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Interesting.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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why do I have this picture of you with a white cat on your lap now?
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As we speak there are plane loads of hamsters with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads in bound for Germany ...
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Is that a scam or something? Why are they mirroring the whole site?
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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Yeah I'm back with the pins but it's a different one now
When pinning a sticky post the background of the pin icon isn't drawn in yellow as the sticky's background is.
It's drawn in the blueish color as if it was a normal post.
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Finally found the time to fix this one. Will update the code tomorrow.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Lol I had almost given up on this one
Nice work now get back to those other 3098 todo's
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Reputation graphs don't seem to be displaying right now. Tried mine and some other member's. Just shows the little circular progress bar for a second, then a white image.
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Fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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In 13 minutes! We need to get your team working for Microsoft (or any large company for that matter)!
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It's this little trick I have called "being obsessed and not having a life".
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: It's this little trick I have called "being obsessed and not having a life".
Trinity (The Matrix): That's a neat trick.
We should all be so lucky to have such an obsesssion passion.
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T&T URLs tend to contain a 5-digit number, what the heck is it? it's different for different authors, even for different T&T's from the same author???
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It's the ID of the article representing the Tip n Trick.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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As a follow on to Luc's question, there does not seem to be any way of linking my published T&T to my home page, in the way normal articles are linked. Is this likely to change, or have I missed something?
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This will absolutely be fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I see it now is, many thanks.
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Chris Maunder wrote: It's the ID of the article
which begs the question: why do T&Ts get such number in their URL and regular articles don't?
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Actually, you mean "which suggests the question". "Begs the question" is actually short for "begging the question", or lessening the value of the question by providing an answer that doesn't satisfy the question.
But I digress.
The reason is because for articles we can guarantee a unique basename, and because articles are always assigned a section. Tips and Tricks often have neither of these.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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thanks.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Actually, you mean "which suggests the question". "Begs the question" is actually...
Apparently, thats a pretty common "mistake". Enough people make a mistake, and it is no longer a mistake.
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Thanks. I was a bit down reading the other reply, but now being called modern, I'm feeling better again.
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Chris Maunder wrote: "Begs the question" is actually short for "begging the question", or lessening the value of the question by providing an answer that doesn't satisfy the question.
In English, that is to say 'real' English, begs the question means suggests the question. I guess one of the definitions has altered over time since the various settlers moved to different parts of the world.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: begs the question means suggests the question
That's what it's become. "begs" was short for "beggars" which means "to reduce its worth". When you beg(gar) a question you are depriving it of value by providing a useless answer:
"Jim is dumb"
"Why"
"Because he does dumb things"
Here, the answer begs the question.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: "begs" was short for "beggars"
Not in English I'm afraid. Beg means beseech, ask etc, hence a beggar is one who asks (for alms).
Interesting that your dictionary and mine are so different, and yet we (pretend to) speak the same language.
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