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Hans Dietrich wrote: Does the beta chart of "Article page views by day"
Ok maybe I'm blind, but where can I find that chart 
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. (Charles M Strauss)
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It's a beta feature available to Gold level authors only at this point
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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There has been a worrying rise in the number of racial slurs appearing on CP lately, and extraordinarily not in the Soapbox. Worse yet, the cult of personality is clearly in effect as these comments are never stamped on or treated with the derision they deserve.
I've heard the "It's just my sense of humour" excuse, and this just doesn't cut the mustard: what we have here is plain, old-fashioned bigotry. It needs to be stopped.
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martin_hughes wrote: I've heard the "It's just my sense of humour" excuse
It's probably meant with sincerity because what I've found is that many people who are inherently racist do not know this and think they are just being humorous. That's why they get mad and jump at you if you casually suggest that perhaps their joke wasn't really so funny and how it may have been a tad on the racist side.
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Vote the messages as inappropriate and reply with a simple "that's inappropriate". If the behaviour continues I'll step in, but I would also like the community to self-police in a mature manner.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: but I would also like the community to self-police in a mature manner.
Nice willing, but the problem is that it implies common sense from all users and... I better don't continue 
Greetings.
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M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
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What follows next? No more jokes that depend on a punchline like "I wished for a chick with a big ass?" No more threads about overweight men? No more criticism of radical muslims when they become suicide bombers as an expression of religious freedom? And no use of language like "illegal aliens," right?
I agree sometimes the jokes are hurtful and sometimes it's legit to question whether the attempt to be humorous is only an excuse. But I don't see how Chris can spend all day making sure everything that's said doesn't offend anyone. Humor requires someone to be the butt of a joke. If you can laugh at a dumb blonde joke, you shouldn't cry at a dumb Pole joke.
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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It's the blatantly offensive comments such as "Offering a ham sandwich to a starving Muslim" and "[Is there] Intelligent life in India" I object to.
There is a world of difference between discussion and criticism on immigration, radicalised Islam, politics, religion etc. and those examples I gave above. The two are not in the slightest bit the same.
Oakman wrote: Humor requires someone to be the butt of a joke.
That's the kind of excuse the likes of Bernard Manning, Jim Davidson and Roy "Chubby" Brown used when they went on stage and talked about "Thieving Pakis" and "Stupid Blacks". Not in the slightest bit funny, and deeply offensive. You'll notice how the "someone" morphs into an entire race of people very easily.
Oakman wrote: But I don't see how Chris can spend all day making sure everything that's said doesn't offend anyone.
Well I'm going to follow his advice above. I expect I'll get flamed. A lot. But at least I'll have contributed something worthwhile to the site.
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martin_hughes wrote: That's the kind of excuse the likes of Bernard Manning, Jim Davidson and Roy "Chubby" Brown used
It's also the 'kind of excuse' used by Aristophanes, Moliere, and G.B. Shaw when they were criticised for their outrageous (to someone) comedy.
martin_hughes wrote: Well I'm going to follow his advice above.
"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" - wm Shakespeare.
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Oakman wrote: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" - wm Shakespeare.
"No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration." - Martin Van Buren
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martin_hughes wrote: "No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration." - Martin Van Buren
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. ~ James Baldwin 
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Oakman wrote: Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. ~ James Baldwin
"Of two evils we must always choose the least." - Thomas a Kempis
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martin_hughes wrote: "Of two evils we must always choose the least." - Thomas a Kempis
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before." - Mae West
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Oakman wrote: "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before." - Mae West
"I'll leave you to your quoting; it's late, and I'm going to bed!" - Me 
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I suggest to enable searching for members by Location to allow developers to get in contact with their civilians, colleague friends, find jobs , etc.
Mohammed Gouda
foreach(Minute m in MyLife)
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There are privacy issues involved that make this difficult.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Sorry, It seems I did not express myself well
I do not want private info
Just searching by location to find all persons from my country
No more ...
I can easly know the location of every one while reading his article or message by clicking on his name, (e.g. you are from Canada) which means that this info is not secret
And few months ago you was enabling searching by member name
So, What is the problem in enabling searching by location
Mohammed Gouda
foreach(Minute m in MyLife)
myExperience++;
modified on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:08 AM
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You originally said you wanted this to connect with people in your area. Now you're just curious? Yes, we list our country, but privacy laws protect HOW this data is accessed.
Does it matter what I write here? Someone just has to say something about it.
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leckey wrote: but privacy laws protect HOW this data is accessed
I was surprised that you are neither a system admin nor a site builder to answer my question.
Also, I was surprised by your Biography
However, I still waiting for a reasonable reply from Mr. Chris Maunder
Mohammed Gouda
foreach(Minute m in MyLife)
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Mohammed Gouda wrote: I was surprised that you are neither a system admin nor a site builder to answer my question.
Also, I was surprised by your Biography
However, I still waiting for a reasonable reply from Mr. Chris Maunder
Leckey is an active member of this site, and well respected by many. She has a sharp mind on her, and I'd be surprised (very surprised) if Chris' opinion was wildly different.
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I don't think he meant harm; my bio would be confusing for those who didn't see the Lounge collapse upon itself.  But I always like the nice comments!
Does it matter what I write here? Someone just has to say something about it.
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leckey wrote: I don't think he meant harm
Ofcourse, I just found it irrelative to programming
leckey wrote: But I always like the nice comments!
Thanks
Mohammed Gouda
foreach(Minute m in MyLife)
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Mohammed Gouda wrote: leckey wrote:
But I always like the nice comments!
Thanks [Big Grin]
I hardly believe she was referring to you.
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
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