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    I like the O'Reilly books with the animal portraits on them. I have a tight left shoulder, it has to do with flexibility, anyway these books seem to help me to loosen that area, and so can the Bible. I play a left handed violin for the same reason although in recent years it did not give me the relief that it used to. At the beginning I would play for 30 minutes and I was in the clouds for the next couple of hours. I just have to read for 15 minutes and than stretch that arm, it just cracks like a mould but the shoulder still has tightness. It is only after I became ambi dexterous, in fact this happened on Halloween some years ago. I figure that I can get through books easier if they also feel good. Yes even Programming Principals too however the O'Reilly felt easier to go down otherwise I'd be further into the book. I never knew that I was going to eat my books, and I hope that I don't come looking for Bjarne after I eat all my bookshelves...if that is the actual truth of the devil. I actually was thinking about a new Marvel movie where Stroustrup is a scientist and he makes the robot called ROM...its an old comic book. Why doesn't he make ROM?

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    I'm the devil, haha. I found out in 2006. A bit tired but I'm used to it on Sunday. So there are two sides to everything. Looks like animals on one of the sides. I would like to go over there although there is supposed to be an option. If I changed sides than I could starts tooo see things differently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by prog-bman View Post
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    It takes all sorts of people to make up the world. That sort too.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FourAngels View Post
    I like the O'Reilly books with the animal portraits on them. I have a tight left shoulder, it has to do with flexibility, anyway these books seem to help me to loosen that area, and so can the Bible. I play a left handed violin for the same reason although in recent years it did not give me the relief that it used to. At the beginning I would play for 30 minutes and I was in the clouds for the next couple of hours. I just have to read for 15 minutes and than stretch that arm, it just cracks like a mould but the shoulder still has tightness. It is only after I became ambi dexterous, in fact this happened on Halloween some years ago. I figure that I can get through books easier if they also feel good. Yes even Programming Principals too however the O'Reilly felt easier to go down otherwise I'd be further into the book. I never knew that I was going to eat my books, and I hope that I don't come looking for Bjarne after I eat all my bookshelves...if that is the actual truth of the devil. I actually was thinking about a new Marvel movie where Stroustrup is a scientist and he makes the robot called ROM...its an old comic book. Why doesn't he make ROM?
    I'll have some of what ever you're on.

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    You might have to wear an Akubra. It worked okay today but I was tired. The book was Gnu Emacs by O'Reilly. Definitely relaxing...not sure if I am with them or against them because of what is on the hat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yarin View Post
    I'll have some of what ever you're on.
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    I was able to get qt creator set up on Ubuntu, quite good in fact, no need for emacs.

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    O_o

    I mean, I like books that feel good too. I'm always fondling my books. I don't stretch first. I heard that was bad for you. I think I started after reading a biography on Albert Einstein. Felt so good. Had scalloped edges. Real nice. I just wanted to fondle all the books after that. Yes. Even ones like the "For Dummies" series. I didn't know what to think. Was I weird? Was this puberty? What of that was the just turning point? Is that when I became booksexual? I don't like "getting through a book". That's disgusting. The entire point of a book is the tactile stimulation. Looking back, I always wonder if Albert Einstein was speaking too me somehow one booksexual to another. I'm even writing a book for Harlequin about a frumpy booksexual Einstein saving the day by always having a nice leather bound handy!

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    That's official then. I'm the weird one. I always felt awkward with the fact I love to rub my nose against an open book. Being on a bookstore is a terrible experience for me, unless I let go of my social inhibitions.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    I have been known to rub my nose against my Kindle. It usually happens when I fall asleep while reading.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
    Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

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    This thread is awesome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phantomotap View Post
    Looking back, I always wonder if Albert Einstein was speaking too me somehow one booksexual to another.
    It's possible - he could be a little dirty at times (youtube).

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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    I have been known to rub my nose against my Kindle. It usually happens when I fall asleep while reading.
    *sigh*
    I tried to turn a page in a physical book by touching the surface.
    Was genuinely surprised for a while that it didn't work.

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