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UltraCoder wrote: What's the point of a Java forum then if it's hidden?
The forum got removed years ago because of lack of use. It isn't accessible by any of the menus, but if you know the forumid then you can still get to it. I don't think of it as hidden, but just waiting in the recycle bin.
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Well, it's not like the Collaboration / Testing forum gets swarmed with usage. It only has like 10 posts. That forum should be removed if you ask me!
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UltraCoder wrote: It only has like 10 posts.
I would note is has over 2 orders of magnitude more posts that what you suggest.
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The Java Forum is the CP easter egg. 
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I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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A little feature request.
Maybe it'll be good to have a Article Tracker - a distinct RSS feed (or an e-mail notification system) for every distinct article? So readers won't have to dive into the lengthy "new & updated articles" list on mondays, but instantly know when their favourite article gets updated...
Best regards,
Dmitry.
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Don't worry, be happy  )
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What I'm proposing is a traker for a -distinct- article. For example, any can have a "Track this article" button, so, when article changes, the people who pressed it receive an e-mail "Article that you are tracking was updated".
By the way - this is a nice "voting" thing: article can have a meter "N people are tracking this article"...
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Don't worry, be happy  )
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Dmitry Khudorozhkov wrote: What I'm proposing is a traker for a -distinct- article. For example, any can have a "Track this article" button, so, when article changes, the people who pressed it receive an e-mail "Article that you are tracking was updated".
By the way - this is a nice "voting" thing: article can have a meter "N people are tracking this article"...
It has certainly been asked for in the past. One of the problems was the volume of emails that would have to be sent, this would put even more strain on the CP servers.
I certainly think it would be a good enhancement, it would probably work better as an article RSS feed - or as a compromise, maybe an author RSS feed that would give an update when an author changed one of their articles.
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They've obviously dedicated some serious time into the forums, the *least* they deserve is a red shirt 
Actually I think gray hair would be a more accurate reflection... but some might take offense.
Anyway take your pick - this is roughly what they would look like: http://www.ixnay2infinity.com/misc/cp_user.gif[^]
(feel free to use it, or I can send transparent version)
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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But... the red shirts always die first! 
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- C hris L osinger, Online Poker Players?
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Sorry, you lost me there 
Could be any other colour to be honest (how about CP-orange)
I guess it doesn't make any real difference, but it conveys some extra info about the poster. And when I suggested it in the lounge, one of the 'fixture' guys said it might be cool.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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Ashley van Gerven wrote: Sorry, you lost me there
See here.
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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'twas a "Star Trek" joke - i don't mind the suggestion itself.
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- C hris L osinger, Online Poker Players?
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 thanks for clarifying... I never watched much ST (uhhh stating the obvious) 
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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thanks for the link. Guess I'm not the geek I thought I was 
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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Since it appears that somewhere our votes are stored I think it would be cool if CPhog or even CP in general didn't average the votes but instead showed something like:
Score: 5.0 (1 vote), 4.0 (3 votes), 3.0 (1 vote) = 4.1 Avg
Or something like that. I'd put this in the suggestion forum but then if Chris didn't want to do it Josh wouldn't see it. I'll put it here and if Chris doesn't see it Josh might and might make it happen.
Why do I even want this feature? Just because it would be interesting to see the distribution of votes.
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This has been suggested before. I do not know if it is on the TODO list or if it has been rejected, but I certainly second this suggestion, especially for articles if not for the forums.
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good, use it!!!
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Yeah, I can see how that could be useful. But since everyone has their own mind of what exactly deserves a 5, or 4, or 1, I don't think it really tells you that much. (And it takes up a lot more space).
Some have suggested abolishing the voting on posts, which I think is a bad idea. Not that I think votes are *that* important, but it's definitely cool to get feedback. The way I see it, if you get a high score, people really appreciated the post. If you get a low score, who cares - they were either drive-by votes, or someone doesn't have a sense of humour, or didn't have the guts to disagree with words instead. But if you get a LOT of 1 votes, just try and think about why, and if you can't see any reason don't lose any sleep over it.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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It has occurred to me that there should be some means of users to cancel out 1.0 votes. Rarely do we have a problem with too many 5 votes but we seem to get 1.0 votes from morons.
My suggestion is that on a post where a 1.0 is likely to be the only vote cast because there's nothing wrong with the post that if users drop five 5 votes the 1.0 goes away and so do the five 5.0 votes. Admittedly you lost the 5.0 votes but at least you killed the drive by 1.0 vote and the five people voting 5's might have done it to kill the 1.0 in which case they are happy to see there 5 go away as well. This would return the post to a zero state. Of course if other users have voted more 1.0's or something other than a 5.0 or a 1.0 perhaps you still kill the 1.0 if five 5.0's are received and maybe you just leave it alone at that point...
If the regulars new of this it would be a good way to kill drive by 1.0's. The only reason I suggest five 5.0 votes is because if you make it to small a number it's tempting for trolls to create accounts to delete 1.0 votes.
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Chris - I can make myself available 
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Be excellent to each other
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How about an status icon for the amount of activity a current thread is getting, e.g. flames for a hot thread.
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs
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It would be useful if .NET 1 and .NET 2 articles were separated into two distinct groups. Frequently I find I'm loooking at a .NET 1 article that's no longer relevant to .NET 2. And .NET 3 will be with us before long...
Although it may be tricky to do the split easily (though the solution type in the demo project will give a clue), the other option would be the ability to sort search results by date. This won't be as good as .NET partitioning, but it would be better than nothing.
Cheers
Crispin
Crispin Horsfield
Caz Limited, Bristol, UK
+44 117 941 5920
www.caz.ltd.uk
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Anyone else getting JS errors while trying to vote?
Example
Line: 497
Char: 4
Error: Automation server can't create object
Code: 0
XP, Service pack 2
IE 6
Already did a control refresh, still getting the errors. Not a big deal I don't need to vote but strange...
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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Hmmm, if a person that doesn't post messages is a lurker, shouldn't the member that has posted over 5000 messages be called a curler (i.e., someone who curls up in bed with nothing else to do)?
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