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The first value is approximate because I didn't write it down. I was just trying to see if I could make him spew...
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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Now that you mention it, I was 5-voting a few posts earlier today, and I just checked, and they don't seem to be reflected in my posted rep points yet. Is there some kind of ref points backlog? Or is it possible the rep points have been exhausted, like the souls in the guff? What do you think? Should I submit a new article, or just slam in 5 new Tips? I think I could probably boost it to over 100K. If only I had some bad airline experiences to vent about, or maybe some telco problems. Ah, shoot. I don't have any of those. Wait - a little old lady cut me off at the checkout line at Starbucks. Maybe I could post about that. Quite traumatizing, really. And the coffee that day was not that good, either. One of those coffees with the picture of an elephant - you know the one I mean? Nasty stuff. Of course, Dunkin Donuts always had better coffee, but they're doing poorly, because these fat-assed Californians have all turned into veggie tree-hugging tea-drinkers. Except, of course, the Tea Party fruitloops, who I'm sure drink way too much coffee anyway. So, anyway, if you could gimme 5 I'd appreciate it.
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Hans Dietrich wrote: So, anyway, if you could gimme 5 I'd appreciate it.
Done, but use those points wisely. Once you've accumulated more than 100,000 points, you can try to leave the temple.
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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Sorry Hans, Starbucks drivel does not belong in a serious forum such as this one. Please move over to the Lounge. And why are you mentioning the R word again? I feel I should down-vote you, but I'll show some mercy for this once.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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OK, I decided to take a cue from the master, so I called up a few airlines, told the person who answered that "My friend Christian thinks you suck" just to get some bad feelings started. Didn't work. Every one of them replied, "Ooooooh. You know Christian Slater? Can you get me his autograph?"
So I guess I'll go back to writing articles. At least there I know where I stand. "Do you have this in C#?" Oh yes, I have that in the back. What version .NET would you like? "Do you have a DLL I can use with Python?" Sure, it's in the download. "This doesn't work on my iFad." You have to upgrade your BIOS.
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...actually I just want to see Hans toss his cookies[^].
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I really hope that's not a euphemism 
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier. (Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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Oh man, that was my new Saitek too.
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Really... 'Rep points sucks today' :P
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If it doesn't exist already (I haven't seen it) then we need some official guidelines to follow.
I've been thinking this since the comment system (which is a huge improvement) was introduced.
For example, here[^] Abhinav S's 'answer' isn't really an answer it should be a comment IMO. JSOP has essentially made the same comment but at least attempted to guess the question and provide an answer so fair enough.
Not a huge problem but maybe worth a 'How to answer/comment' sticky?
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier. (Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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Nobody would read it because you don't get reputation points for reading the FAQs. 
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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I thought that too but I try not to be cynical. Maybe I should just be pedantic and add comments to answers that should be comments?
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier. (Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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the problem is, you can't really add answers to comments that should be answers...
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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I would comment, but I'm afraid of the answers I'd get.
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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words of wisdom.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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pretty soon we will get defamed for using the R word...
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Do we need a special forum just for people to vent/suggest/question their rep points? I mean, this is getting just as bad as sports in the Lounge.
Get a life, guys. Most people don't give a flying hamster. If you weren't pestering Chris with this drivel, maybe he could be working on some really important stuff, like, I dunno,
how about....?
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I mostly agree; you should note however it was Chris who invented (or borrowed?) the rep stuff. And adding clarifications to the rep FAQ would reduce these continuous questions and discussions...
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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I realize that. I just want to stop the deluge of posts in this forum.
If you like the idea of a separate forum, please let Chris know.
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I don't hhink it needs its own forum. I think the FAQs could use some sprucing up. In fact, the site needs a centralized FAQ page that links to all of the FAQs, and a link to that page should be placed just above the "Articles" section on the left-side menu.
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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So you discovered that one too?  It is good.
Some loopholes in the rep FAQ are causing lots of redundant questions as of late though.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Yeah, I already know about that, but the new guys aren't apparently able to find it.
Maybe new users should be required to read the FAQs before posting anything on the site. That way, they can't say they "didn't know" the rules.
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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Gimme a break, John. A Wikipedia-sized FAQ wouldn't address some of the questions about rep points. I don't have anything against rep points (or the pursuit thereof); I'm just tired of seeing them whenever I read this forum.
Where are my rep points for [ voting up | voting down | not voting ]?
How come my rep points [ went up | went down | stayed the same ]?
Do I get more rep points during the week or on weekends?
Je suis Canadien. Dois-je obtenir des points rep plus?
Why aren't man-points included in my total rep points?
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I'm sick of them. PLEASE put them in their own forum.
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Hans Dietrich wrote: Why aren't man-points included in my total rep points?
Hey, that was an important one...
And you forgot this one:
If I were alone in the woods and got down-voted, would I still lose reputation points?
And in truth, no amount of "fixing" any of the help/FAQs on the site would fix this problem. I think Chris may be better off replacing all that text with a single statement:
"We make it up as we go."
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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