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What actually happens is that there are (lets say) 10 competitive services. A company tries to create another service that would provide services that all 10 of them provide. What they end up making is an 11th competitive service. 
Of what good is this Docs.com other than being sure this website won't go off when many users start using it.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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When announced at Gamescom today, it was stated that with this update comes “a completely redesigned experience that will be faster and easier than ever before.” Is "throw grenade" on the start menu, or do I have to go to the Control Panel?
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The new standard won’t do much for users right now, but it’s a step toward clearer rules for tracking cookies and ad brokers. Something else for websites to ignore
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Researchers have discovered a new and improved exploit kit that hackers are using to serve up infectious ads. Death to all ads (except the ones on CP)!
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Does "infectious" really mean the same as "fectious", and what we actually want is "non-fectious"? ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif)
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: what we actually want is "non-fectious"? [badger,badger,badger,badger...]
I think the word you're looking for is either "sterile" or "benign".
A "sterile" ad would be one that does not reproduce itself on any browser. A "benign" ad would be one that has no effects other than taking up screen space on the page.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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"Unprotected users get infected". Yes, very surprising headline.
Now update your hostfile, for some free protection without your machine becoming slow as hell. As easy as downloading a text-file 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It amused me that when first visiting or refreshing the page, the image shows first as a large VB. Subliminally associating VB with malware?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I’m going to discuss my experiences and insights over the last 6 months as a new manager. This one goes out to all of the developers out there who wonder what it’s like to be a manager, or are considering taking the leap into the realm of Pointy Haired Boss. “When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.”
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I was a software development manager previously in may career and swore I would never do it again. It wasn't a role I signed up for. As the most senior developer on the team my role slowly changed from developer to developer / manager. I became less and less hands on, spent increasing amounts of time in meetings, had to perform team appraisals, became involved in budgets and strategy. None of these were things I was particularly interested in, and all of them kept me away from what I loved the most, which was writing software.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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If, as a developer, you feel the need to (re)test the Peter Principle[^] then I would suggest the path into "Architect" rather than "Manager". At least the world needs more architects.
However if management is forced upon you (as it was me in a past corporate "life") then the book "Managing Humans[^]" is worthy of a space on your desk.
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Overloading can be useful, however Lukas Eder has a handy write-up to ensure that you avoid overloading unless the added convenience really adds value. Not sure where you sit on the method overloading topic? Keep reading. "Reaching overload. Start to explode"
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Create a social network or risk everything.
That was the original pitch for Google's Facebook rival, Google+, a refrain hammered over and over by the social network's chief architect, Vic Gundotra, in meetings with the company's top brass. How not to create a "Facebook-killer"
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When I first began programming, I wrote code with a blissful innocence. In those early days, I learned by tinkering and experimenting, much like how a child learns how the physical world works by picking things up and stumbling on their own feet a few times. I learned largely by avoiding the boundaries of rules. Do you want a time-out? I'm counting to three!
I was originally going to go with a "spanking" blurb, but Bob decided it wasn't KSS enough. phwoar
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Anyone whose been around web development for a while has seen the web declared dead numerous times. Wired alone famously declared it dead in 2010 and then, years afterwards, assured us in 2014 that it was very much, well, not dead. "How many times do I have to kill you, boy?!"
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"Each time, I rise back stronger like a phoenix".
modified 4-Aug-15 1:22am.
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If you careful enough and do not use Telerik components for web developers it may live forever...
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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dev.theladders.com[^]
"the amount of data available for each page can vary widely. This means we have a wide range of visual states for every element"
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In September 2000, Microsoft was celebrating its 25th anniversary. During an incident at one of the celebratory events that surely would have gone viral in minutes had social and smartphones been available at the time (but was fortunately caught on video nonetheless), then-president and CEO Steve Ballmer stomped and clapped across the stage, working himself (and the crowd) up into a sweaty frenzy as he repeatedly chanted one word: “Developers.” We left? Why did no one tell me?
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Even though, THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP,
I went CRAWLING BACK TO MICROSOFT.
Please take me back. Please, Bill. For the sake of the windows children. Take me back. 
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newton.saber wrote: Even though, THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP,
Which they've been saying for the past decade or so. 
Kevin
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Just "decade", I have a longer memory than you.
(Incidentally, I think Newton's original point was a joke reference to the number of "years of the Linux desktop" we've had so far). According to this[^], the first year touted as such was 1998, but I much prefer olevar's answer....
Quote: The earliest reference we have of "Year of Linux on Desktop" is from Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita by Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli in 1494.
He writes:
"Sono sicuro che il prossimo anno tutti utilizzerà Linux"
Incidentally, that means that 2018 will be the 20th anniversary of the first year of the Linux desktop. Sounds like an excuse for a party.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Rob Grainger wrote: Just "decade", I have a longer memory than you.
I was trying to be generous. 
Kevin
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"We left? Why did no one tell me?"
You may have followed us then 
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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When he appeared on Conan they showed the "developers, developers, developes" clip before he went on and he was actually quite proud of it
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