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Gary Wheeler wrote: Sigh. The majority of our products[^] run on XP, so that's what our development machines run. Also, corporate IT is glacially slow about updating operating systems and such. There would be Profound Consequences if we updated to Win7 without their permission  .
... like having enough memory available to run a modern IDE without swapping?
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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We routinely have to replace hard drives in our development machines because the sectors where pagefile.sys is written have been worn through.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: have been worn through
Have you tried moving the page file to a new sector, and then maybe rebalancing the platter with a bit of, say, chewing gum or something to make up for the reduction in material on one side of the platter? It'll speed things up by allowing it to spin faster. Trust me.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'll try that. Given our recent austerity measures(*), the bean counters will love it.
(*) They laid off all of our contract employees, including our technicians  . We now have expensive engineers doing the work our $15/hour techs used to do  .
Got any gum I can borrow? Pre-chewed is okay.
Software Zen: delete this;
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This is an issue with IE8. Still trying to get it sorted.
Works fine on IE9, Chrome and FF. Not that I would ever suggest members ditch old browsers like they were last month's TouchPad or anything 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Unfortunately I'm using XP for this particular box, which means I'm stuck with IE8. Corporate IT frowns(*) on 'non-aligned browsers' (i.e. not IE, pardon the expression), so Firefox/Chrome would be problematic.
(*) They have been known to remotely uninstall such things using their system mangling management toolset.
As always, thanks for the effort.
Chris Maunder wrote: last month's TouchPad or anything
You know, it might be time to upgrade the old iPaq server farm to TouchPads.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Only conventionally installed browsers, or also portable ones that don't have an incriminating installer listed in the registry?
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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It's not been important enough to me to push the issue. We exercise a certain amount of care when poking the corporate IT bear with a stick.
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Why does "He who shall not be named" have 3 articles from 2007 and 2009 in the "Articles needing approval" list on the home page??
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Surely a sign of the End Times!
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Looks like that bug-out bag thread is more timely than even I imagined it would be. 
".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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Like dead bodies, things sometimes float to the surface if you go mucking about in the mud.
(We're looking into it)
Mr Sergio himself tipped us off: Some of his articles had been deleted many moons ago - possibly drafts or incomplete articles he didn't get a chance to finish. We made a change over the weekend that now allows you to delete permanently, or better still, undelete old, deleted articles, and it was the latter that Bill took advantage of.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
modified on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:45 PM
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Chris Maunder wrote: Mr Sergio himself tipped us off:
Ah, contact with the man. Your day is blessed, Chris
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We're all blessed, Nish.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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No, we're all lucky. Lucky to be alive nowadays...
".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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While his responses have been childish and he has seemingly shown no intention to put a stop to your "fight", he's a relative newbie/infrequent poster here.
But as a long time member who's well respected here, why did you have to retort with an insuting response? You could have ignored it and moved on to the next post. You are very good Mark, but you could be better than very good if you could try and control your "semi-rude" auto-responses (just my opinion).
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Yes, point taken. Electronic communication doesn't convey all meaning and sometimes sarcasm and wit (being generous to myself), isn't perceived by everyone. I am very sarcastic, its a character trait, or flaw depending on your point of view, like many others here, and isn't going to change.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
"The OP herself was not sure about her question"
"The OP is from India and I know what she meant."
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Mark Nischalke wrote: I am very sarcastic, its a character trait, or flaw depending on your point of
view, like many others here, and isn't going to change.
Personally, I love sarcasm. Malayalam, my native language, uses sarcasm to a very high degree, so I naturally transitioned to a similar approach when using English (spoken and written). However it's quite easily misinterpreted on forums, specially when there are non-native speakers present, and so I usually avoid it unelss I am sure everyone understands I am being funny (or trying to be anyway).
Thanks Mark.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: everyone understands I am being funny
you are & we do
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Yes sarcasm is one thing but reverting to calling one a pervert and moron is just out of line. Oh well, I've been around long enough to see this type of user come and go. I can wait.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
"The OP herself was not sure about her question"
"The OP is from India and I know what she meant."
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Mark Nischalke wrote: but reverting to calling one a pervert and moron is just out of line.
I agree, that is way out of line.
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As my friend John Cardinal likes to say, if you want to see less of something on the internet, just ignore it.
Let it go, Mark.
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Hans Dietrich wrote: Let it go
Yes. As I said I have, yet this user has escalated to abusiveness despite that. Now it's time for a third-party to intervene and mediate. We can disagree with each other without being disagreeable and certainly without the abusive language, there is no call for referring to someone as a pervert and moron.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
"The OP herself was not sure about her question"
"The OP is from India and I know what she meant."
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