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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Because a slightly messed up article is better than no article.
And children fed plenty with drug money are better than children fed less without. And a family car bought with money from a daughter's forced prostitution is better than no car at all. I know these examples are extreme, but you're arguing that the end justifies the means and I want you to see where that kind of reasoning leads.
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Okay - fair enough. Why not negociate with CP in return for banner advertising to ask them to remove the IntelliTXT advertising but add banner adverts for your products into the mix.
Alternatively - you can help out in a smaller way by going here[^] and scrolling to the bottom of the page and purchasing "Code Project Supporter Status". It is unlikely to remove the IntelliTXT ads on its own, but if you along with enough other concerned people do that then CP won't need to use IntelliTXT advertising.
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You're still arguing ecconomics, Mr Mackay. This is a matter of principle. No one should ever sell his daughter into prostitution, and no one should ever deface an article with spurious advertisments right in the text.
And don't expect me to "support" an organization that would immediately return to the same tactics under similar circumstances. "Marry this whore," you say, "and she won't have to walk the streets any more." No thanks - because if I lose my job, I'll have to walk the streets myself to find her!
IntelliTXT ads, I am arguing, are morally wrong. You cannot serve God and mammon.
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The Grand Negus wrote: no one should ever deface an article with spurious advertisments right in the text.
 This argument and the prostitution/drugs analogy is getting old.
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The Grand Negus wrote: IntelliTXT ads, I am arguing, are morally wrong.
What is so wrong about IntelliTxt? You still haven't given solid reason why it chaps you so much. You have the option, the power, the ability, to turn it off 
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The Grand Negus wrote: You don't have to answer the phone when a crank or a salesman calls
That's why my answering machine is used to screen call 
I'd like to help but I don't feel like Googling it for you.
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The Grand Negus wrote: And the ability to turn it off doesn't make it right. You don't have to answer the phone when a crank or a salesman calls, but why should you be put out by someone else's bad manners?
Your analogising skills suck
System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted() does not behave as I would expect
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Josh Gray wrote: Your analogising skills suck
Yeah, his comparing IntelliTxt to drugs and prostitution was weak 
I'd like to help but I don't feel like Googling it for you.
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The Grand Negus wrote: I suggest that the IntelliTXT advertising program be dropped.
Please enlighten us (or at least me) by what you mean with "the IntelliTXT advertising". I see a banner on the top, one on the side, and Adsense on the bottom right of articles. That's all.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Alvaro Mendez wrote: I see a banner on the top, one on the side, and Adsense on the bottom right of articles.
I am trying to figure it out what is so wrong about it and how it negatively affects articles on this site 
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Alvaro Mendez wrote: Please enlighten us (or at least me) by what you mean with "the IntelliTXT advertising".
If certain options are selected in your profile - and in the author's - "keywords" in the article will appear in a different color with a double underscore. The word "cpu", for example, might appear this way. When you mouse over the word, a balloon ad for, say, Intel CPUs will appear on top of the article, and will stay on the screen for several seconds even after you move the mouse.
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The Grand Negus wrote: "keywords" in the article will appear in a different color with a double underscore. The word "cpu", for example, might appear this way. When you mouse over the word, a balloon ad for, say, Intel CPUs will appear on top of the article, and will stay on the screen for several seconds even after you move the mouse.
Can you provide some kind of example, so I can see how bad this IntelliTxt is? Is there a particular article that has too much of it?
Also, I've noticed that in my profile, I have IntelliTxt turned off 
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The Grand Negus wrote: And please don't say, "But it brings in revenue!" That's an argument for drug dealers and whores.
Hmmm... A CP whorehouse... Like Rent-A-Coder, but without the pretense. We could even call it "Rent-A-CodeWhore"!
I would prefer that to IntelliTXT... (though, i keep IntelliTXT turned off, so it really doesn't bother me).
C'mon, Chris - whaddaya say? 
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Shog9 wrote: A CP whorehouse... Like Rent-A-Coder, but without the pretense. We could even call it "Rent-A-CodeWhore"!
 Damn, my eyeballs just fell out....oh wait...here's one, ahhh and here's the other 
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I think that was the first time I laughed so much I wanted give a post more than a 5.
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Matt Gerrans wrote: I think that was the first time I laughed so much I wanted give a post more than a 5.
I know the feeling. There have been times I wanted to vote a 6, 7, or even a 10
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It is also a matter of principle that bandwidth costs money.
You can go to the CP Store, and buy "supporter status", or any other product.
I trust the CP administration that it would drop part of the advertisement, if other sources bring enough money to sustain the site (and some money for Nish so he can get Smitha a nice anniversary gift, and a new Snowboard for Chris).
Maybe I am to trusting, but then, I hate cycles of distrust.
"But it brings revenue" is not only for drug dealers and whores, but also for billions of people to get up and dressed early in the morning.
Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers!
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
Linkify!|Fold With Us!
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peterchen wrote: You can go to the CP Store, and buy "supporter status", or any other product.
So, all you who love this site and respect its members, buy support so this IntelliTXT travesty can end!
peterchen wrote: "But it brings revenue" is not only for drug dealers and whores, but also for billions of people to get up and dressed early in the morning.
Sad. I always tell people to do what they love and love what they do and trust God to provide. And it has worked for everyone I know who has attempted it. If you're working at a job you don't like, quit. Then ask yourself, "If I had a million dollars, what would I do?" and take a first step in that direction. If the cause is worthy and your heart is true, the necessary funds will be provided by He who says, "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills." There is no need for anyone to be a whore.
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The Grand Negus wrote: If I had a million dollars, what would I do?" and take a first step in that direction.
why don't you try that i don't think it include posting junk on CP
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Amar Chaudhary wrote: why don't you try that i don't think it include posting junk on CP
This junk is entertaining, wait, I have to go bet some more popcorn and soda :->
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The Grand Negus wrote: There is no need for anyone to be a whore
You really need to take this to the Soapbox...
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The Grand Negus wrote:
So, all you who love this site and respect its members, buy support so this IntelliTXT travesty can end!
I did. But I keep IntelliTXT on too, because CP is too valuable a resource to lose. You have the option to turn off IntelliTXT, if you don't like it then do so and then shut up. It is not often that you have a choice, but here at CP you do.
You are obviously just trolling and I don't know why I've even bothered to reply...
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I wish someone - anyone - here could see that I'm not talking about IntelliTXT per se, but IntelliTXT as a bad idea - together with the fact that a bad idea plus a box to turn it off is not just a bad idea, but a worse one (due to the additional baggage). I'm talking about how bad ideas get accepted, and spread, and are then taken for granted - resulting in lower standards for all of us. I'm talking about design issues and what we, as developers, should do about them.
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I was not aware that this site had intellitxt. But now that I know, and now that I know it is optional, I went into my profile settings and turned it on. It is the least I can do to support this site.
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good, use it!!!
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