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link to offending item.........or it didn't happen! simples 
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pompous little twit[^] (and surrounding madness)
After warning that he was starting to get out of line..
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Where the refresh button is used to have the 'Number of messages' figure.
I have looked everywhere, down the back of the sofa, in the Man Drawer, in that little pot in the kitchen where all the weird things go, and nothing.
They are not to be found.
Have you put them somewhere safe?
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
Trolls[ ^]
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A mate popped round last night to borrow them, He assured me no one would notice them gone.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I don't think you will get them back, I'm sure I have just seen them on fleebay.
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Again?? 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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This blog post should be removed: Windows 7 Ribbon – Part 1 – How to Integrate a Simple Ribbon to your MFC Application?[^]
The blog post itself is no longer available and the images don't show up. I recommend putting every blog post on a "watch list" that will - on a regular basis - check links and remove the blog post when image links, etc., are no longer available. Keeping these posts on CodeProject cheapens the reliability and integrity of CodeProject, and should be dealt with immediately.
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Done - thanks Hans.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Some of the post and reply's have a smaller icon and text aswell as the icon of the poster and name of the poster.
Seems to be with all the upvoted posts.
If it's intended I don't see the point in it, it disrupts the forum layout.
Chrome 12.0.742.122
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I just beat you by that much. 
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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Pfff I'm on vacation so I type slower now 
And it's not only the new icon but the entire subject line (with icons) that is smaller than the rest.
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Yeah, looks like you are correct (I just tested on a few of your posts). I think whatever style is applied to the star gets applied to the pin icon too, which shrinks the pin icon, which reduces the height of the subject line (because the pin was formerly the tallest element).
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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Ah, sorry about that. I've updated the CSS. Should be better.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yep looks good now
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When did you sneak that in? I like it. 
Now, next to any downvoted messages should be a steaming pile of...
You can even make an animated GIF with flies buzzing around it.
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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Also, I just noticed a style problem. Any post in the Lounge that has a star and a "New" icon will have the "New" icon shrunk to the size of the star.
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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Hi Chris,
Can you consider making comments mandatory when a person decides to downvote an answer in the Q&A section? Many of my answers (which I believe to be correct) have been downvoted. While I don't bother losing reputation points, I would be worried if someone chose to ignore my answer because of the downvotes.
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The problem with this is the fact that downvoting with comments can simply be overcome by somebody typing "asdfg" which means that there's no value added with it.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: there's no value added with it
Yes there is. Then you know who is downvoting you, which makes it easier to spot trolls. You can also report comments... it could be implemented that, if there are enough reports, the comment gets removed and the vote along with it (like messages in articles).
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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And how, other than causing feuds, does knowing who downvoted you help? It hasn't helped with articles, so why would it work there?
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It limits trollish behavior, because people shy away from publicly being an ass. Also, you can now report trolls. Enough votes, and their account is suspended.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: It hasn't helped with articles
Somebody downvoted one of my articles for no good reason. After enough votes to remove, their message was automatically removed, along with their vote.
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: And how, other than causing feuds, does knowing who downvoted you help?
Come on, Pete. Isn't this what you really meant: And how, other than causing feuds, does downvoting help?
My answer: downvoting doesn't help anything or anyone, in any circumstance.
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Hans Dietrich wrote: My answer: downvoting doesn't help anything or anyone, in any
circumstance.
Absolutely right!
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It motivates authors who have written crappy articles to improve them. It also helps people searching for quality articles avoid crappy ones.
If you are one of those who thinks we should only upvote, my answer to that is that it doesn't differentiate between unpopular articles and crappy articles.
"Articles" is interchangable in this case with "questions", "answers", and "messages". Downvotes are a useful feedback mechanism, even if it's not a perfect system.
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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AspDotNetDev wrote: Downvotes are a useful feedback mechanism, even if it's not a perfect system.
Downvoting is not only not perfect, it is the worst possible system. It is extremely unlikely that an author of a crappy article will think, "Oh wait. I might get downvoted".
AspDotNetDev wrote: my answer to that is that it doesn't differentiate between unpopular articles and crappy articles.
Are you saying you can't distinguish between an article getting no votes (in the "no downvoting" scenario), and an article (today) getting low votes? I can't believe you mean that.
I think what you're missing are all the people (yes, a lot of them new authors) who come to this forum and ask, Why was I downvoted? If my article is so bad, maybe I should just remove it? It's hard to explain to these authors, after taking a close look at their article, that their article is actually pretty good, but that CodeProject has a problem with malicious, immature downvoters, who come to this site simply to cause trouble, like it was a game.
It's a game that the owners of this site can put a stop to immediately, but so far have refused to do so. But don't worry, their reason for not fixing this problem is the same lame reason you just gave, so I doubt if it will ever be fixed, even with all the people who come to this forum looking for answers. And even after other senior members here tell them to eliminate downvoting.
So please do me a favor. The next time an author posts here about a downvote, take a look at his article, and explain to the author why downvoting is a Good Thing. It sickens me to think of the number of productive new authors who have been driven away by this stupid and unnecessary voting system.
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