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A phone? How primitive  Then again most people don't think us Aussies have phones yet 
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Yeah - I'm still trying to find a service provider for my two tin cans and string that I bought over with me.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Speaking of which is CodeProject hosted here in AU or overseas? You hosting it yourself?
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In Toronto. I moved over from Oz last year to be closer to the servers. They need lots of TLC
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Thats your problem - north America uses different thickness string to the rest of the world to protect their home market 
The tigress is here 
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Would it be asking too much if you could put something on the homepage or maybe at the top of the c++ forum linking to this thread?
It would only have to be there for a week or so.
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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I might add something...
Please vote on the ideas using the message voting system we have in place here at CP. That might make things easier.
Oh, and be nice. 
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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That's a good idea. Because if you vote by replying, the thread will get 'way too big.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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exactly 
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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How about saying the name of the idea in the subject line instead. Thanks.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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I second that.
Remember, you can modify your messages.
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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Maybe start an ideas comments section below the general comments section, and have a sub-thread for each idea?
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Just post it here with a good message title.
If you would like to elaborate on the idea, then post a new message in the IDEAS thread with your elaboration.
We'll get the top few messages based on voting and then we'll pick one amongst ourselves.
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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Please only vote 5 or nothing, ok?
[Edit: Ok vote what you want] 
jhaga
CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote:
...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner.
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We want to get the best ideas, so why limit voting?
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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Ok, and everybody can vote or only participants?
jhaga
CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote:
...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner.
...Good heavens!
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anyone for now. there's no way to control that.
presumably, the malcontents won't spoil the party and we'll have enough good voting going on to balance things out.
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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Good for preliminary voting, but we really need the kind of voting that CP uses for the weekly poll.
Maybe those ideas that get above 1.8 should get voted on with a yes/no system.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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We may be able to convince Chris to accomadate this somehow.
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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A poll with the 10 best suggestions perhaps?
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I'm the figure head on a ship of fools
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I don't really know how people vote? I have not yet voted because I can't vote on my own projects, and I don't want to sabotage other peoples projects. 
jhaga
CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote:
...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner.
...Good heavens!
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vote you official idea collector. Make a list of the pieces of the puzzle that you think are most important. Halve that list then send it to me
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Its amazing how many people don't follow rules or else just don't read them. 
Jason Henderson My articles
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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1) There's a number of ideas that I like AND I'd work on, but there are also some ideas that I'd like but WOULDN'T work on - because I don't have the tools, or I don't have the know-how, or whatever. (I suspect, but can't be sure, that this is one of the main reasons why some things have a few really high votes, but not very many people have voted on them.)
I'd like to see (maybe later on, as the current system does not lend itself to this) a seperate vote for "good idea" and "I'd pitch in for this one".
2) I'd really like to see how many people would help with a given project. This is crucial, because without helpers, a project is doomed. The voting reflects this somewhat, but if, say, Project#1 has 10 enthusiastic proponents, and 5 people who vote 1 on it, and Project#2 has 3 enthusiastic proponents and lots of "well, maybe"'s, Project#2 will rise above Project#1,even though it's likely to be doomed to failure.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Also for the project in general, especially the first time out, I would like to say; Think small, think focused, think useful.
An operating system, a game? Come on guys, we know how that will go, it won't. We need something that will do one or two things very, very well. Something that can start small, a foundation layer, be released, see results and then can be extended as needed.
It must be attainable.
Management of this is going to be a nightmare. People get bored, go on holiday, disagree, fail to deliver or just disapear. Splinter groups will form.
So if we do something small and focused the first time it sets a good precedent for later, larger projects. Lets rather get our internals working before we try and fix the world
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Chris Losinger wrote:
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