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What verb describes the act of using the phonetic alphabet? (ie: Alpha, Romeo, Foxtrot etc)
Thanks
[EDIT: Ooops seems like I misposted, should've been the Lounge  ]
... such stuff as dreams are made on
modified 12-Oct-17 9:47am.
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Idioting?
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Idioting is when you deliberately misunderstand a question.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I thought that willfully misunderstaning was ElizabethBenneting...
(I forgot the joke question. And yes, I am skilled in idioting... a Master Idiot, I think).
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Funny answer ... don't be too demanding for yourself
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The verb depends on what you're using it for (spelling, reciting, memorising etc.) You could then combine said verb with an adverb such as phonetically or acrophonically (e.g. "He spelled out the word acrophonically") but that wouldn't necessarily point to the NATO alphabet without further qualification.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I mean the verb for speaking audibly over a crappy phone or radio connection.
"Sorry I cannot hear if you are saying "F" or "S" would you please ----?"
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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spell?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I doubt that. I am pretty sure "spell it out" could be speaking like: "S", "S", "L".
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I think I'd just ask them to spell it phonetically or just prompt them with "Is that F for foxtrot, S for sierra?"
If there is a specific word for it - and I doubt that there is - it would be so obscure that they wouldn't recognise it over a crackly 'phone line.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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icaoing?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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If there were, very few people would know what you mean when you say it. 
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There is none; and you'd have to specify which phonetic alphabet, as there are multiple in use. As a programmer I never learned the "proper" words that go with each letter (except Utrecht), so I keep making new words up on the spot.
CodeProject. Cow, Opening, Donkey, Eek*, Pizza, Rats, Oven, Joker, Ethereum, Crap, Tippetytoe.
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Phoneticize? ..as in, 'can you please phoneticize that last word?' (spell checker disagrees)
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Browser Spell Checkers are often useless.
Phoneticize | Define Phoneticize at Dictionary.com[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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SELECT DATEADD(dd,DATEDIFF(dd,GETDATE(),@rundate),GETDATE()) - [ProcessSchedule].[LastRunTime] As [Difference]
So - intention is wonderfully opaque there then.
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How long has it been since it last ran? 
Am I the unofficial winner of an official no-prize? 
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Would the task have been overdue if we were at the current time on the date at which the task was due.
A very bad piece of code for a very bad business need.
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Nice to see that DD still has a foothold in programming, despite his venture into politics.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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So I have started reading the book , and on chapter 6 Functions, 6.3 Return Types and the return statement, he says :
"Return from main
There is one exception to the rule that a function with a return type other than
void must return a value: The main function is allowed to terminate without a
return. If control reaches the end of main and there is no return, then the compiler
implicitly inserts a return of 0".
And I am thinking :
What? Why mr. Lippman ? why do you have to express a simple idea in such a complicated way , and mention something that is on the edge of inaccuracy ? You should say :
There is NO exception to the rule that a function with a return type other than
void must return a value. But because we , the programmers , do not like to type things when not necessary , the compiler lets us omit typing explicitly the return 0; in function main.So instead of
int main() {
return 0;
}
you are allowed to type
int main() {
}
and the compiler will happily insert the implicit return 0; so main() returns a value as it should.
I know it is slightly longer as text , but it is what you should mention.
I have many other examples from this book on which I could complain. Generally it is a correct book , and anyone who wants to learn C++ cannot avoid it, but although the information is there (and it is correct) it always fails to present that information in a way that will help you to remember it , or fails to aid in categorizing and summarizing the new information. I constantly feel that the only way for this book to be useful is to use it as a primary trustful source for writing my own notes (and they would be as many pages as the book !). But anyway , I am doing all the exercises , and keep reading.
I plan to read on parallel the book from I.Horton, Beginning C++ (2015 edition) to get some coverage for C++14.
modified 11-Oct-17 17:41pm.
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geodoom wrote: the compiler lets us
The standard doesn't. Which compiler? Under which conditions?
