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user2334

01:04

@Gilean Other methods being what? Improper/ineffective debugging?

Dan McGrath

03:42

Looks like Queensland, Australia will be hurting pretty soon -> goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/shirgmscol.html

Rebecca Chernoff

04:22

Q: 2011 Moderator Elections - Town Hall Chat: 11pm UTC on the 2nd

In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. I am working with the can...

Yuva

05:09

Good Morning/Evening

Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy

05:21

hi there..

good morning/evening people

hi Yuva

Yuva

@SrinivasReddyThatiparthy Hi

Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy

where r u from??India?

Yuva

Yes. U?

Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy

Yep, i am from Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad

Yuva

I guessed

Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy

05:25

well ,my name reflects it. :)

Yuva

Which platform r u working?

Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy

.net

Yuva

cool.. I m in SAP

ABAp

Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy

company?

Yuva

Not a much paying company

Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy

05:28

mine too. :)

what else?

Yuva

What ur career plan? Where do u see yourselves five years from now?

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PSU_Kardi

14:55

morning

Pierre 303

hi PSU_Kardi

Josh K

15:55

Morning all

PSU_Kardi

morning @Josh K

interesting read: stevenbenner.com/2010/08/…

Josh K

Thanks for sharing that @PSUKardi, good read.

Pierre 303

16:16

PSY_Kardi: I'm a big fan of Confucius

instanceofTom

17:04

Ubuntu Server VPS + Fluxbox + VNC = awesome

Pierre 303

Windows Phone 7 + Motivation = awesome

instanceofTom

17:19

nice

what u making?

Pierre 303

17:34

An app that allows you to get a translation of your current position in an easy to use and memorize code. So in situation you are in town and your friend doesn't know where you are, you give him that code (your position), and with the same app he can see on the map where you are.

Windows Phone 7 is extremely simple to program.

Peter Turner

Hey, there were some Egyptian guys on programmers.SE, anybody heard from them recently?

Pierre 303

they are fine

My nephew is there with his mother (sharmelsheikh)

instanceofTom

oh cool

Oscar Mederos

18:17

hello everybody ;)

is anyone here? :/

Josh K

Yes, people are here. ;)

Oscar Mederos

it's good to know that. first time I sign in here ;)

should I hear any sound when someone writes?

Anna Lear

I don't think so.

@OscarMederos oh wait. yes, if you're mentioned in the message.

Oscar Mederos

Thanks @Anna

Anna Lear

There's a little icon beside the "all rooms" button in the top right area where you can change your sound notification settings.

Oscar Mederos

18:26

I see...

Thank you :)

C. Ross

18:49

is it just me, or do most offshore developers have trouble naming functions sensible things?

or is it new devs in general?

Anna Lear

@CRoss It's definitely not limited to offshore devs.

PSU_Kardi

Yea, I'm here

C. Ross

in particular I keep seeing verifyX or checkY methods with lots of "action" code in them

PSU_Kardi

people are bad with naming methods/variables/ and off-by-one errors or something like that ;)

Anna Lear

Is it at least related to X or Y? :)

C. Ross

18:53

thinks usually

List<XFileInfo> downloadableFileList = verifyDownload(xFilelist);

if it returns a list of files ... sigh

PSU_Kardi

well then see the List != null ;-)

C. Ross

meh, I'm just griping

we've all seen worse

PSU_Kardi

if i could go back in time and see stuff i wrote 5-10 years ago I'd probably want to beat myself up

C. Ross

true for most of us

I guess I've just barely been programming 10 years, including high school ...

instanceofTom

I am barely on 10 years if you count my Ti-83+ back in middle school

PSU_Kardi

18:59

well it depends on your definition of programming

wait...my 10 year hs reunion is next year so it's been at least 10 years if you count VB (6.0) :- ( HTML, PHP, the Ti-89 graphing calc, and all the good stuff now

C. Ross

yeah, my first two years was VB 6. Sadly I haven't entirely escaped

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Oscar Mederos

20:47

Silent...

Pierre 303

21:23

Q: Proposal for Amendments to the Electoral System

I'd like to contribute to the reform of the election system and this paper sets out my thoughts. I see three opportunities for improvement to the existing system which are basically to end the current practices of: Negative Voting Voting rights for Members with low level of activity Publishin...