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Perfect. Thank you.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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This Blog is waiting for approval[^].
Whilst the Author has a link to the original, and therefore is giving credit. The changes he has made are minimal and it therefore smacks too much of plagiarism for my liking.
Am I being too sensitive?
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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There is virtually no original content in that blog entry. The only thing in the code that differs is the filename (it chooses a particular date format rather than automatically serializing the date value). That being said, it is really just a small code snippet that the "author" tweaked slightly to suit his needs. And it was written on his blog in a way that makes it seem like "hey everybody, this is what I did, it may be useful for you too." And, as you say, he links to the original. Doesn't seem like he's trying to pass off the work of another as his own, so I wouldn't be too harsh on him. If this were an article or tip/trick, that would be a different matter.
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No, you're not being too sensitive. Thanks. Fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I was part way through an exchange with the author of this[^] article when I suddenly no longer had access.
I also no longer see any on the home page.
Have the reputation requirements changed?
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Nope, it's just locked because the author is editing it
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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OK.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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The border for 'Answer Accepted' highlight butts right up against the text of the answer.
Not a big deal, just thought I'd let you folks know.
[Edit]
BTW: FF and XP SP3
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Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
modified on Monday, January 31, 2011 2:48 PM
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Thanks - I've updated the UI and will upload today, hopefully.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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the editing mode input box is not that wide anymore. This was fixed I believe last week and now it is back to its old format. I think the width should span across the page giving more room to edit the question/Answer.
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It's narrower than the page in order to leave room for the auto-suggestions.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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This guy left [Edit]an[/Edit] advert.
(The link was kaput!!!)
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Ex-spammer.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Very confusing.
Your 'this advert...' link now points to a totally different article.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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The link pionts to a message at the bottom of an article. I imagine once that message got deleted, the link defaulted to the article.
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for the article tags on the home page.
Now I can skip all those nasty .NET articles that Nish warned me about.
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Hans Dietrich wrote: Now I can skip all those nasty .NET articles that Nish warned me about.
I think Nish also writing many .NET articles so be ready.
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I like it. (positive reinforcement)
One thing, though, and I can't quantify this but could we not have the original poster name on the same line as the subject with the updater (if any) moved down to the same line as the pretty new tag indicators. As I say, I can't quantify this but I really found it odd not having the original poster information. (hopefully constructive criticism)
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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I've gone back and forwards on this for a while and I found having both simply made it so I wouldn't read either.
So my decision was:
On the "Active" tab you see who was last active.
On the other tabs you see who posted.
I was going to have 2 columns but there simply wasn't room. I was also going to leave just the poster's name, but for the active tab I really wanted to reward those who were active on each question - the ones doing the actual work.
My final thought was: what does it tell you if you know the name of the poster? A serious question, this one, and one that I started thinking pointed to a decision to not show poster's names at all. Possibly.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Visited link colorization is gone. Intentional?
Personal opinion: It's better to have colorization of already visited links in Q&A.
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It was getting messy with too many colours: blue, grey, maroon.
Ah, what the heck. I'll add colourisation back for visited.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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When I view 'My Posts', isin't it redundant to show posters name?
Though it doesn't matter as we have enough space out there, but just not much of significance.
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