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The Soapbox allows you to stand up and have a rant, tell a bad joke, complain about someone or post stuff that that may not be appropriate for reading at work and/or isn't strictly IT industry related. It is rated M. Do not post anything offensive or which breaches the Terms of Use. Do not post programming questions (use the programming forums for that) and please don't post ads.
Seems like the part about not posting offensive stuff contradicts the beginning.
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It's like the Amex charge cards. In theory there is no credit limit, but in practice there is. Some people can go up to 20K, others can go as high as 100K. 
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What's my limit then? 
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: What's my limit then?
You'd have to find out I guess
Knowing you, I'd say it's not likely you'd ever cross your undocumented limit!
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: Knowing you, I'd say it's not likely you'd ever cross your undocumented
limit!
Because I'm too prudish or too smart to ever try?
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: Because I'm too prudish or too smart to ever try?
Or because you are not a jerk
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i loled hard at this one. 
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They do have a credit limit... who told you otherwise (except for black cards)? ...they just don't put it on statements... and it's a soft limit, meaning they can increase it on the spot.
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Albert Holguin wrote: They do have a credit limit
Yeah they do. They won't tell you though
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They want you to feel wealthy.. 
Maybe you'll spend more...
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Strictly speaking they don't have a credit limit since they are not credit cards. They will, however, sometimes limit the amount they will allow you to spend on a single transaction. Much depends on your history of spending and paying back.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
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Why do you need to be offensive to have a rant, tell a bad joke, complain about someone or post stuff that that may not be appropriate for reading at work and/or isn't strictly IT industry related? There's a fine line, definitely, but they aren't the same.
I keep assuming common sense would be applied. Is that the wrog assumption?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: I keep assuming common sense would be applied. Is that the wrog assumption?
After running a public forum/online community for over a decade, I bet you know the answer to that one but retain an illogical hope that you may someday be convinced otherwise.
Oh btw, do not search for that typo on urban dictionary (nsfw).
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A bad joke usually means offensive. Otherwise, it isn't a joke if it is bad in the technical sense (i.e., bad = naughty vs. bad = lame). Not appropriate for reading at work is also usually offensive (i.e., sex, religion, etc.). You're bound to offend someone.
I agree that common sense needs to be applied, but people have different opinions and thresholds on what's funny and what isn't.
I didn't get to see MM's post, but from what I read of the replies, the boys were definitely not offended, while the ladies (note the sexism in terms) most certainly were. It probably wasn't Lounge material, but unless he was being anatomically descriptive, I think the Soapbox would have been fine as is with it.
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Cannot this apparent "contradiction," to you, be solved by simply never visiting the SoapBox, as I do ?
Reminds me of a Thai proverb where someone is complaining about something irritating them, and the response by someone else translates as: "why do you think this particular ant is in your ear ?"
best, Bill
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard Feynman
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Hey Guys,
I was replying to a message posted on one of my article and was surprised to see the Vote option available to me which let me choose the vote (of 5  ). Though I did not vote for myself so not sure if it does allow me to vote but I believe that the option should not be available at all.
Best,
Aniruddha
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality!!!
http://aniruddhaloya.blogspot.com
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Yes, you can.
It reduces the number of sock-puppet accounts
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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There are authors who vote 5s on their own articles and there are some who don't (out of old fashioned values). To level the playing field, everytime a new article is submitted, it would be nice if there was an auto-vote of 5 from the author (multiple 5s for multiple authors).
That's what reddit does. Any submisison automatically gets an upvote from the submitter.
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: it would be nice if there was an auto-vote of 5 from the author
Ah, but, Nish-ji, doesn't the automatic awarding of rep points in the "Author" category already do this, effectively ?
But, then I am unaware of what the whole "sock-puppet" thing is about, other than it's an attempt to "game the system," which, imho, deserves the permanent ban of both puppet and puppet-master, assuming the Gepetto involved can be identified along with the Pinocchio(es).
best, Bill
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard Feynman
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BillWoodruff wrote:
Ah, but, Nish-ji, doesn't the automatic
awarding of rep points in the "Author" category already do this, effectively
?
Well, I am talking about achieving party between authors who self vote a 5 and those that don't. Those that don't will always lose out on that one 5 vote.
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I should stop downvoting my posts... 
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*.master files contains the markups for ASP.NET master pages.
I think it should be displayed and highlighted within ASP.NET syntax when a user click one of them in tab Browse Code of articles.
Help people,so poeple can help you.
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Added. It will be available in the next release.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Recently I had a delightful exchange of messages with SledgeHammer007 around the issues of skills in "algorithmic" thinking, knowledge, and implementation vs. what you might call "coding with intimate knowledge of platform structure." And, indirectly, the issue of folks coming to coding from an academic background vs. self-taught programmers.
007's final (patient) message to me in that series[^], had a very interesting kind of "time-line" overview of the way the focus of interviews have changed over the last years, as we all have become web-bifidal (web bi-focal ? webifried ?).
In other posts in that series of exchanges I experienced '007 as speaking, eloquently, about the difference between the scenarios of being hired as a programming team member vs. being hired as a "programming lead," and the dynamics of being interviewed by a project manager vs. technical peers.
This triggered the "odd idea" of floating the idea of a forum devoted entirely to job interviews: hopefully, it might include :"fresh" reports from interviewees, discussion of 3rd. party vendors who claim to prepare you for getting certain types of coding jobs by offering whatever for sale, relative value of "certifications" from Microsoft and others, etc.
Discussions on head-hunters, on-line job-sites like "RentACoder," etc. ?
Tips and tricks on handling the usual absurd questions asked in HR screenings like: "tell us about a time you had a problem in the workplace with a co-worker, that interfered with your work, and what you did to resolve it ?"
Just a thought.
best, Bill
"Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the surface of a leaf. We must somehow take a wider view, look at the whole landscape, really see it, and describe what's going on here. Then we can at least wail the right question into the swaddling band of darkness, or, if it comes to that, choir the proper praise." Annie Dillard
modified 6-Feb-12 8:55am.
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