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Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,358
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 8:32am
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Enough of you guys are interested in expanding your skill set to include some basic programming/coding that I had to tell you about this one-day-only deal. This morning I got an email from AppSumo with their deal of the day. Most of the time their deals involve things that make it easier to run an Internet-based company or what have you. But today they offered a deal on something everyone can use.

You guys know I'm a big fan of MOOCs and I love that you can find top notch education online for free in many cases. The problem with a lot of it, however, is that it's really high-level stuff when it comes to programming. For example, the MIT Open Courseware CompSci series and the Stanford Java Course are available for free on YouTube and they're fantastic, but they're not ideal for someone just starting out with no background.

That's where today's AppSumo deal comes in. They're offering a one-year Gold membership to Treehouse which normally costs $490 for just $49 - but for today only. For those who don't know, Treehouse is one of the most popular services for learning to program everything from HTML to Ruby to mobile apps - all from a standing start with no computer science background.

The structure of the Treehouse learning tracks are similar to those found at CodeSchool for $25 a month, but you get so much more. Treehouse is video-based learning as well as in-browser coding, and the Gold membership gives you access to a bunch of useful extra stuff. They even have a track on starting your own company, if that's something you're interested in.

Bottom line for me was this: at $490 there was enough other stuff out there that I could cob together to meet my learning goals. But for $49 this is an absolute no-brainer.

It probably seems like I harp on this stuff a lot, but it's only because becoming familiar with even a basic programming language is so critical to making you more competitive in today's job market. Is being able to set up a Wordpress blog going to land you a front office gig at Goldman? No, of course not. But having "Proficient in HTML/CSS/Javascript" on your resume sure is a nice differentiator. Step it up and learn Python and/or Rails and you'll really be cooking with gas.

Anyway, this is a really great deal on a really useful service and it's only for today, so I thought I'd let you guys know about it. If you've been wanting to learn to code and have been looking for a fun way to do it, you're not going to find a better opportunity.

Oh, and Treehouse has career services, of sorts. If you mark on your profile that you're looking for work and you finish the Treehouse learning tracks, they'll help place you with employers looking for folks with those skills. I can't say what their success rate is with job placement, but as far as I know they're the only MOOC offering it, so there's that.

Let me know what you guys think.

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mehp's picture

bought it, thanks Eddie

mehp
     
 
(Senior Baboon, 237
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 8:38am

bought it, thanks Eddie

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Asatar's picture

This is definitely

Asatar
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(Neanderthal, 2,019
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 8:38am

This is definitely interesting, will take a look at the content they offer and might sign up! Thanks for posting, I've been wanting to learn a language for a while now.

See my other WSO blog posts>

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WallStreetOasis.com's picture

Eddie - think I'm going to

WallStreetOasis.com
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(Human, 12,067
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 8:48am

Eddie - think I'm going to buy this. Thanks for the heads up...would love to be able to help my developers more.

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Edmundo Braverman's picture

WallStreetOasis.com: Eddie -

Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,358
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 8:57am
WallStreetOasis.com:

Eddie - think I'm going to buy this. Thanks for the heads up...would love to be able to help my developers more.

Yeah, you know me, man. I'm not gonna spend $500 to get something I can probably put together for free with enough Googling, but for $49 you have to do it. Aside from all the learning modules, the extra stuff you get is really cool (interviews, video reviews of new apps and techniques, etc). I spent a couple hours this morning just cruising through the extras.

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IlliniProgrammer's picture

Eddie, I have an even better

IlliniProgrammer
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(Almost Human, 9,224
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 9:24am

Eddie, I have an even better deal.

1.) Download Eclipse (free). http://www.eclipse.org
2.) Follow the instructions for Eclipse on Eclipse.org to build hello world
3.) Learn Java through Oracle's tutorials (free) or learn C++, Python, or any number of other languages that are supported in Eclipse through other tutorials (free)

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
http://www.cplusplus.com
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/

If you guys really want, you can go out and spend $49 to learn how to code. Frankly, learning how to program is generally easier and cheaper if you do it yourself than if you go through some fad training site. This is how MIT, Berkeley, UIUC, Carnegie-Mellon, and all of the best CS schools operate. Hand you your books, put some professor in front of you who isn't good at or interested in teaching, and then have you learn the material at home on your own.

