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I thought this one was nice, and easy. I guess I need to recalibrate my judgement for Monday.
Please save your curses for this one until then 
Short news: The Danish dilemma is reflected. (3, 4)
#1 For all Britishers, a household name
#2 Hamlet
#2b Hamlet - Does a particular quote come to mind?
#3 Yes it is sort of a proper noun. I know I shouldn't but it is a nice one
#4 The first word is not "new", Mr. Griff
The Beeb (British nickname for the BBC)
Short news Shorthand for the long name. The BBC represents news, for many people.
The The
be The dilemma of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
eb reflected
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No idea. Only that the second word might be 'note'.
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megaadam wrote: I hope I wont have to do another one Monday
You are out of time - the four hours is up!
Sorry - but you are up on Monday.
megaadam wrote: It's not that hard
The evidence would contradict this theory! 
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The four hours limit was DD's thing. I though we did not go by that one any more...
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Look at my profile page: the rules have been there since last July, and they have always included the four hour limit.
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Ah well then...
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Having seen the answer, I'm quite glad I didn't get it!
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You Sir, are living in denial!
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Nah...it may be blooming wet here, but de nial is in Eejtpt not Wails... 
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That must be the fought of the day.
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Drought of the day would be nice!
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megaadam wrote: #2 Hamlet
But "The mild cigar" doesn't fit! 
Hamlet Cigar Adverts - YouTube[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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megaadam wrote: I thought this one was nice, and easy
Less thought more logic. Crossword clues need to be more than 'guess what I'm thinking' exercises. You don't want your baffled solvers to feel that they've been cheated when they see the answer. So ...
megaadam wrote: Shorthand for the long name. The BBC represents news, for many people.
Possibly (I'm being kind here though!), but your clue needs 'news' to represent the BBC, which is hardly the same thing. 'News source', maybe, but 'news'? Definitions can be indirect (eg. gobstopper for gag) but there does need to be sufficient association for the solver to be confident that the answer is correct.
megaadam wrote: The dilemma of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Well quite. Not really a Danish dilemma then, is it? A human dilemma, a philosophical dilemma, an existential dilemma, certainly. But not one faced by Danes (or Denmark) in particular.
And a dilemma is one thing or another. 'Be' is not a dilemma. It's an 'isolemma' (yeah, I made that up).
megaadam wrote: eb reflected
Even if we accept 'be' this is inadequate because you've only got half the answer. AB 'reflected' is BA, not ABBA. AB 'reflected on itself' is ABBA. AB 'to and fro' is ABBA.
The watchword for crossword clues is still Ximenes' famous epigram 'You don't have to mean what you say, but you must say what you mean!'
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Well said
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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For all y'all backwards morons still living in yesterday land, please note it is Saturday here in the real world.
...give me a yell. The boy turns 19 today and we're off to the city for a drink. We're starting at The Lord Nelson[^], then off to The Hero of Waterloo[^] and finally The Australian Heritage Hotel[^].
Don't know how long we'll last, probably only last 6 to 8 hours, so you better get in quick.
Who the fcuk created this new gay markdown sh*t and more importantly who decided to fcuk with the pasting of URL's? I don't know who thought it was a brilliant idea to automatically inject the URL page description. Have a look at the description of The Hero Of Waterloo. Took me an hour to remove the unwanted text.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: ...and more importantly who decided to fcuk with the pasting of URL's?
It's current behavior has been the norm for many years, at least it has for me.
Michael Martin wrote: Took me an hour to remove the unwanted text.
Something must be wrong with your process. I was able to remove the text with one click of the keyboard.
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DavidCrow wrote: It's current behavior has been the norm for many years, at least it has for me.
Not years. It always left the URL minus the http:// by default.
DavidCrow wrote: Something must be wrong with your process. I was able to remove the text with one click of the keyboard.
Wanted to keep some of it with out having to type it back in, so backspacing it was.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: Wanted to keep some of it with out having to type it back in, so backspacing it was.
Why didn't you just erase the lot and then type in the bit you wanted then? Far less keystrokes!
The best way all round is to type in whatever you want as the link text, highlight it, and then paste in the url. It's magic!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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In yesterday land I'm going now to prepare for friday night. But it will be only one pub today.
Regarding the automatic usage of the page title blame Chris.
No, not really! I like it.
Regarding the Hero of Waterloo blame the author of the web site who probably did not understand the title tag.
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Jochen Arndt wrote: In yesterday land I'm going now to prepare for friday night. But it will be only one pub today.
At least your Yesterday Land has decent beer.
Jochen Arndt wrote: Regarding the automatic usage of the page title blame Chris.
I blame Chris for wimping out on having a beer with me this week and only letting ne know when I called him on Wednesday. Something about only being in Sydney for a couple of hours and not being able to have a drink.
Jochen Arndt wrote: No, not really! I like it.
You're weird.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Jochen Arndt wrote: who probably did not understand the title tag.
 There's an understatement.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I was just restrained.
Maybe he checks his logs, wonders why he got so many hits, and follows the referers to here
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Why Did You Use Marketing Capitalization Of Every Single Word? 
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: Why Did You Use Marketing Capitalization Of Every Single Word?
Cause I've done it that way in every Thread I have created since starting here back in 1999.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I got that VC++ runtime error - never ever seen it before.
The only apps running were :
- IE11 - two tabs open, one of which is a static web site which doesn't auto-refresh, and a "New Tab" tab
- MSSE 2008 - connected to a server
- VS2013 with a multi-project WPF solution loaded
Of course, it could be one of the many apps that the DoD insists on running, but it's still weird...
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