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I have software available for download that has had over 700,000 downloads - I stopped counting.
I have made around $200 from the software(in advertising revenue).
Surely I should be a millionaire if the software has had over 700,000 downloads!
It simply does not follow that popularity, hits, downloads etc will lead to either fame, enhanced reputation or great wealth.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Those are amazing stats and I totally agree.
Along those same lines:
What's popular isn't always (is rarely) the best and what is the best is often not popular.
There are lots of lurkers and few people who become a part of the discussion for many reasons.
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raddevus wrote: What's popular isn't always (is rarely) the best and what is the best is often not popular.
Exactly- I would never have written the software the way I did if I had another go 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Interesting, I visited your website TeboCam and see that you are in the video surveillance business too.
But as I drank a bit too much wine too overcome the worries of the tip I posted this weekend, it is hard to think coherently at the moment, maybe I will visit your site later when I have sobered up 
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Probably best to visit the site when you have had a glass or two of wine as it's all fairly old stuff, badly written but at least it works 
It's been a hobby for me based largely on having been burgled multiple times previously - I pay my bills by working during the day as a software developer.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I know those Lurkers, foul creatures, here is a picture of one of them: Lurker[^]
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Yep. That's them!!! Terrible nasty creatures.
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Quote: We are a contrary lot
Talking about contrary, I recently saw the movie about Steve Jobs on tv, Mr.Contrary himself.
So when being called "contrary" that must be a big compliment 
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Only if you are an Apple Fanboi.
To me, he was a marketing genius who exploited the gullibility of users to sell 'em a new model every other week at a huge profit while ignoring the "slave workers" in the factories that bidded lowest to make his products.
That's not a good thing in my book.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Not a fanboy, although I have an Apple Ipod Touch still lying around somewhere.
Watching the movie I got the impression that, at least in the beginning, Steve Jobs was not a marketing genius at all (in contrary), only later on after much troubles he apparently "saw the light".
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I did, just for the hell of it, bookmarked your tip. I wasn't the first so I hope that improves your weekend.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Ah, finally a good and willing soul, thank you
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To show my gratitude, I bookmarked your article "SerialComms.Manager - A serial communications plug-in for .NET" too 
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I suspect the system may be in gridlock. Nothing has appeared in my history not even the message I posted to you. It may take time or there may be another explanation.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Might have to do with the site maintenance yesterday, but it's not unusual that things take a while on CodeProject. Also remember, you are on the other side of the world
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I have a tip with over 10,000 views, with no bookmarks (related to Silverlight v4).
Not a big deal.
".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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What is wrong with those people, why don't they appreciate our hard work, it's an outright shame
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Many times, you're going to submit an article or tip that won't be immediately useful to anyone else. It happens. I do it all the time.
Wait until you start getting fly-by 1-votes for no reason, or worse, for stupid reasons, such as "too many words" in an article. I was even 1-voted not because of something in the article, but because of the content of my profile info (CP includes your profile - without you being able to opt out of that feature - in every article).
I recently submitted a series of articles that describe code that it took me a year to write. It's garnered little interest, but that's okay because I realize that a significant portion of the audience here most likely don't need to run SQL agents in SQL Express. I do, so I wrote the code, and then put the articles out there just in case someone else could benefit from it. I'm not really concerned with theoretical programming, so my articles/tips don't get a lot of traction, but if you want some code for real-world everyday problems, check out my stuff.
".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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Still I find it strange that there is so little interest for your SQL Express series of articles, would expect that it is one of the most used versions, especially by the CodeProject audience.
But I have to confess that I dropped using SQL Server altogether in favor of PostgreSQL, which you probably already noticed from my posts, I have become a bit of an 'PostgreSQL evangelist'
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I use sql server because that’s what my job calls for, and sql express is readily supported in .net. For my personal websites, I have a choice between MySQL and mssql.
if an app is written correctly it should be a minor exercise to convert the data layer to a different provider.
Given that I’m pretty much platform agnostic, and pretty damn lazy, I go with the easiest solution.
I don’t have to do anything special to use mssql, so you can guess what direction I tend to go in.
".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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I find bookmarks to be useless. I have 34 pages of bookmarks. There is no way to categorize them, search across all the pages, or otherwise make it a useful thing to do. I find googling "[topic] site:codeproject.com" to be much more effective.
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Same with me, I know I have bookmarked something but most of the time can not find it again ...
So a search option would be nice 
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If you bookmark mine I'll bookmark yours 
If you also want an upvote we're going to have to talk money
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Consider yourself hired as head of the 'RickZeeland Bookmarking Company'
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RickZeeland wrote: has not gotten a single bookmark.
Consider it a huge compliment. People read it and it is useful to them at that moment so no need to bookmark it. If it gets bookmarked it means no one will ever come back to it.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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