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Two good sources to learn from: [URL="http://www.rubycentral.com/"][B]Ruby Central[/B][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails"][B]ROR on Wikipedia[/B][/URL]

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What is your favorite planet and why? Mine is Pluto. Yes, Pluto-- it shall always be a planet to me. As a child I was most fascinated by Pluto picturing it as purple-blue-black moon covered in all the debris from the Big Bang: Gold, Carbon, Silver, Boron, Neon all trapped …

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Hello: I am a programmer. I work professionally primarily in C, C++. Most personal programming projects I do is in either C++ or Python. I am studying Java and Ruby currently. My quetion is: How valid do you find Assembly language in a modern sense, professionally or otherwise? I ask …

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[B]I am just curious as to how others would approach a professional situation in regards to pursuit and updates of a new, impending job[/B]: In job-seeking I was raised as a child\ teenager to:[LIST=1] [*]Keep contacting the owner of a business feverishly until you secure the job. [*]Keep contacting the …

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[URL="http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm"]LINK[/URL]

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[URL="http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/14/saturn.titan.ap/index.html"][B]LINK[/B][/URL]

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Don't ask me why, but I enjoy seeing screenshots of other's desktops; I came upon a graphics site some time back that included a forum dedicated to just this. It tells me a lot about a person. Please capture your desktop and post it for all to see. **Note: My …

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[URL="http://www.stefandidak.com/office/index.php"]Yes. Exactly what I want for my birthday![/URL] :)

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~s.o.s.~ : This is particularly for you-- [B][COLOR=red]Iron Maiden[/COLOR][/B] in Rio, Brazil :cheesy: (We had another thread going for these type of things awhile ago-- I could not find that thread. Enjoy. [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBanU-AHMqg[/URL] [B]Sign of the Cross (Lyrics)____Iron Maiden[/B] [I]Eleven saintly shrouded men [/I] [I]Silhouettes stand against the sky [/I] …

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Hello: I am new to Macromedia Flash. I have been building some simple movies and games via tutorials and experimenting with Actionscript; I am looking for the method to display an image dynamically against a background upon user-input, say, via mouse selection on an element upon the screen (I have …

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Could some one please help me the definition of "Break apart" in reference to using Macromedia Flash; I have just begun using Macromedia Flash 6.0 and have been studying tutorials to get the basic, introductory feel of it. At one point it calls to use break apart for a JPEG …

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[URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6416721.stm"]Recent Lunar Eclipse Pictures[/URL]

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[B][U]What is your favorite Science Fiction movie[/U]? [/B]Mine is "[B]Bladerunner[/B]"-- dark, hopeless, and decaying + androids. :) I would say "[B]2001-Space Odyssey[/B]" but I do not consider it Science [I]Fiction[/I]. But, by far, it is one of my faves of all times. Matty

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[B][URL="http://www.vhemt.org/"]Link[/URL][/B] [IMG]http://www.vhemt.org/colorvisualize.jpg[/IMG]

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[URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21748"]Fun and potential head trauma all at the same time[/URL]. Pretty cool, though. :)

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[B][URL="http://www.flatseats.com/General/positions.htm"]LINK[/URL][/B] (I am the "Soldier" according to this site. ;) )

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[URL="http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/03/02/robot.tea.ap/index.html"]One more step in the right direction[/URL]... :cheesy: ;)

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[URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22174"]This [B]really[/B] makes me wanna buy an Apple.[/URL] :confused: :-|

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[URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22175"]Check the[B] Velociraptor[/B][/URL] :!: :surprised :)

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I am rather new to Flash and I am having what I consider to be a strange result which I do not know how to address. I am building an HTML site using CSS. Last week I embedded a SWF which scrolls a simple movie over the banner\ header. This …

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The properties of magnetic liquids explored :surprised:) : [URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22153"][B]LINK[/B][/URL]

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[URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22119"][B]LINK[/B][/URL]

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[URL="http://www.vonslatt.com/steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml"][B]Sweet[/B][/URL] [Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. Fiction in the steampunk genre is set in the past, or a world resembling the past, in which modern technological paradigms occurred earlier in history, but were accomplished via the science …

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I have read that Python does [I]not[/I] have built-in support for multi-dimensional arrays-- is this still the case or has this been developed and updated in the last few years for this language? I have researched this and seen references to multi-dimensional arrays and various work-arounds: dictionaries, lists, and various …

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Upon replying to a thread in Geek's Lounge I keep getting this message: [COLOR=Black][URL="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/reranger/char1.jpg"][I]"The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 1 characters."[/I][/URL] Even when I add one character it will still not submit, giving me this same message again. I have never …

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[B][url]http://jesuitnola.org/upload/clark/lkfacts.htm[/url][/B]

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[B][URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/in_pictures_chernobyl0s_silent_graveyards_/html/1.stm"]Cool, decaying military equipment[/URL][/B]

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[B][I]Do you watch television? If so, what are some of your favorite programs?[/I][/B] I rarely ever sit and [I]watch[/I] television (I rarely sit and even watch a movie, actually) but it is [I]always[/I] on. Perhaps it is an American phenomenon, the television being on even though one is not attentively …

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Hello: I have recently been studying Java; I have followed a few tutorials and building some simple apps. I am wanting to try applets. I read about them tonight and followed an included tutorial in order to get an introductory feel for doing so. My questions do not pertain to …

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[B]**Not sure if this has been reported yet[/B] It seems as if the site system is setting multiple posts upon submission. This has happened to me this afternoon, displaying [I]3-4[/I] of the same post\reply instead of just [I]one[/I] unique submission. Thanks, Matty D

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[URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21916"]Now there's even more to worry about[/URL] :lol::-|

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I am at the end of a build and am putting some minor touches on and testing; one area I suppose I took for granted (and have honestly not seen a need yet to fully deal with) is the Tkinter buttons. The buttons perform fine overall as to their function; …

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Cool stuff :) [url]http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21911[/url]

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I am searching for the syntax that will allow me to arrange widget buttons in a Tkinter GUI in a specific manner; currently I have three (3) buttons that are stacked[I] vertically[/I] on top of one another. I wish to arrange the buttons so that they form a row of …

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[U][B]I have two questions regarding Tkinter GUIs[/B][/U]:[LIST=1] [*]I have three buttons in a GUI; at times it seems that the buttons "stick". By this I mean when the mouse is clicked on one it may activate or it [I]may not[/I]. They all work correctly in regards to there function(s) but …

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[url]http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21871[/url] :eek::cheesy:

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The exact purpose of this is [I]what[/I] ? Not sure. [URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21844"][B]Fast Food Rockers[/B][/URL]

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Hello: I am interested in understanding recursivity; I have not knowingly used this much in my programming. I am reviewing certain areas of OOP in order to learn more and better about areas that I may not be[I] fully[/I] understood yet. Recursivity is one of these areas. I understand the …

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[COLOR=Black]**[B]NOTICE[/B]: May contain adult language[/COLOR] [URL="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21781"][B]Problem Solving Flowsheet[/B][/URL]

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Let it speak for itself, er, [I]themselves[/I]. :-| [url]http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21629[/url]

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[COLOR=Black][I][COLOR=DarkSlateGray]How many of these do I say to myself each day while sitting at the compiler? :rolleyes::lol: [/COLOR][/I][B]TOP 20 REPLIES TO CLIENTS - FOR PROGRAMMERS (when when their programs don't work)[/B][/COLOR] [I]20.[/I] "That's weird..." [I]19.[/I] "It's never done that before." [I]18.[/I] "It worked yesterday." [I]17.[/I] "How is that possible?" [I]16.[/I] …

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