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An excellent summary, a simple yes would suffice as an answer.
But I actually have one comment: I feel that your idea of using bookmarks for measuring actual usefulness of the articles is a good idea, but as soon as people know about it, it will be broken too.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: a simple yes would suffice as an answer
I never met a simple "yes" 
«What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning» Werner Heisenberg
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I absolutely agree. On a scale of 1-5, 1 should mean awful, 3 average and 5 excellent.
When there's only 4.5 to 5.0, it all becomes fairly pointless. Does the voting influence what appears on the front page? If so it's not just pointless, but destructive.
As it stands, I'd prefer to see voting go. Obsession with popularity is just another manifestation of vanity.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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The voting system has evolved to require justification for votes of 3 or lower.
I have twice suggested that we change over to a "mark as useful" arrangement (previous article votes of 4 or 5 can be translated to "useful", and lower votes are not counted at all). The new "identification of voters" idea would be reduced to something like "John Simmons/Outlaw Programmer found this article useful". CP staff don't appear to be receptive to that idea.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Just thinking loud here...
How about a few more dimensions, like:
Mark as Useful
Mark as Educational
Mark as Inventive
And the other side of it
Mark as Pointless (There are better ways of doing it)
Mark as Reinvented (There are already 47 articles covering this subject)
And so on.
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If it's not useful, why even vote on it? that's my whole point. Allowing a user to "mark as useful" would even allow more graphs to be generated, such as a pie graph showing levels of users that found it useful.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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You are Welcome
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Abhishek Nandy wrote: although I think still I am a big zero generally an okay guy and have to learn a lot
Sounds a lot better, not to cocky, but still a little confidence 
Congratulations!
My blog[ ^]
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Congratulations Abhishek !
«What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning» Werner Heisenberg
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You are Welcome
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That's great news, congrats Abhishek! ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
Kevin Priddle
Editor and Special Projects Manager - CodeProject
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You are Welcome
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Abhishek, it has been a genuine pleasure to be part of your journey as you progress in your career. I'm proud to have been able to play some small part, and I look forward to seeing what you do next.
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I'm in California and I've been working on a project for a company in Canada for 2 years.
I've had no contact with my client since the first. If I had to guess, I'd have to say he's decided to cancel the project. It's $hitty way to do it, but it's his choice.
Problem is, neither I nor the other guy on project have been paid.
[UPDATE]
Problem is, neither I nor the other guy on project have been paid since the first.
I'm considering remoting and removing the DB and click-once.
I'm open to how you would deal with this.
modified 12-Jan-15 14:08pm.
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Did YOU contacted client? Do it first. Ask...
If not other you can gain a bad name around the client...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Do NOT do any damage to the system - even though you wrote it and they didn't pay you this would still be considered a serious matter. (Think law enforcement serious).
IMHO, better to write a letter asking what the status is of the project and payment, and send it to the company by registered post. If it is a large company it is likely that the payment just fell between the gaps in the procurement process...
Then - wait a couple of weeks and if you don't hear back better call Saul.
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: if you don't hear back better call Saul
Don't you mean Guido, from "Accounting"?
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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As far as handling this project, it's hard for me to say without knowing the full details. But, as was mentioned, it's best to talk to the client directly about it.
However, for the next project make sure the client pays you in draws / milestones. Don't wait until the end of it all for payment. Clients have a way of making changes anyway; you still have bills to pay.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've been getting paid monthly for 2 years. He just stopped responding after the first.
From a copyright perspective, at least here in California, I own the rights to the code. So since he defaulted I can probably take my product back. Plus I doubt he would try to sue me down here when he's in Canada.
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Plus I doubt he would try to sue me down here when he's in Canada.
I'd be very careful about that. If you harm his business - and it can be construed as intentional, he might be very willing to take those steps. The border isn't really all that much of a deterrent.
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zephaneas wrote: I own the rights to the code.
Which means you can use the code. However what you said was...
"I'm considering remoting and removing the DB and click-once"
And that isn't code usage. And unless you have contract that specifically allows you to do that on non-payment then it is very unlikely that you have the right to do that.
Matter of fact, if you do not in fact have a right to do that, then, far as I know, then per the laws of the US doing that can be prosecuted as a criminal case where you are the criminal.
Criminal cases, unlike civil cases, are at the discretion of the state and can hinge on nothing more that whether they have the jurisdiction and can prove it.
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Oh as was said, don't damage their systems. Personally, I'd remove my software if I talked to the client and they refused to pay. Legally speaking, as a contractor, you own it unless you gave up ownership as per the agreement. But don't damage their system. If you let them keep the software and they didn't pay you could always sue them.
But as was said, talk to them directly first. It could just be a communication issue.
Jeremy Falcon
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