Think about it. $49 buys a lot of PBR. Don't waste money or time; download the actual IDE you'll need to code stuff in (Eclipse) (free), and learn the language you want to code in (free tutorials).

It's really that simple, and it's been available for years. This is how nearly all of the best programmers got started and it will *probably* stay that way; just given that it's generally most efficient to learn coding in the IDE you plan on working in.

TreeHouse might have a better system, but if you're a college student, do you really want to waste the money on it? I'm just a bit suspicious here because Restaurant.com is the only other site that needs to offer a 90% discount to sell stuff.

Work hard, play hard.

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Otter.'s picture

IlliniProgrammer: Eddie, I

Otter.
      CD
 
 
(Gorilla, 554
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 9:24am
IlliniProgrammer:

Eddie, I have an even better deal.

1.) Download Eclipse (free). http://www.eclipse.org
2.) Follow the instructions for Eclipse on Eclipse.org to build hello world
3.) Learn Java through Oracle's tutorials (free) or learn C++, Python, or any number of other languages that are supported in Eclipse through other tutorials (free)

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
http://www.cplusplus.com
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/

If you guys really want, you can go out and spend $49 to learn how to code. Frankly, learning how to program is generally easier and cheaper if you do it yourself than if you go through some fad training site. This is how MIT, Berkeley, UIUC, Carnegie-Mellon, and all of the best CS schools operate. Hand you your books, put some professor in front of you who isn't good at or interested in teaching, and then have you learn the material at home on your own.

Think about it. $49 buys a lot of PBR. Don't waste money or time; download the actual IDE you'll need to code stuff in (Eclipse) (free), and learn the language you want to code in (free tutorials).

It's really that simple, and it's been available for years. This is how nearly all of the best programmers got started and it will *probably* stay that way; just given that it's most efficient to learn coding in the IDE you plan on working in.

IP - I respect you and your posts a lot I'm sure you are going to retire with lots of savings to enjoy and never be worried about money, but I don't think you and I would ever be friends with how frugal you seem to be. It just sounds boring.

My god - it's $50, that's about 1/5 of what today is going to cost me. If it's easy and approachable, why not spring for something that's a good introduction to programming. Clearly this site is not intended for people who could or have the inclination to study CS at MIT, nor who want to slog through a dense textbook.

Hi, Eric Stratton, rush chairman, damn glad to meet you.

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IlliniProgrammer's picture

My god - it's $50, that's

IlliniProgrammer
      ST
 
 
(Almost Human, 9,224
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 9:37am

My god - it's $50, that's about 1/5 of what today is going to cost me. If it's easy and approachable, why not spring for something that's a good introduction to programming. Clearly this site is not intended for people who could or have the inclination to study CS at MIT, nor who want to slog through a dense textbook.

Otter my point is that this isn't how it's done.

If you want, go out and waste money on stuff. I've wasted money on books on linear programming and financial products.

Or you could take it from somebody who's done this- who's actually a professional programmer.

Save yourself the $50 and just download Eclipse if you want to work in Java or C++. I believe there are also Python plugins, and HTML is also supported. (You also get that with MS Visual Studio, which is generally free for students IIRC.)

So you can get something with a known value for free (MS Visual Studio- retails for $1600 to professionals, but Microsoft kindly gives it to students for free (with a permanent license) so they can learn to code in it in industry ala Apple Educational discounts) Or you can get TreeHouse, with an unknown value, for one year, for a 90% discount.

And don't forget that some of the best stuff is open-source. In this case, Eclipse is worth at least $500 (some would argue $10,000) as an IDE, but it's free, not unlike Wikipedia.

So there's a reason TreeHouse needs to offer a 90% discount. The alternative is pretty much free, and a lot more value has gone into it. If TreeHouse really valued their customers, they'd just set up a link to Eclipse.org, and Visual Student student as well as the tutorial websites and have them learn the stuff there (at no extra charge besides the $49 finder's fee and the feeling you just wasted $49).

Work hard, play hard.