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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According to this post on Stack Overflow the standard does say that if no return is hit in main, the effect is that of return 0;.
I've not verified the quote.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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It seems I confused C standard with C++. Thanks.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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 15 years ago I tried to read a book by him, but I fell asleep when I got to:
"Lippma
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Take a look at this code
static int test()
{
int \u0066\u006F\u006F;
return \u0066\u006F\u006F;
}
Did you know you could do that? I didn't - I knew you could use unicode identifiers (though I never see them in real code), but this is a whole other level of madness.
Obviously that variable is being used but is uninitialized. Try to guess what the compile error will be.
It's not "Use of unassigned local variable '\u0066\u006F\u006F'".
At least it is consistent though, it seems that identifiers written in that style are considered to be identical to the decoded version, so you can mix it with simplify writing it down, and it shows up in intellisense in decoded form and so on.
It gets better. int is a keyword, so it's blue and you can't use it as a name for a local variable except with the @-prefix. So, this works:
int \u0069\u006E\u0074 = 0;
@int++;
That second line can be typed with intellisense auto-completion! That clever bastard knows about the variable called "int" and knows it had better put the @-prefix in front too, just typing "i" calls it up in the pop-up menu. On the other hand, the tool tip for the "int" entry also shows "(local variable) int int", but this is an entry with the value type icon. (this was all in VS2010, it may have changed since then)
In total, I'm not sure whether to feel impressed or disgusted, or a bit of both.
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I added the static method test() to a LINQPad script and it showed a squiggly line on the return statement.
When I floated over it the error message is:
CS0165 Use of unassiged local variable 'foo'
That makes sense.
I set the value to 34 on the first line and it works. Wow. Never knew.
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I'm considering the option to write such a variable name as a bug... and wonder how the rest of the code looks like...
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Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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That makes sense, in an odd sort of way.
And this works:
static int test()
{
int \u0066\u006F\u006F;
foo = 6;
return \u0066\u006F\u006F;
}No compiler errors, just as you'd expect.
I'd guess it's there to allow Chinese, Katakana, Persian, ... variable names and just happens to work in English as well.
But whoever found that out and used it at the coalface should be taken out and shot...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'd guess it's there to allow Chinese, Katakana, Persian, ... variable names and just happens to work in English as well.
Maybe? I don't see much point though, since they can be used without this hexadecimal encoding step. For example, there's no problem here:
static int test()
{
int 変数 = 1;
int 整数 = 2;
return 変数 + 整数;
}
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Yes, but I couldn't type them - they all look too similar to me. So I'd need the Unicode values or copy'n'paste to modify that code.
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sequences of underscores are also valid variable names
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This looks like it has been written by a decompiler. At least I've seen dotPeek from JetBrains show me code like this a few times, but I don't remember the version.
Maybe someone decompiled another library to extract one (or a few) methods out of it without actually modifying the copied code?
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And I just thought of this...
int \u0066\u006F\u006F = 34;
Console.WriteLine(nameof( \u0066\u006F\u006F));
// writes out foo
Works in C# 6.0 and above
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Could be worse.
You'll be happy to know that I tried to assign a value to int \u263a and the IDE kvetched.
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You just need an extra 0: int \u0263a = 42;
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Sure, but that's not an emoticon.
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strText2 = WeekdayName(myCurrentDate.DayOfWeek, False, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FirstDayOfWeek.Monday)
I just found and fixed this in a half-dozen places whilst reviewing event logs for an Azure web app. TBF, this web app is for a strictly M-F organization, so there should be no activity at all on a Sunday...but it does seem to be happening from time to time.
btw, yes the datetime variable is a utc tz and dst adjusted datetime for the client. This code was basically just for display. I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but i'm not asking. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Quote: VisualBasic.FirstDayOfWeek.Monday
That's the International Standard. I don't understand what the problem was.
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The problem happens when the myCurrentDate variable represents a Sunday where myCurrentDate.DayOfWeek returns a 0. The WeekdayName function expects the first parameter to be between 1 and 7...0 throws an exception.
