wrote: how not to get thrown across the room when doing electrical work
Ummm ... flip the breaker off, pull the fuse out or turn off the power to the house...
Also, no matter how strong the urge, never stick a screw driver into a live socket to "test it" ... use a Volt meter for this, or, a drunk friend ...
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Douglas Troy wrote: Ummm ... flip the breaker off, pull the fuse out or turn off the power to the house...
Thanks. I know that. My fear is when the power goes back on, my work will become a Tesla coil demonstration.
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ednrgc wrote: my work will become a Tesla coil demonstration.
I can live in hope that my disasters are that beautiful.
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I sent you two mails frm the forums? Did you get them?
Co-Author ASP.NET AJAX in Action
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