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Probably not, but I'm American, so I don't care. 
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Tiny bit of humor there!
Q: How to tell a copy editor from a code formatter?
A: \w*: vs. \w*\s:\s
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Quote: And yes, I have been told on countless occasions here at this site, that Americans do not speak or write English, correctly.
I don't agree: it is just another variant of English, that is what you get if you end up with a huge empire. Most members of the empire end up being too far away from each other to notice their local "quirks" so they start diverging.
It happened even in a tiny patch like Flanders/Netherlands. Although Dutch and Flemish share the same origin there is an ever increasing requirement to subtitle TV programs for the "other" side to really understand what is being said. It is very unlikely to get any better soon and I guess we wouldn't like it to be. If all else fails we can start speaking English to each other. 
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Yes we can all speak Engrish! Uh oh, was that inappropriate? 
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Is that why C# is getting so bloated? Are they planning to birth a new language?
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The 15,000,000th account was opened yesterday, which I believe was the day after CP's 21st anniversary.
CP says it has ~14.7 million members. So ~300K accounts have been closed, many of them for posting spam.
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That's not quite right: there are 1M students seeking homework they are too lazy to do, a dozen admin, the six of us members, and the rest are all sock puppets!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Great foot tapping music. Had a beat I could enjoy.
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I'm amazed that someone who is not Dutch knows this song!
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This is the first time I heard it and it sounds great.
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I was going to mention accounts that were voluntarily closed lest the teacher discover that they were created to get someone else to do assignments.
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Sock puppet! #$&@, I've been found out!
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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You guys do a great job with those puppets. I'm seriously impressed with your stamina
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I was going to mention something about that and forgot, until now. The dates are weird. I don't know if you know all the history of this site but Chris sent out an e-mail to members of a different site about this one being started. At that point, those on that list were registered for this site. The curious thing is that happened on 6 July 2000 - several months before this site's incept date. You can see this by looking at my profile info.
The net effect is we were registered for the site before it existed.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I didn't join until many years later, and only became active last year, so I was unaware of this.
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OriginalGriff wrote: 63343.
I hope they used an unsigned word to track the count, and no signed one.
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They did, but it was a uint16_t, so we're nearing the event horizon... 
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I think they use 32bit integers: certainly the notifications count doesn't fit in 16 bits, mine is standing at 88,266 unread messages.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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In preparation for your rep point balance rolling over at 232 , all numerical integer types have been replaced with BigInt. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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That will at least give the hamsters plenty of time to prepare! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I have created so many tips I'd probably bump the scale a little myself.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Or you could go to the search page Search
and you would see something like "63,412 Results" just above the Filters on the top left.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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That would have been easier, yes ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I believe round numbers are milestones to be celebrated, so a party is in order when we reach the 65,536 th article.
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