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Edmundo Braverman's picture

IP, Having done what you

Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,358
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 9:37am

IP,

Having done what you suggested a long time ago, I can tell you that it takes more than an entry-level interest in programming to even install Eclipse and get it working, much less get started with a burly object oriented language like Java or C++. Believe me, the comfort level a beginner achieves by going through something basic like this is worth the $50, and probably worth the $500.

I'm guessing you're not familiar with AppSumo. Noah Kagan (employee #30 at Facebook, got fired and became employee #4 at Mint.com) is the rogue genius behind it and he basically goes out and convinces web providers and app companies to let him sell their product for a day or two at a deep discount. This deal doesn't have anything to do with Treehouse or the quality of Treehouse's offerings (which appear to be really solid). It has more to do with Noah convincing them to let him blow out annual memberships for a day (which I'd frankly be pretty pissed about if I'd paid $500 for it yesterday).

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Otter.'s picture

IlliniProgrammer: My god -

Otter.
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(Gorilla, 554
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 9:38am
IlliniProgrammer:

My god - it's $50, that's about 1/5 of what today is going to cost me. If it's easy and approachable, why not spring for something that's a good introduction to programming. Clearly this site is not intended for people who could or have the inclination to study CS at MIT, nor who want to slog through a dense textbook.

Otter my point is that this isn't how it's done.

If you want, go out and waste money on stuff. I've wasted money on books on linear programming.

Or you could take it from somebody who's done this- who's actually a professional programmer.

Save yourself the $50 and just download Eclipse if you want to work in Java or C++. I believe there are also Python plugins, and HTML is also supported. (You also get that with MS Visual Studio, which is generally free for students IIRC.)

Fair enough. I just went to the Eclipse website and I'm already a little lost. Ok, there's a yellow "Get Started Now" button, fine. But I click it and then what? It gives me 10 different download options. For someone who just wants to get an intro to "programming", they might not even know what all these different languages are, nor why they should download a Java-specific version of Eclipse vs. Eclipse Classic. I certainly have no idea which one to get.

I just think it's useful to get an introduction to things in a much more approachable way, that doesn't require 200MB downloads (I'm at work at Chrome tells me that it's going to take 45 minutes to download).

Hi, Eric Stratton, rush chairman, damn glad to meet you.

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IlliniProgrammer's picture

If you have a recent windows

IlliniProgrammer
      ST
 
 
(Almost Human, 9,224
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 9:49am

If you have a recent windows computer, just click here, unzip it, and copy/paste the purple eclipse.exe file to your desktop:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file...

If it's a very old computer, you will need 32 bit eclipse; you will also need a different eclipse for a different version of computer:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-...

Dealing with, boiling down, and being undaunted by complexity is one of the things that programmers need to learn. And this is much better practice.

Work hard, play hard.

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Edmundo Braverman's picture

I have to respectfully

Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,358
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:09am

I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one, IP. Not everyone needs to become an expert coder like you; most would be killing it just to get comfortable throwing around a little HTML and CSS.

I totally get what you're saying, and the whole "grab a book and grind it out on Notepad till you're cross-eyed" definitely used to be the approach. It's how I learned HTML and Perl. But if it were the best approach for beginners today, we wouldn't see the proliferation of sites like Codeschool, Treehouse, Codecademy, Tuts, Khan Academy, etc.

You're an expert. Take if from someone who isn't - Eclipse is a bitch, as are most IDEs. For beginners anyway. Sites like Codecademy, Codeschool, and Treehouse offer in-browser development environments, so a beginner can start coding right away without having to tackle a full blown IDE installation and set up.

Your approach is perfect for someone who wants to know a language inside out and backwards. But most of us just want to learn how to make shit work. That's where training like this really shines. I know because I've learned both ways.

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IlliniProgrammer's picture

Fair enough. I am still

IlliniProgrammer
      ST
 
 
(Almost Human, 9,224
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:14am

Fair enough. I am still going to grit my teeth on this. It's like watching people spend $100 on Video Professor software so they can learn how to use Windows (which they have already somehow managed to install and figured out how to install a program on).

Work hard, play hard.

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crazylikeafox's picture

Is Treehouse better than

crazylikeafox
      HF
 
(Chimp, 13
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:15am

Is Treehouse better than Codeacademy and Codeschool? Haven't done much research, so I would appreciate any input. Thanks, guys.

