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So some coward downvoted my link. How lame is that?
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
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And someone else voted you 5's. Idiot votes tend not to last very long. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Thank you. You are a prince among theives. 
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
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Okay: so the menu header says "Questions & Answers", the menu that is under that says "All Message Boards", the title of that page refers to "Discussion Boards" and asks you to select a "Forum".
So please pardon me for selecting the wrong word/phrase out of so many to choose from.
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
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No problem, but you see why I got confused by your post.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Thanks, I figured out where the views box is and it is nowhere near where I posted my question.
Okay....
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
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Smithers-Jones wrote: No problem, but you see why I got confused by your post.
Well it's not the OP's fault. If there's anyone responsible for the confusion it's Chris M for designing that menu that way. Kinda like putting the Exit menu-entry under the Edit menu in a Windows app. 
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Kinda like putting the Exit menu-entry under the Edit menu in a Windows app.
Or like putting the Exit menu-entry under the File menu in a Windows app. Oh, wait...
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: Or like putting the Exit menu-entry under the File menu in a Windows app. Oh,
wait...\
I am sure Ray Chen will have an explanation for that!
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I remember reading a blog post about it. Was the the one who wrote that? In any event, there should be an "Application" menu!
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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... oe putting Shutdown on the Start menu.
On consideration, I am not putting the joke icon on this. (But if there was a "cheap shot" one I'd consider it.) 
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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I'm changing this next release. Quick Answers and Discussions under separate menu headings.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: I'm changing this next release. Quick Answers and Discussions under separate
menu headings.
I just saw the menu changes. It looks good.
Thanks,
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
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Can we please get a "Not an alternate" item in the Report menu.
".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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"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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We have the "wrong type" option. We're in the middle of reworking the article system to make it far easier to switch between types.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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That's not really applicable. When someone posts a comment (that is NOT an alternate tip) to a tip/trick, they more-often-than-not incorrectly use the "Post Alternate" button. The problem is that we have no way of reporting something like that. "Wrong Type" implies that it shouldn't be something other than a tip (a blog, or an article).
".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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"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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OK, gotcha.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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You gonna have that fixed today, or am I gonna have to send Dave up there to manhandle your little furries?
(By "little furries", I mean the the hamsters, of course)
".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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"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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You keep your hands off my furries.
Not today. Soon.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Strictly speaking, it should be alternative, but alternate is now considered to be an acceptable alternative.
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Acceptable to whom?
Not to English speakers.
Americans and Canadians, perhaps, may find it acceptable.
Alternative means another option, alternate means taking it in turns.
When playing chess the two players have alternate moves.
One may alternate between Left-hand Spin and Pace Bowling.
The only alternative is adopt the bastardised nonsensical grunts and whistles that passes for language on the western side of the Atlantic.
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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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An alternate suggestion is fine and proper English. As a noun, alternate is synonymous to alternative. Your examples use the words as adjectives where they do differ in meaning; unless you're an illiterate septic of course.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Your examples use the words as adjectives
One is an adjective, but, as anyone who has bothered to attend school will tell you, my second example shows it as a verb.
Here[^] is a useful link.
As you see, there is a specific noun use, but it says that it is not to be confused with alternative.
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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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Nagy Vilmos wrote: illiterate septic
I hope that was intentional. 
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