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We've been very, very hands off on the Soapbox but frankly this forum has lost its meaning for us. The goal was to provide a place where members could have a good old rant about stuff that affects their daily programming lives. It's become a place to bait and troll.
The anger, the pointless ribbing of other members, the general darkness here is not making me proud of what we've built. There needs to be a change or we will just walk away and close the doors on this forum.
So:
1. No personal attacks. I can't even believe I need to write that one out on CodeProject.
2. No trolling. No deliberating picking something you know will upset others just for entertainment.
3. No hate talk, racism, sexism, anything that's just outright unpleasant. We're not asking you to be angels, but we are saying you need to apply basic decency to your discussions.
4. Threads that seem designed to inflame pointlessly will get locked.
5. We're the final judge. There's no debating if we kick you off the forum or off the site. We are very lenient so you know we don't do that on a whim, so if you're off you're off. We won't be giving you the pleasure of a public fight about it.
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 7-Feb-18 22:55pm.
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Humans Are Causing Earth To Wobble More As It Spins, NASA Finds[^]
Now we've screwed up our orbit. 
Attention Earthlings! We're going to need everyone to start spreading out. No more congregating along the coasts. Move inland. Plenty of land for everyone. Spread out! Climate change will be the least of our worries if we're hurling into the sun!
US! China! India! This means you!!!!
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The order of magnitude is probably negligible.
Mike Mullikin wrote: we're hurling into the sun!
I will hold a party so we can enjoy it
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We will need a lot 
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That can sorted if we dump some weight (equivalent to China and India's population weight) in Peru, Chile, Argentina and off the West coast of South America.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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It's not the Earth's orbit around the Sun that it affected; only the Earth's spin (i.e. the day).
The Sun and Moon have a much larger effect, causing the precession of the equinoxes (the direction of the Earth's axis moves in a circle taking about 25,000 YEARS to complete).
Even if we launched all of humanity into interplanetary space, it would have only a tiny effect on the Earth's ORBIT.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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OK, but what if we all jumped on the spot and landed at the same time.
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How about if we just launched all the politicians?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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A F-3 tornado hit a neighborhood close to mine (less than a mile). Although we got strong winds the tornado did not hit my house directly. Found a few shingles had flew off my roof, but that is it.
In the neighborhood where it hit, many houses were badly damaged and roofs completely torn off, cars capsized.
Where I live, this is a very, if not unique, event. In my 55 years of existence, I never heard of something like this.
I am not a strong proponent of climate change and not a denier either, but events like this make me think. Especially with the many heat waves we got this summer. Hottest summer since temperatures are recorded (150ish years) in Montreal (around 120 miles east of here).
modified yesterday.
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The Centrist wrote: I am not a strong proponent of climate change and not a denier either, but events like this make me think
Don't worry... Matt will soon come to prove you that climate change doesn't exit.
M.D.V. 
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On a serious note... I hope nobody got hurt, other damages are rebuildable.
M.D.V.
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I did not hear of any serious injuries or death.
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Oh, it's one of those weeks is it? I can never remember where we are on the scale:
- Climate change doesn't exist;
- Climate change exists, but it's not caused by humans;
- Climate change exists, and is caused by humans, but it's a good thing;
- Oh sh*t, we're all screwed.
"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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I think you are answerign to the wrong guy 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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I think these things, tornados, can happen anywhere, When I was a kid, over 50 years ago, a tornado ripped through Sydney northern suburbs, it was 3 houses wide when it reached our area, we were the middle one. I don't think there has been another tornado in the area since.
When you said an F3 tornado I thought you were talking about a plane crash 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I hope that everybody was okay and didn't loose anything important. An EF-3 is nothing to scoff at. Tornadoes are frightful things. Be grateful that you don't live down here in the plains states. According to the Storm Prediction Center [^], since 1962 and within in 120km of my community there have been 297 EF-0, 166 EF-1, 83 EF-2, 30 EF-3, 10 EF-4, and 1 EF-5 tornadoes. That singular EF-5 tornado is why the entire neighborhood I live in now was rebuilt back in the sixties. We don't get hurricanes and flooding is occasional but tornadoes are the premier threat from March to October.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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Foothill wrote: I hope that everybody was okay and didn't loose anything important
No reports of injured or dead people, that is good.
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That is very good to hear.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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If a second referendum is good or bad... daresay that has been discussed enough already.
Now I am just wondering: if there is a second national vote with a new result... What should that be called? unbrexit? Brire-enter? Re-xit? 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
modified yesterday.
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br-exitus?
M.D.V.
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Brexitexit? Because you exit your exit plan?
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_signature))
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + _signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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megaadam wrote: What should that be called?
Proof that you cannot leave our Hotel California.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Brake-it, or maybe Break-it.
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