“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.”

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NS-Fin's picture

I concur with IP, but I think

NS-Fin
     
 
(Monkey, 56
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:18am

I concur with IP, but I think it mostly comes to how each person learns best.
I'm an awful programmer but I did go to MIT as a "visiting scholar" for ChemE (Course X) classes.
For me, I prefer books because I can read faster and thus it takes me less time than getting the info from videos. And if you were to sit and watch all videos that would be an enormous time investment.

If you want to follow IP's advice then these links will help you:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/libra...

http://eclipsetutorial.sourceforge.net/ (These second link contains videos as well)

Cheers.

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Edmundo Braverman's picture

crazylikeafox: Is Treehouse

Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,358
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:23am
crazylikeafox:

Is Treehouse better than Codeacademy and Codeschool? Haven't done much research, so I would appreciate any input. Thanks, guys.

I'm new to Treehouse but what I've seen so far looks really good. I've used both Codecademy and Codeschool extensively, however, and I love 'em. Codecademy being free is a huge plus, but if you like video support it's not there. Codeschool is nice because many of their offerings are free and they do have video support. Once you've done the introductory stuff, though, Codeschool is $25 a month. At that price point Lynda.com becomes a strong competitor with a vastly larger course library (but no in-browser IDE).

If you want to learn Python, Codecademy is the place to start. Just be sure to do all the projects as well as all the lessons.

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IlliniProgrammer: It's like

Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,358
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:31am
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Just to try and add a little

Billy Beane
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(Senior Chimp, 21
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:37am
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Thank you, Eddie and Billy.

crazylikeafox
      HF
 
(Chimp, 13
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 10:47am

“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.”

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What are the most useful

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(Chimp, 8
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 11:12am
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Underground's picture

Thanks Eddie!

Underground
     
 
(Baboon, 109
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 11:12am
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2Shae's picture

Purchased, good look.

2Shae
      EN
 
(Monkey, 34
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 11:13am

If you can't kill them with kindness, just kill them.

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RealMittRomney: What are the

Edmundo Braverman
      ST
 
 
(Human, 14,358
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 11:17am

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Edmundo Braverman: you'll

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(Human, 10,345
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 11:24am

YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
http://www.troll.me/images/red-foreman322/dont-you...

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Anyone want to refer me the

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(Senior Orangutan, 456
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 11:24am
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When I saw the title of the

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(Senior Gorilla, 903
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 12:26pm
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If there is anyone here that

Grayson
      IA
 
(Monkey, 62
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 1:32pm

"He chose money over power, a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the Mcmansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who doesn't see the difference."

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IlliniProgrammer: 1.)

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Edmundo

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      CF
 
 
(Orangutan, 335
 
Points)
 on 2/14/13 at 2:20pm

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own.
Oh, you mean I can't count on you?
No.
Good!

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This is partially answering

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(Orangutan, 335
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 3:04pm

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own.
Oh, you mean I can't count on you?
No.
Good!

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Edmundo Braverman's picture

snakeplissken: Edmundo

Edmundo Braverman
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(Human, 14,358
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 3:08pm

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snakeplissken: This is

Edmundo Braverman
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 on 2/14/13 at 3:11pm

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Edmundo

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 on 2/14/13 at 3:57pm

See my other WSO blog posts>

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IlliniProgrammer's picture

For a finance work

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 on 2/14/13 at 4:31pm

Work hard, play hard.

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Edmundo

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      CF
 
 
(Orangutan, 335
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 5:04pm

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own.
Oh, you mean I can't count on you?
No.
Good!

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Edmundo Braverman: If you're

snakeplissken
      CF
 
 
(Orangutan, 335
 
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 on 2/14/13 at 5:06pm

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own.
Oh, you mean I can't count on you?
No.
Good!

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so damn busy today and didnt

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IlliniProgrammer: For a

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To be clear, I'm not talking

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Work hard, play hard.

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Glad you mentioned Zed Shaw's

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 on 2/15/13 at 6:35pm

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Edmundo Braverman: Glad you

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      CF
 
 
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 on 2/16/13 at 12:03am

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own.
Oh, you mean I can't count on you?
No.
Good!

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