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Mine id Mapraputa Is
and yours ?
 
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Rancher : Rob Ross , Jose Botella
Bartender: All (thanks to them for putting so much time... )
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Every rancher who visits and contributes to this site. Thanks to all for making it a great place.
 
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Hey, thanks Ravish!
I too like everyone here. The bartenders and the sheriffs run a good saloon!
 
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Hmm, a popularity contest, a nerds worst enemy
No contest, Map
 
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"I like everyone here" will not do it. You need to tell whom do you like more.

Kidding.
Funny, the same time this thread was started (thank you, Sameer Jamal ) I came across Amazon "favorite people" and "friends" thing and thought that we could have it here. "Your JavaRanch favorite people" or "JavaRanch friends". I am not sure why do we need it, though
One phenomenon I noticed is that our preferences are not distributed evenly, they are grouped into clusters. If you need to figure out which books are worth to read, find a person you like and chances are he/she you will like the same books. I like Ted Neward's deep way of thinking and when I looked at which XML books he mentioned in reference list, gee, they were two books I myself would prefer among all other.
For not to go too far from JavaRanch, my favorite person here is Frank Carver. It's funny to watch how we like the same books and even the same software! :roll: Naturally, his reviews in bunkhouse have more weight for me. Not because he is "better" than other bartenders and sheriffs (although... hm...), because we probably have similar views, I do not know. It doesn't mean that I do not love Thomas Paul and Michael Ernest , they are damn , but their way of thinking is different from mine and I know they like different books, so I would not rely on their recommendations too much. Not because they are "worse" or not competent, nothing like this, just different.
One feature I would really like to see in the next version of our bunkhouse is "my favorite books" lists for all main contributors.
 
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Anyone who indents their code snippets gets my vote.
 
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Sweet! Now I know how to get on your good side, Michael!
 
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BTW, Jason Menard, hands down. His sense of humor kills me. I have <big><big>never</big></big> found anyone funnier in writing, and I think funny is hard to do in writing!
 
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Michael Ernest gets my vote for sure. I don't log on as often as some of the other "regulars" here but I have always found Michaels post witty, to the point and very very intelligent. He never ceases to amaze me with how much he knows about a lot of things (just like Grandpa...no offense michael).
But in reality he's probably the short, fat and bald guy from the circuit city commercial and cuts and pastes from MS Encarta all the time :-)
 
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Andy is my favorite person here. I seem to agree with him all the time, and he is sooo cute.
 
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Ooof. Compared to a M$ product -- with fans like that, who needs detractors?
 
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sorry Mike, couldn't let you be intelligent AND good looking....uh uh not while its MY imagination at work and my imagination likes me better than most everyone :-)
 
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Originally posted by sonny kher:
sorry Mike, couldn't let you be intelligent AND good looking....uh uh not while its MY imagination at work and my imagination likes me better than most everyone :-)


Actually sorry to burst your bubble but I've met Michael and well ... he's not at all bad
 
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My choice: Johannes De Jong and Map
 
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Originally posted by sonny kher:
sorry Mike, couldn't let you be intelligent AND good looking....uh uh not while its MY imagination at work and my imagination likes me better than most everyone :-)


why, my imagination doesn't prohibit me from letiing Mike be intelligent and good looking.
 
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Map gets my vote!
 
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Originally posted by Marilyn Monickam:
Thomas Paul


You could have knocked me over with a feather!
 
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It seems that many people are not aware of the hideous likenesses here.
 
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:

why, my imagination doesn't prohibit me from letiing Mike be intelligent and good looking.


Because you have seen his picture?
 
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Originally posted by Angela Poynton:
Actually sorry to burst your bubble but I've met Michael and well ... he's not at all bad


You mean "not at all bald"? Because we all know that Michael is bad.

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
You could have knocked me over with a feather!



I cannot remember a case when a female Java™ programmer would say she doesn't like Thomas Paul.
[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]
 
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Mine is Ajith Kallabmella... He is really a guy....
[ March 27, 2002: Message edited by: Ashik uzzaman ]
[ March 27, 2002: Message edited by: Ashik uzzaman ]
 
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Love you Map
 
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Angela. Where are you ?
 
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Mine would be not just one but many!
In no specific order,
Ajith, Map, Michael, Frank, Junilu, & Madhav
 
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Hey everybody,
Nobody has mentioned Valentin yet That guy is a walking Java Dictionary. Does he really sleep with the JLS under his pillow (LOL). Not to take away anything from the others mentioned here I do like Thomas as well.
/rick
 
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:


I cannot remember a case when a female Java™ programmer would say she doesn't like Thomas Paul.
[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]


and I am not able to remember any instance when a male Java programmer said that he dosen't like Map
 
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I did not want to publish my list of favorite ranchers, because it is so long that it is almost indecent. Plus some of these people change names so often, that it would be better to refer to them by IPs, if they did not spoof IPs as well :roll: But if we started to call names anyway... All those my favorite people are nice, cute and funny. (Except for those who are nasty, mischievous and inventive in worst sense.) There is only one person who is really dangerous for me and who can keep me and my types under control. I am talking about Jim Yingst.
 
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I'd have to vote for the two people who's contributions encouraged me to stick around the very first time I visitted the Ranch: Cindy and Tony, thanks guys
 
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Originally posted by Tintin Herge:
Angela. Where are you ?


About 10 posts above you!
 
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well i have to say first is paul cause he gave me this swell shirt with the javaranch logo on it. also cindy because she worked harder than me when we shared jigb. and body minster because after i took over his forum he still comes and helps us in the html/javascript forum. also angela for giving me a job and map because she's....what's the word.....
and kathy because if she not married i'ld like to meet her
oh and all the rest of you of course.
 
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Cindy Glass. She is both wise and funny. (And knows what she's talking about when it comes to programming.)
 
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There's a JavaRanch t-shirt?? I WANT one, I NEED one...how can i get one???

Originally posted by Randall Twede:
well i have to say first is paul cause he gave me this swell shirt with the javaranch logo on it.

 
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its not a tee shirt it is a shirt shirt. most of the bartenders and sheriffs have one. ill start a thread in moderators only about it with a a link to this post. maybe paul will concider selling them.
 
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Check out http://www.javaranch.com/emb.jpg
This particular sample was done on a t-shirt and I think the actual shirts turned out much better (no gaps between the threads due to strechiness).
The shirts are denim or twill. I think there are some still available. About 20 shirts of different sizes and styles. To get the full details, send an e-mail to brendawheaton@yahoo.com
 
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My No. 1 favorite: Paul Wheaton. Without him, we won't be here. (I mean, we could be at this web address, but that could be a totally different time and different application.)
 
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Originally posted by Don Liu:
My No. 1 favorite: Paul Wheaton. Without him, we won't be here. (I mean, we could be at this web address, but that could be a totally different time and different application.)


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