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Didn't you mean Plutonium?
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Nope. That could work too, but I specifically picked a platinoid. Osmium would've been a better choice though since until recently it was trading much higher than platinum.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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The voting totals for the c# feb competition arnt adding up correctly to the total responses.
KISS "Keep It Simple, Stupid"
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Note the text underneath: This is a multiple choice question. Totals may not add up to 100%.
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Pretty much most of the code posted on Code Project is Open Source in one way or another - but is Code Project itself Open Source? If not, are there plans afoot to make it so or do you have good commercial reasons not to make it so?
Just interested... well, not just interested  The reason I ask is that there are some really cracker-jack programmers (ie people who aren't me) who post articles and whatnot. I wonder if some of them might want to contribute - in an Open Source way - to the code and perhaps implement features that don't currently exist. Things like a sophisticated automated forum monitoring system that would get rid of the "Plz send me the codez for x" or articles that are just the template and/or don't meet required standards - that kind of thing, or even new features which don't yet exist but when they're put in place, you wonder how you ever managed without them.
print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text
Ain't that Groovy?
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I think it's a great idea but worry about things like trying to keep all the code consistent and safe, trying to get a handle on merges and reviews, and also trying to ensure that what someone contributes is actually something they own (ie someone doesn't simply lift a bunch of code from DotNetNuke and splice it into the CodeProject code)
What I am trying to open time up for is an API that will allow widget or smartclient apps to be written against the datastore.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: I think it's a great idea but worry about things like trying to keep all the code consistent and safe, trying to get a handle on merges and reviews, and also trying to ensure that what someone contributes is actually something they own (ie someone doesn't simply lift a bunch of code from DotNetNuke and splice it into the CodeProject code)
Those would certainly be big worries, plus add in the possibility of ne'er-do-wells writing malicious code and, well, 
Going Open Source, I think, would be a massive undertaking - there are so many issues that need to be fully understood before contemplating a switch - and would cost a huge amount to do both in terms of cash-money and other resources (time would be a biggy). Also you'd have to factor in business needs, what you'd hope to achieve by going Open Source and whether or not you'd see a return - fiscal or otherwise - by moving. Even planning to think about planning to go Open Source would eat a lot of time - and after that you might even draw the conclusion that it isn't the right strategy after all!
It's an interesting topic, though. I've recently being looking into a lot of Java stuff and from that I've been exposed to the Java Community Process and to a lesser extent how companies like SpringSource work. The JSR process, although perhaps not a fit for CodeProject (support products vs. free services), is quite interesting to see (if you like looking at business processes ) as you can see the entire process from requirements to approval to specification and finally to adoption. Not many business processes are that transparent.
Chris Maunder wrote: What I am trying to open time up for is an API that will allow widget or smartclient apps to be written against the datastore.
Very 
print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text
Ain't that Groovy?
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I've just updated some stuff in "My Settings" and I get this strange error "Your password contained text that was not compatible with our system such as script or server directives.". It contains nothing of the no such which!!
And it would appear that my updated didn't work as I still have my old signature 
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Can you please experiment and find a password that (obviously) isn't the one you want to use but still causes problems and then email it to me at chris at cp.cpom?
Thanks!
Never mind. Found the issue. Will try and fix ASAP
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Never mind. Found the issue. Will try and fix ASAP
I presume you have because I cannot replicate it now.
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Apparently the password field is protected against SQL injection attacks 
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- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
- the quality and detail of your question reflects on the effectiveness of the help you are likely to get
- use the code block button (PRE tags) to preserve formatting when showing multi-line code snippets
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Most of you would have observed that in GoogleMail near the footer, it would display login activity and also concurrent sessions. There is also a feature to kill any particular session.
Can something be brought in a similar way for CP too?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep!
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Not sure what the benefit for us would be
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Not sure what the benefit for us would be
I like to leave random computers (in hospitals, public libraries, old folks homes) with pages open to CP under my login. Generally, this works out well - i get a higher post count, random people get to experience the Joy of CP - but, occasionally, someone will start posting things that just don't meet the high standard for unfocused rambling observations that i've set for this user name. In those scenarios, it would be handy for me - and therefore, beneficial to the site as a whole, if i could remotely log off of a particular session.
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When I attempt to signon to CP from homepage header strip; ensuring that 'Remember' checkbox is unselected and when I inadvertantly succumb down to a 'Failed Logon', CP again shows the username and password screen with the 'Remember Me' checkbox selected again.
The 'Remember Me' feature is little scary particularly when logging on from a shared computer/internet kiosk.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep!
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added as a bug entry
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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It's sad about the SB situation. Chris, I feel for you and your team. Thanks to all of you who work hard to make CP the best even though the idiots survive. 
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leckey wrote: It's sad about the SB situation.
I was briefly away from CP for a while. What happened to Soapbox? Temporarily hidden because of spam outburst or locked for only certain membership levels?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep!
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: I was briefly away from CP for a while. What happened to Soapbox? Temporarily hidden because of spam outburst or locked for only certain membership levels?
You just have to know the secret knock.
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leckey wrote: It's sad about the SB situation.
Old SB is now Basement. SB will continue in the the way Chris intended it to be Chris intended it to be[^]
Yusuf
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Soapbox is now The Forum Formerly Known As The Soapbox after I did the impossible and offended someone inside.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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if we check this Profile[^]
Profile Say's
Member since Wednesday, October 29, 2008(4 months)
Now if we check the article that submitted by this author
Last Update :11 May 2007 and 7 May 2007 for Two of his article.
How it is possible ?  Am I missing Some Thing ?
cheers,
Abhijit
CodeProject MVP
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Member profiles can be merged with an older one
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Thanks for the info.
cheers,
Abhijit
CodeProject MVP
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and it's carrying a bucketload of crap articles from India. I'm not racist, but jeez, this is over the top. Have you considered having two Articles Needing Approval sections? - one for India, one for everybody else?
If my theory is correct, these morons must use India as their location, because they're being given an assignment by a teacher somewhere in India. So filtering by India would always work, since they are being told to use it.
OK, rant over, move along.
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