The corrected code is:
rText2 = WeekdayName(myCurrentDate.DayOfWeek + 1, False, Microsoft.VisualBasic.FirstDayOfWeek.Sunday)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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No, the real corrected code is:
rText2 = myCurrentDate.ToString("dddd")
Custom Date and Time Format Strings | Microsoft Docs[^]
Or, if you really want to pad the code out:
rText2 = System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.GetDayName(myCurrentDate.DayOfWeek)
The vast majority of the Microsoft.VisualBasic assembly is just there for backwards-compatibility with VB6, and should be avoided wherever possible.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thank you Richard! Helpful as always...I knew there had to be a better way!
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string isValidArticle(string article) - The Daily WTF[^]
A Zero-Day exploit in the .NET framework through the WSDL parser.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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We need a new icon for "coding horror". Perhaps a WTF with its hair standing on end?
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I've always had this standard of code that I thought was "Microsoft quality". Granted, given the number of bugs and "features over fix" commonly found in Microsoft products, this bar was not set high.
This ... "sample", for lack of a sufficiently derogatory term, just jumps on that bar and smashes it into the ground.
How the ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) that code ever made it past review, let alone testing, is beyond my too-early-in-the-morning-on-a-weekend comprehension.
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It's a shame the article doesn't quite explain the problem properly.
The code is generating a verbatim string literal, so newlines in the string don't need to be encoded or escaped.
Source:
This is a perfectly valid
verbatim string literal
across multiple lines. Output: string foo = @"This is a perfectly valid
verbatim string literal
across multiple lines.";
Unfortunately, that string literal ends up being placed in a single-line comment, which only comments out the first line. 
Source:
This is a commented-out verbatim string literal.
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("evil-code.exe");
// Output:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("evil-code.exe");
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Good find by the hackers, just reading the code made me really cringe, mainly because I'm nowhere near awake enough to parse it correctly. Whether it's a gross missnaming or the devs not checking what isValidURL() actually validates one can be certain oversights were made.
I'm in the middle of refactoring some css to make it clear and this article is yet another validation to striving to name things to the best of ones ability. My issue is naturally trivial in comparison and there is zero possibility of failing in such an impactful way, but clear code speaks for itself.
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Apart from being badly named and using a global static that code is not too bad.
The code that is the real hair-raiser is the code that assumes it is safe to comment it out using a single line comment.
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Nothing is global in .NET; also, a single static StringBuilder is not going to consume large amounts of memory.
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After finding this ultra-cool Bootstrap `DateTimePicker`, I thought I could simply select all my date-pickers by class, and apply the relevant code for the `DateTimePicker`, and I’d have elegant and working date-time pickers all over.
That was during that usual “honeymoon” period when you’ve just found a really cool hammer and can only see nails. That period passes quite quickly and then we’re left to deal with little niggly wrinkles to iron out on your new widget.
The first and biggest is that MVC “has already” turned one of my date-time inputs into a built-in browser native date picker. On Edge and Chrome the built-in picker is usable, but not good UX and somewhat unintuitive. I don’t know how other browsers present date and time pickers. If a model property is of `DateTime`, MVC scaffolds an input with type `datetime-local`, and lets the browser deal with the rest.
The code to initialize the DateTimePicker is normally simple, just call on your date-time input, like this:
$(".date-picker").datetimepicker();
Now when I did that, something weird happened. When I clicked any date-picker (input with class `date-picker`), I’d see two date-pickers: My new fancy one in the background, and overlaid on top of that, the browser date-picker – in my case Edge.
I have to first make the input a normal text input, and then the fancy DateTimePicker, for things to work as wanted, with the 3rd party date-picker in charge:
$(".date-picker").attr("type", "text");
$(".date-picker").datetimepicker();
Now I have one last “little” problem. When I click on one of my date-picklers, I get a history dropdown of recently used dates, but I suspect it is the browser’s date-picker doing this, because it drops down over my date-picker rendering it useless. Fortunately, a second click shows my date-picker without the dropdown.
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