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Good point. It may not affect me directly, but if an entire electorate is being duped, I get dragged in.  I guess there' no escaping it - which is a pretty depressing thought! 
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What is twitter?
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth.
To err is human, to arr is pirate.
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A collection of twits 
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Why did he pay so much for it?
Doesn't he know you can download the app for free.
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth.
To err is human, to arr is pirate.
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I here that this tweet explains it: When you pay $44 billion ...[^]
"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 would strongly suggest that you remove the link to your company from your signature before someone decides you are just a spammer and your account closes ...
"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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CP can do what they like, I don't care. And I'm no spammer, thank you very much. I've been on here for several years and I don't need the likes of you to tell me what to do. You might not be aware of me because I'm not usually active in the lounge, but that's your problem, not mine. I've even contributed a couple of articles, if you had taken the trouble to look, although I'm not particularly proud of EZUTF. My coding skills have improved significantly since then.
Paul Sanders
http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
modified 26-Apr-22 7:27am.
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OK Griff, tweaked my sig. Probably you meant well, but the way you phrased it pushed all my buttons, sorry.
Paul Sanders
http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
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Sorry if I pushed your buttons, that wasn't my intention.
I was trying to bring you attention to this: Spam and Abuse Watch Discussion Boards[^] which is where accounts which post site links go to die. Most of them post more links that you, but one is often enough.
It is pretty likely that your sig link is going to push other people's buttons - and that you account would be added to that list. And then it would in all likelihood close.
Because it is very close to spam: you are "an independent Windows and Mac developer working from home" so adding your URL to every message you post is going to look like spam to quite a lot of trigger-happy members, particularly if they notice the "buy" button on the menu bar ...
I think we need some official clarification:
@Sean-Ewington
Can you advise please?
"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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Thanks Griff, I appreciate the effort to communicate more clearly, and now that I've calmed down a bit I can see that you have a point. You know the way the community here works much better than I do so I should listen to you, and I certainly don't want to offend anyone or come across as some sort of self-serving jerk.
So I've added some context to that link (which I should have done a long time ago). Hopefully, that will give a better impression, let me know what you think. I don't see that including the link per-se is an issue, and I don't feel at all guilty for charging money for software I put a lot of time and passion into. It does what it sets out to do and I have a lot of happy users. And now that people know what the link is actually there for, they can ignore it if they have no interest.
Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk.
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... and I see that account is gone, good riddance.
Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk.
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Oh, and just to say (sorry to pepper you with replies!), I've been something of a 'lurker' up to now but I plan to participate a bit more actively in future. In particular, I will follow a couple of areas in which I have some expertise to see if I can make a contribution there.
You gave me a wakeup call Griff, and that's never a bad thing.
Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk.
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I look forward to seeing your stuff!
If it helps ease you in gently, then Tips were added to Articles since your 2007 contributions, which are a "simpler", "shorter" article which takes a lot less to prepare (or at least for me it does!)
"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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OK, thanks. Yes, it does tend to be a bit 'all or nothing' with me. I think, initially at least, I will follow a few relevant tags (OK, done that) and see if I can leave any pertinent comments. See you around.
Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk.
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And yes, I last contributed an article an awfully long time ago!
Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I get it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind, a quick plug for my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk.
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Cool, so next Tesla update will put twitter on the cars. Great.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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You will only be able to repower your tesla by sending twits to the loading station.
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Rage wrote: sending twits to the loading station.
That's a great idea. Reduce the population, increase the average intelligence and provide sustainable power, all in one!
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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Is that the loading platform for the phone sanitizers to get on board? 😁
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If people think that allowing one person to be in control of "Free Speech" then they are not thinking clearly. The "Free Speech" he promises will only last until he thinks something posted is not to his liking. And by then it will be too late. Yeah, true free speech would be great but only when it is controlled by all and not when one person controls whether your speech is truely free!
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Ha!
I have no idea if Musk will make a positive difference at Twitter but... the folks currently in control at Twitter have failed miserably at "Free Speech" so a change was needed.
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He's helping all the institutional investors the chance to cash out now.![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
~d~
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Of course. He is taking the company back to private status.
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I read this could mark the end of Twitter and the start of serious regulation of social media. The theory is that Musk will let Twitter descend into such a cesspool that people will leave it and things will come to the attention of Congress. Could just be wishful thinking. We'll see.
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