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The timing of this bug is actually stunning in it's elegance and inappropriateness, but unfortunately a database change last night is causing an issue with sigs. Not intentional and I'll get them back in an hour or so.
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Are you sure you want to? I'm not sure it's exactly inappropriate.
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The community demands the celebratory nipple tassel sig.
I can do naught but obey the whims of the masses.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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If only that were true.... 
".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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It's called karma. 
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So that "Quick Answers" can be absolutely avoided while user is "in the house".
modified 22-Jan-15 18:17pm.
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Not sure what you mean.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Once again I wish to register my umbrage that a QA thread I took the time to compose a reply to including links has been offed: [^].
I note that one of the three voters to kill the thread has a very low rep on CP.
If I look at a thread and see that anyone (let alone an MVP) has given a thoughtful response, I will abstain from reporting it as not-a-question, since, so often, what is opaque to me is, evidently, transparent to others. Perhaps this is foolishness ?
The original text of my response was recoverable in "squnched" form: [^].
imho, the "right thing" to have done with a question and response like this would have been to relocate it to the Adobe Forum.
thanks, Bill
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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I can ensure you that when I reported that question as 'unclear or incomplete' your answer wasn't there!
I also remember to commenting to look for Blend for Visual Studio...However it didn't made the question more clear to me...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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The question is absolutely clear to me. He's asking if a UI drawn in a glorified paint program like Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop can be turned into a real, active UI and how to do it. I would have given a different and snarky (and apparently incorrect) answer to the question than Bill did. Bill's answer was enlightening to me as I didn't know that there was software like that available...
So, it would have been better to have asked for clarification and then upon reply you could have then decided what to do...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Hi, No offense intended, and your point is well taken.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I can ensure you
"Assure"...
".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 can understand your frustration, but the trigger was not the "low rep" member (in this instance I feel attacked as I'm also a low rep). If same happens, and e.g. another high rep member was the third....where is the difference?
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Hi Bruno,
I certainly never assume that anyone is not very intelligent, and thoughtful, because they have a low-rep on CodeProject ! And, I don't assume the reverse either 
However, reputation is the one metric of possible involvement in CP, and understanding the "rules of the road, here, that we have available. There is a whole set of privileges that come with increasing rep in various categories, so there's nothing new there. While anyone can report a message/question, etc., as spam or abuse, I question the idea that someone very new to the site, with minimum involvement, should be able to participate in removing a thread on technical grounds.Bruno Sprecher wrote: in this instance I feel attacked as I'm also a low rep
I have noticed that you have been very "reactive" personally in your participation here, at one point even canceling your account: this reactivity is something you will have to work out in the privacy of your own soul, and I hope you do find a way to completely enjoy every aspect of participating in this site, without anxiety, or any sense that what other people may do/say/write here is "aimed" at you.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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Dear Bill
First of all, thank you very much for such a detailed reply for this topic.
"...this reactivity is something you will have to work out in...": Very well observed! I'm working on it. Strange, this behaviour I developed here on CP, no idea why sometimes(?) comments here triggers me here that much. Maybe because I feel decried because I'm a low rep member....
But coming back to your subject:
In case the thrid member was a >100k member, it remains the same and the Trigger was not the low rep member.
Kind regards
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I hate "On your face" ads in the website.But I really apreciate how the ads are being done in CP . Its a win-win for the site and members like me. I know site have a strict policy of what Kind of ads to be displayed.
My only suggestion or question is if there is a chance for some ads based on the country member has logged in.
For eg, Vodaphone or Nissan or trainings ads of Germany ( country I login from)instead of USA?
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Ok, Let me rephrase it. I access CP most of the time from my Office network. So IP address or local location may change as we use Proxy .
So it would be a wonderful idea if there is a checkbox to indicate where you are located and ads from that area is given priority instead based on the IP address (proxy or not).
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified 22-Jan-15 8:12am.
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I am in Germany, and the ads are indeed located.
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Ok, Let me rephrase it. I access CP most of the time from my Office network. So IP address or local location may change as we use Proxy etc.
So it would be a wonderful idea if there is a checkbox to indicate where you are located and ads from that area is given priority instead based on the IP address (proxy or not).
cheers,
Super
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Oh, I see now what you mean. That could indeed be interesting.
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So you get ads for Lederhosens and sun lounger sized beach towels?
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super wrote: So it would be a wonderful idea if there is a checkbox to indicate where you are located and ads from that area is given priority instead based on the IP address
Let me get this straight:
You're asking us to improve ad targeting so the ads shown to you are more relevant and make more sense to you?
You bring a tear to my eye and I could hug you. I would hug you if you'd stand still long enough.
We spend an inordinate amount of time trying to ensure our ads make sense and are relevant. We're actually battling an issue at the moment that's making it painful to target certain ads in certain spots (eg someone just wants to show their ads in a certain subsection). There's a super-easy solution for us, but it would remove our ability to show you a "I don't like this ad" button on ads from our remnant provider. I never want to take that away from you because we need to hear from you if the ads suck.
So: we may be able to do this. Geotargeting is mostly based on IP because no one seems to trust anyone when they say what country they are from. I'll see if we can override this, though.
[Update: I just checked, and unfortunately no, we can't override it. Doing so would open the way to abuse, and click and impression fraud is a Big Deal in the ad world, so our provider blocks us from tampering]
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I just checked, and unfortunately no, we can't override it.
Let me ask in another way, CP has list of approved ad which it displays,Based on other memeber's observation, he gets localised ad from germany which I may get also when I login from home which I usually do not.
When I use CP from my office network and mostly I am online all the time, the IP adresses is proxied either from UK or USA. So is there a way if I can set the location as Germany so that Ads from germany are having a priority over other ads. If there is nothing else to display then routine ads will take over.
Just asking .. If not I understand
cheers,
Super
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super wrote: is there a way if I can set the location as Germany so that Ads from germany are having a priority over other ads
Unfortunately no.
We use DART as our backend ad server and it's locked down. It simply will not let us tell it where a member is from because it can directly affect the money side of things.
Say a site uses DART and they have two advertisers: one paying a $1 to show ads in Germany, and $10 to show ads in the US. The site owner has lots of German viewers so gets mostly $1. The site owner wants a new BMW and so starts telling DART that all its users are actually in the US. He now gets $10. The advertisers now start seeing lots of German customers for their US-only product and get cranky.
DART bypasses the whole discussion by saying "I'll tell you where your users are because I know best".
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Aha, Thanks for the explaination. Now it makes sense. Just wanted to know....
I better start accessing CP from home couple of times then
cheers,
Super
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