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Stephen Hewitt wrote: A bit venomous isn't it?
Like Brad said elsewhere in this thread, it a matter of prioritizing.
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The Grand Negus wrote: Like Brad said elsewhere in this thread, it a matter of prioritizing.
What, and business always rates before pleasure?
Steve
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Stephen Hewitt wrote: What, and business always rates before pleasure?
Okay, boys and girls, here's the thought. No bike riding until you're homework's done. If you're diligent and apply yourself wisely, you'll find there's time for both.
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I think the Negus has a point even if he is somewhat lacking in tact. I like the CodeProject as much as anyone but the truth is the truth.
Steve
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Stephen Hewitt wrote: I think the Negus has a point even if he is somewhat lacking in tact. I like the CodeProject as much as anyone but the truth is the truth.
Thank you. And perhaps you'll find this quote, from my master Niklaus Wirth, a bit more tactful:
"'Good enough software' is rarely good enough. It is a sad manifestation of the spirit of modern times, in which an individual's pride in his/her work has become rare. The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed. Nothing but economic success and monetary reward is acceptable. Hence our occupations have become mere jobs. But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity."
The curious thing is that I stumbled on this quote in an article posted here[^].
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This issue seems to be fixed.
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Hey Chris,
I just posted my 15th article to CP, so my Author Status on my profile page should now indicate that I'm "prolific." But it still says that I'm a "writer." I suppose both are true, but I'd rather it read "prolific."
Thanks for any help!
:josh:
My WPF Blog[ ^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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Everything's updated each weekend. Until then you should refer to yourself as "Prolific, Pending"
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris how does that work though? (ok yes I am being very interested in CP lately) Would you not judge the level of a user (at least as displayed by the profile page) on the page itself?
Brad
Australian
- Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript"
A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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No, we do a lot of pre-calculation and caching.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Would that have to do with the voting system? Or are there other factors that my shiny silver membership count towards?
Brad
Australian
- Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript"
A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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We don't just count articles and messages posted, but the votes that have been tallied against them (and each vote's weight). It's a massive process that takes most of a day to complete.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Ok so you have some seriously complex stuff going on in bobs head. I am curious as to why you didn't go for a auto update approach, like set the SQL to update what is required automatically.
(tell me to shut up whenever)
Brad
Australian
- Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript"
A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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Because that would trigger a large chunk of work each time an article, article vote, message or message vote was registered, and if there was a lot of action on a specific article, message or even just a member then everything would get bogged down.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Ok I wont ask you any more questions, you probably need to feed bob. I would have thought that a SQL call like:
[....]; UPDATE `usertable.tally` SET Votes = Votes+5 WHERE UID=xXxXxXxXx;
(very simplified version.)
But I don't know exactly how you guys do your thing so maybe something like that would slow it all down.
Brad
Australian
- Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript"
A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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That bit's easy. It's the Calculate-average-weighted-score-of-all-messages-by-this-member type calculations that takes a bit longer.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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How do you structure votes? Do you have a column for each post that holds the average? If so Could you not just have SQL server add the collective up when the profile is viewed? I imagine that would not take too long.
Brad
Australian
- Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript"
A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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Thanks Chris. I didn't realize it was cached.
:josh:
My WPF Blog[ ^]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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Weekend or Overnight? I feel the update happens over the night. Isn't it?
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I don't know if this will happen, but I'm gonna try my luck on this anyway.
Could we get a "Math" subcategory for the OpenGL and DirectX sections of articles? Or maybe, a separate one, that both camps can go to? Those sections really just have "General" that gets used and everything in the world gets thrown in there, but math is such an important concept in 3D graphics I would think it deserves its own subcategory.
I'm about to release an article regarding 3D math and it would be nice if both DX and OGL camps could get it as it really applies to both, but I'll settle for either/or understandably since what I'm after is math for 3D graphics and not a general math categorization so it would technically fit as a subcategory to the 3D APIs.
TIA for at least reading this far.
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Yeah, i wouldn't mind seeing that.
I pretty much can't find anything by browsing categories anymore, unless it's in a very specific, very lightly-populated category. Anything to make that slightly less frustrating is good. And 3D math is fun.
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Shog9 wrote: And 3D math is fun.
I have to agree. The artistic side of me loves to use computational mechanics like math and make a brand new world out of it. Yup, nothing like flying around blowing the brains out of aliens to bring people together I say.
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Looking forward to that article.
Brad
Australian
- Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript"
A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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I thought you were gone. Good to see you back.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 ----- "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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He is gone from the lounge.
Brad
Australian
- Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript"
A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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