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It is a wonder they did not vote to remove.
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I have a suspicion it has something to do with the weighting of votes and how the results are calculated. Thus a 5 vote from a giant (P O'H for example) is worth 5, whereas a 5 from a lesser mortal (your humble scribe) is only worth 4.5. Add 'em together and what do you get ...
It's time for a new signature.
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5 + 4.5 = 9.5
A score that's totally off the charts!
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Well, he did ask you to add them together!
Have a 5!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC League Table Link
CCC Link[ ^]
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Congratulations, you passed that test. 
It's time for a new signature.
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A vote of "4" isn't exactly a downvote.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris, anything that is not a 5 is a downvote!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC League Table Link
CCC Link[ ^]
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I have just finished submitting my first two issues to Microsoft Connect. Please vote for them if you think they should be fixed. Here are the issues: A Bug[^] and a suggestion[^]
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You're going to find out that this is generally an exercise in futility. Microsoft isn't really interested in fixing bugs that users report. Just look at pretty much any version of Visual Studio that yoiu might care to mention.
On a more positive note, I'm happy to see you've found something to do with your spare time.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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It's not an exercise in futility. it will start a dialog that can keep you enganed for weeks, if not more.
1. (usually within a few days) This doesn't look like gibberish. We are forwarding to guys who know sh*t.
2. (usually within a few weeks) We can't reproduce.
==> here you have the unique opportunity to spend a good half an hour digging together all the material you'd need to reproduce, and upload it.
3. Thank you for uploading. You seem to be really interested. mwhaahaahahaha
Variety!
4a. (within a week or so) We are not able to reproduce this.
5a. (within a few days) Closed, not reproducible
==> here's your chance to reopen, argue, and upload more repro
4b. (within a week or so). We are able to reproduce. Hang on! (don't hold your breath)
More Variety!
5b-a. (if this is for the current beta): Pfft. I mean, unpfffortunately we cannot add this to the next beta / RC. maybe the one after that. if there is one. Don't hold your breath.
5b-a. (if this is for the current RC): Pfft. I mean, unpfffortunately we have already locked down the features for the next RC / release, and will add only high-priority-items.
5b-b. (if this is for the current release, and it's not crashing): Pfft. I mean, unpfffortunately, we can only fix crashing bugs, as we are focusing our resources on the next version, which will come with shiny new PHP-based UI. Microsoft is making great efforst to support PHP, and what would be better to boost this than basing an important product on it?
5b-c. (if this is for the current release, and it is crashing): Pfft. I mean, unpffortunately, we can only fix major showstoppers as we are focusing on ... There is a workaround which usually involves disabling one of the features proudly listed on the spec sheets. Or there's a hotfix where we already fixed that bug once, so it can't occur anymore.
5b-d. (if this is for a previous release, by VS 2008): Your compiler is less than 3 years old? We can#t really fix that crap. You might want to try agile.
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peterchen wrote: there's a hotfix where we already fixed that bug once, so it can't occur anymore
Double jeopardy bugs!
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Can someone explain to me why typing in "filename: CollectionsCaseStatus" in the win 7 explorer search box finds a file called CollectionsCaseStatusChange.csv yet "filename: CaseStatus" does not? It seems to be using a "starts with" type search rather than filename contains type search and its just took me probably 10 minutes trying to find a file. "filename: *CaseStatus" doesn't work either. Does anyone know what the correct wildcard character is or any other way to make it do a "filename contains" search? All the stuff I've found from searching on google is to do with searching contents of files or properties such as word document author names, etc.
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what about taking the filename: out of the equation, what happens then?
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I *think* the default is to search the contents of each file.
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I've seen an answer to this on an MS blog somewhere, support for wildcards on both ends would either require much larger indexes or much more CPU crunching to search through them, I don't recall which-.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Never mind, figured it out. The wildcard character is a double-asterisk rather than the usual single one.
"filename: **CaseStatus" works
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Who said MS wasn't standards-compliant? Oh, wait...
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which standards document indicates that * is wildcard?
I'll give you credit that I can't say I've ever seen ** used as wildcard but * is certainly no standard that I know.
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A man killed in a motorbike crash in south Manchester was a suspected thief who police previously refused to pursue because he was not wearing a helmet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11211260[^]
"At the time, Greater Manchester Police said it followed a nationwide policy that motorbikes should not be pursued because of the higher risk of injury to the rider."
Unbelievable!
Everyone gets their just desserts so thank goodness some higher power intervened on behalf of our considerate police force and their overlord's crass instructions.
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar!
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What the hell, mate !
...byte till it megahertz...
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Baconbutty wrote: Everyone gets their just desserts so thank goodness some higher power intervened on behalf of our considerate police force and their overlord's crass instructions.
I hardly think that death is "just desserts" for theft.
In the US, it might be OK to shoot an unarmed thief in the back (and the pregnant woman just beyond him) in a crowded city street, or to maim a dozen or so (I believe the policing manual says no more than 15 per hour) innocent bystanders by provoking people to drive dangerously to escape being arrested for petty theft, but I don't think we need that kind of thing in Blighty.
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"Mr Hodgkins, from Wythenshawe, had been due to answer bail on 10 September over the Altrincham theft."
So they knew who he was, where he lived, etc, and he was being processed for the crime (although why he still had the bike, I've no idea). Why risk harming or killing people, if the process works without it?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark Wallace wrote: by provoking people to drive dangerously to escape being arrested for petty theft
While I don't think all of the high speed chases are justified, and they certainly are dangerous, the police seem extremely cautious in the videos I've seen. It's the criminal who is the problem. How can you say the police "provoke" them to drive dangerously? All they were trying to do is arrest or pull them over, then they take off. Now, that usually means the criminal is scared shitless about something more than whatever it is the cop originally targeted them for.
The cops give chase, usually at a good distance while they coordinate roadblocks down the road. What would you have them do, let them go? Say, "Oh well, I guess we'll get him next time."
How you can put their reckless behavior on the shoulders of the police is baffling.
He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely,
But thank you for your concern,
Here's wishing you a Happy New Year."
I wished him one back in return.
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Look up "escalation".
//L
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Media2r wrote: Look up "escalation".
Spot on.
Another thing to note is the number of injuries to the public caused by the police cars themselves.
The police should use their brains to catch thieves, not over-powered cars or firearms.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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