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"You killed Kenny" door stopper

Ever since I bought my first sugru (check out ths link if you don't know what it is), I've used it for a lot of stuff (fixed my bike, improved a pen, made a custom handle to carry bottle crates or made my shoes more comfortable ...), but for this Instructable I wanted to make something bigger.

In order to exchange room air fast and efficient, I like to open my windows entirely. The problem is, that if I forget to close a door, it slams shut.
Door stoppers are pretty handy, but either boring or expensive. So why not make one?

For those of you that don't know who Kenny is, check out the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_McCormick

If you don't like South Park how about Mario?

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My brother saw the door stopper and asked me to make one for himself with his head. Hopefully I can talk him out of it, else I will for sure post the result.

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LOL, kár hogy kevesen veszik

Description

This book teaches C, C++, and Visual Basic programmers how to write effective error messages that notify the user of an error, clearly explain the error, and most important, offer a solution. The book also discusses methods for preventing and trapping errors before they occur and tells how to create flexible input and response routines to keep unnecessary errors from happening.

Full Description

Although the computer industry has made enormous advances in the last 25 years, the development of error messages has somehow been left behind. Error messages themselves have only progressed from reporting errors as numerical codes to popping up rather simple text messages. The vast majority of the error messages that are currently in use seem to be aimed more at the programmer than the user. It is, however, the user who utilizes the software applications that contain the error messages, and the programmer needs to consider this when writing error messages.

This book focuses on three elements that should be incorporated into any proper error message: notification, explanation, and solution. Many of the error messages that are in use today lack one or more of these important traits. Throughout the book the author uses examples that illustrate incomplete error messages contributed by various sources and then describes how to make them more effective. The book also contains methods on preventing and trapping errors before they occur and provides details on creating flexible input and response routines to keep unnecessary errors from happening.

In addition to providing detailed information about how to improve the utilization of error messages, Windows Error Messages also covers important topics such as:

  • Popup menus
  • Rich text format messages
  • HTML messages
  • Simple and sophisticated event logs
  • Reporting data to technical support
  • Online documentation

The accompanying CD-ROM contains a dynamic link library, ErrorMessage.DLL, that is accessible by VB, C, C++, and MFC programs. This DLL contains routines that, when called by the programmer, will present all error messages in a standard format and provide responses for different levels of errors. This will reduce the time programmers will need to spend calling and creating dialogs for error messages, allowing them to concentrate on the code at hand. The ErrorMessage.DLL has been created by the author using Visual C++ along with the MFC AppWizard, and the source code for the program has been granted to the public domain.

With the help of Windows Error Messages, C, C++, and Visual Basic programmers will be able to write consistent error messages that notify the user of an error, provide an explanation of the error, and most important, supply a solution to the error.

Product Details
Title:
Developing Windows Error Messages
By:
Ben Ezzell
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
Print Release:
April 1998
Pages:
254
Print ISBN:
978-1-56592-356-0
| ISBN 10:
1-56592-356-1
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Final Rankings

Congratulations to this term's winner, Gábor Melis! Whereas the Google AI Challenge has traditionally been dominated by entries written in languages like C++, Gábor has solidly taken the top spot with an innovative algorithm. His entry is one of just 33 submissions written in Lisp, and is entitled bocsimacko. Congratulations Gábor!

A big congratulations also goes out to the runners up, _iouri_ and Slin-.-, as well as all the finalists in the top 100. With over 4600 submissions received, securing a spot in the top 100 was no easy task!

On behalf of Google and the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club, we would like to thank everybody who took part in the Google AI Challenge. This term was the best yet, with more than 4600 working entries submitted by people from 112 different countries. Thank you!

We would also like to thank all the people who generously volunteered their time and mad skills to make the Google AI Challenge happen.

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1 bocsimacko Hungary Other Lisp 3765
2 _iouri_ Canada Other C++ 3565
3 Slin-.- Sweden Lund University Java 3524
4 _Astek_ Poland Other C# 3501
5 jimrogerz United States Microsoft C# 3500
6 Accoun Russian Federation Other C++ 3498
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Tűzforró pite magánnyugdíj ügyben

Breaking news!

Napok óta azon gondolkozom, hogy fog engem (és minket) rávenni a kormány, hogy hagyjam ott a fenébe a magánnyugdíjpénztáramat, és térjek vissza a langyos lábvíz állami rendszerbe.

A megoldás megszületetett, nem kicsit basz oda:


"Elveszíti jogosultságát az állami nyugdíjra az, aki úgy dönt, hogy magánnyugdíjpénztári tag marad. Ezt a kormányülés után mondta a nemzetgazdasági miniszter. Matolcsy György hozzátette: ebben az esetben az érintett 2012. január 1-jén visszakapja a 14 hónapnyi, jelenleg visszatartott tagdíjbefizetését, de a magánpénztárban gyűjtött pénzét az állam a továbbiakban nem garantálja. Emellett szabadon rendelkezhet munkavállalói nyugdíjjárulékáról, az a 24 százalék viszont, amit a munkaadója fizet utána, nem kerül a számlájára.

A miniszter közölte: a nyugdíjpénztári tagoknak január végéig kell dönteniük az ügyben; aki a visszalépés mellett határoz, annak nincs tennivalója, átkerül az állami nyugdíjrendszerbe, az összes eddigi magánnyugdíjpénztári befizetése visszaáramlik az államhoz, és magával viszi egyéni számláját is, ami örökölhető marad (csak házastárs számára!). A visszalépéskor az állam az esetleges magánnyugdíjpénztári veszteségeket kompenzálja, aki pedig nyereséggel lép át, az akár készpénzben fel is veheti a profitot. Az új jogszabály parlamenti vitáját a tervek szerint december 15-éig lezárják."

Folytatás (Matolcsy elég keményen tolja, csak nem a Hónap Embere lesz?!):
"Kérdésre válaszolva Matolcsy azt mondta, azért veszik el a maradás mellett döntő tagok 24 százaléknyi járulékát, mert azt nem a jövőre fizeti a munkáltató, hanem a mostani nyugdíjrendszerre. Miután azonban a pénztártag kiírta magát a közösségből, szakított a közösséggel, és egyéni úton jár, az csak a 10 százalékos befizetésével rendelkezhet, mert csak az a jövő.

Hogy ezt hogy viszik véghez 2 hónap alatt a több millió magánnyugdíj taggal, mikor ebből 3 hét az ünnepek, el nem tudom képzelni. Mindenestre úgy néz, a magánnyugdíjpénztári tagok 2400 2700 milliárd forintnyi megtakarítása január végén már az államnál lesz.

Nagy biznisz ez, kérem szépen...

Lehet utánacsinálni

If I had one word to describe this video it would be, “Freedom!!!!” Because that must be what rider Danny MacAskill, also known as ‘Taggart’ and ‘Danny MegaSkill’ felt while he filmed his bike riding tour from Edinburgh to Skye in the United Kingdom. Danny is a 24-year old Scottish street trials pro rider from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, who has shot two viral videos, earning him international media attention.

His latest video, “Way Back Home,” was released on November 16th, 2010 and was sponsored by Red Bull. A combination of superb riding skills and excellent camera work make for an unbelievable 7 minute visual feast of beautiful Scotland.