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Chris Maunder wrote: biggest problem is people replying to trolls.
Yes.
Chris Maunder wrote: If people can just learn to think twice before hitting the reply button half the problem will be solved
Easier said than done 
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Paul Conrad wrote: Easier said than done
You are absolutely correct Paul. It is similar to the credit card marketing stuff. Even when we are stubborn in not accepting any new credit cards, the sweet and convincing voice on the other side 'derails' and makes us to accept one more credit card (and following menace). 
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Paul Conrad wrote: Easier said than done
No, it's easy. You just don't reply to them. It's not rocket science.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: You just don't reply to them
That should be the easy part, but for some reason people like to feed them.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Chris Maunder wrote: The biggest problem is people replying to trolls
Yes, that is the key. What bugs me though, is that we had so many problems lately. I mean, nothing really changed on CP itself ( I mean how it technically works) that would have lead to the troubles; and it has been working quite nicely for quite some years now. So I've always wondered: Why do problems show up now and never before ? If it worked before, it should still work now ...
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It's a psychological, not a technical problem
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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can we search messages/comments according to their classification ie
question
general
news etc
and can we have a new category "tools/utility"
It is Good to be Important but!
it is more Important to be Good
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I've had this happen to me a couple of times - I thought it was just me being dense, but it just happened again and it's definitely not me...
I was replying to Marc Clifton here http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?msg=2151601#xx2151601xx[^]
and in the intervening moments, Leckie must have replied to the OP. Now my reply is attached to Leckie's post, rather than Marc's...
"It was the day before today.... I remember it like it was yesterday."
-Moleman
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Known issue. Something to do with cross server concurrency.
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You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Please have an option for uploading screenshot of errors and other such media like a pdf file or some informative documents which would enhance the usability and expressiveness of a thread. Many a times it is really impossible to describe the error without a graphical represenation of itself.
Hope I would be seeing this feature added in very near future.
CHEERS TO CP TEAM!!!
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating-people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Regards...
Shouvik
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I do not think this is needed. If you really want to post an image, put it somewhere on the net and post a link. Uploading images would enable all kinds of Spam , Abuse and so on.
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Rage wrote: Uploading images would enable all kinds of Spam , Abuse and so on.
That the administrators can surely take care of. And moreover we can limit the size of attachments based on the type of it viz 1MB for any JPEG image...this way we can let the servers breath well.
Belive me it will add a very new dimension towards solving of queries.
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating-people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Regards...
Shouvik
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What Rage said + It will consume more CP server memory. Assume most of the threads are getting images or any attachments !!!
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You can use TinyPic[^] to host an image, then put a link to the hosted file in your post.
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That looks like a good site. Thanks for suggesting it
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Michael Dunn wrote: TinyPic
It is Blocked by our Corporate Firewall. Can't we have something integrated here in CP only. It would make CP Invincible 
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating-people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Regards...
Shouvik
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shouvik.d wrote: It is Blocked by our Corporate Firewall
And here too. The URL is filtered.
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shouvik.d wrote: Blocked by our Corporate Firewall.
If TinyPic is blocked, how about others like Flickr or just use something that isn't blocked and upload pictures there. Just be mindful of the size of the picture in terms of screen size and file size.
shouvik.d wrote: Can't we have something integrated here in CP only
With the extra load on the servers and increased bandwidth, I don't know if Chris would go with it.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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As a matter of fact even Google image search is filtered off. Our policies are a bit stringent.
I do agree what Chris said but was just looking for a better perspective for CP. It would have really been great. Otherwise too it ofcourse is the same but still... ANyways now my job would be to search for a free online photo upload site which isn't filtered off.
WISH ME LUCK 
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating-people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Regards...
Shouvik
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shouvik.d wrote: Our policies are a bit stringent.
That is a bummer, man. What do they allow? They may have something in the NDA (non-disclosure agreement) that doesn't allow any retransmission of the company...
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Whatever Paul...but my situation is same. I can't change the environment so I have to learn to find out a way...hoping to do my best.
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating-people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Regards...
Shouvik
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shouvik.d wrote: find out a way...hoping to do my best
Good luck, man 
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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This will probably not happen. Reasons:
People will upload 1600 x 1200 images. Yes, we can shrink them down but then they will probably be unreadable and pointless.
People will post porn and innapropriate material. This is the reason we had to turn off images in the first place
People will unnecessarily post images causing the size of the forum page to be huge, costing both us and our members. We could just have links to uploads but then why not just use flickr or another service tailored specifically for this?
It will further erode the gentle art of forming complete sentences. People will post screenshots of code. Yes, I've seen it.
Companies will start blocking us at their firewalls.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I put in a 97 x 130 pic, 15.1KB and click Save. It never saves it or updates it.
How can I change my pic? 
Shane
Shane
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