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Chris, here is an idea for a new poll.
What size monitors do you use?
(a) 14"
(b) 15"
(c) 17"
(d) Bigger than 17"
(e) It doesn't matter
(f) It does matter. I wish I had a bigger monitor
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
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If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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You forgot the "twice as big as Nish's one" Option ![Mad | :mad:](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/smiley_mad.gif)
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Jesus W T F Christ!!!!!!!!
Am I and my fantasy-monitor to be the most used joke-subject for this year?
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
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If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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The discussion boards, Lounge in particular, are a great place for expressing* your opinion.
The articles are a great way of teaching both yourself and others as well as showing a bit of real coding skill**.
But IMHO there is a gap which "talented" coders cum writers could fill on CP. That is the gap of a regular (weekly, monthly etc.), official column or two. I spend far too much time on CP but I find I must go elsewhere to read about future trends and the general opinion of the industry. Places like ZDNet, CNet, PCMag etc.
I am not talking about another slashdot look alike here at all, but something with a "real" writer expressing their opinions on the industry in a regular manner. Something a bit like the I Cringely (though less "damn the rest of the world" and less personalised, that guy is going to be assasinated one day!)
So what do you think?
And to answer the first response to this post: I would gladly do it but seeing as I am hardly a C++ lover a regular column by me would probably bore the hell out of you. I would focus on the web, the future of computing etc.
* I say "expressing" with a modicum of irony. Express tends to mean there has been some careful, rational thought behind what you say...
** I knew there was a reason I have only written one article, and that not highly hardcore at all
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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You mean something like:-
Mike's Shell Corner weekly
or
Christian's GDI+ tips [bi-weekly]
or
Colin's tips to market your software [half-hourly]
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
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If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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Yeah kinda like that Nish. Though I don't want them to become a "Colin writes a column for CP so he is better than the rest" advert.
Not sure how we could prevent that without having everyone write a column, but there must be a way.
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
Martin Marvinski wrote:
Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea
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I dont think anyone would mind if Mike or Christian started writing regular colomns. I mean they are accepted as experts in their fields, arent they?
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
www.busterboy.org
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I've got some ideas on something similar. Stay tuned
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Wouldn't it be nice if clicking on the message subject that you have open at the moment would close (hide) the message body. It is not terribly important, but sometimes message bodies are very long and when I open it by mistake (I've read it already or something) my first intention is to click on the message subject again to close it. That way I will be able to click on the next message without scrolling 3 pages down.
I hope it makes sense and I want to repeat again that it is not at all important - just something to add to the endless "when we have nothing else to do" list.
Thank you.
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This is an easy one - consider it done.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Awesome. You are the ... er... web-man (?) ...
Thank you Chris.
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he is "Da Bosh"
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
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If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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I am sure he is. What is "Da Bosh" though? ![Blush | :O](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/smiley_redface.gif)
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"Da Bosh" is what I fancy to be Carribean pronounciation for "The Boss"
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
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If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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Hey Chris, just an idea but I would appreciate some kind of "link back" image for CP so that I, and others, can link to CP from my site (it's rather crappy site at the moment yes...). A normal link just does not do justice to CP
Checkout the Blogger or Independants Day buttons to see what I mean.
I am sure Bob would look very cool on a link button
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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Find them here.
Come on Paul - stay awake :P!
--
Andrew.
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thanks Andrew. I couldnt find them via the site though, thanks for the link.
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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Hi Chris
In the articles page it'd be nice if you can put something like "this zip has been downloaded N times"
Bye
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
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If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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I second that!
Also Chris with this mechanism in place you will know who to charge for extra bandwidth costs
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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Paul Watson wrote:
Also Chris with this mechanism in place you will know who to charge for extra bandwidth costs
Uh oh. I never thought of that dangerous side-effect. I guess someone like Mike will suffer most.
Nish
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
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If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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that would be nice
Christian Hewitt
Intel Corporation
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I was just looking up my membership level, and I am shown as Bronze level while someone else who has the same number of articals (2);same join day (6th June 2000), but less messages posted has silver level?
Do a search on "roger"
And compare Wes Rogers with myself?
Whats the discrepincy here?
I am sure I should be silver level by now....
Membership status calculated as follows:
1-4 articles posted = Bronze. 5-14 articles = Silver. 15-24 articles = Gold. 25+ articles = Platinum. Each 500 messages posted, and each year of membership elevates you 1 level up to a maximum of Gold. Posting a single message automatically guarantees you Bronze membership.
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
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Roger Allen wrote:
I am sure I should be silver level by now
"Vanity is my favorite sin"
Al Pacino, "The Devil's Advocate"
I vote pro drink ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
Vanity is my favorite sin
I may be vain, but I am beautiful with it!
Seriously, I was only trying to point out a possible bug....;P
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
"Vanity is my favorite sin"
Al Pacino, "The Devil's Advocate"
Hecticly cool movie that
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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