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rnbergren wrote: alot of dribble
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I'm a little late to this question! I enjoy contributing answers and I browse other people's answers, occasionally there's a diamond in all the noise that makes it worth while.
Marc
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Almost done building a custom UI scripting engine...
Downside - it was a pain in the ass.
Upside - cut a full-day process down to 20-25 minutes (depending on speed of target web site).
I had to access a proprietary database that has no public-facing web service/access method, and to make matters worse, the web page was being rendered through Flash, so I couldn't just scrape the html for the data. Instead, I had to build a scripting engine that clicks the mouse, manipulates windows, and looks for visual screen changes, all without knowing what the end-user's screen resolution is going to be... Part of the process involved saving the data as XLS fles that I can then load/manipulate with regular code.
".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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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I had to access a proprietary database that has no public-facing web service/access method, and to make matters worse, the web page was being rendered through Flash, so I couldn't just scrape the html for the data. Instead, I had to build a scripting engine that clicks the mouse, manipulates windows, and looks for visual screen changes, all without knowing what the end-user's screen resolution is going to be... Part of the process involved saving the data as XLS fles that I can then load/manipulate with regular code.
Rube Goldberg would be proud... I think. 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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But... did you write the required documentation for future maintenance?
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Instructions for the user:
0) Click the Start button.
1) Pray (it won't help, but it might give you hope).
".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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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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But does it work in Internet Exploder 6?
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Any reason you did not use those that are available?
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Because.
".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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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Jeez' Mary mudder of Chris! I was up at 5, meetings in London all morning, lunch with Sexy Lady [aka Mrs Wife] and then home in time for the school run. I would love to fall into the clutches of Mothers' Ruin, but I have a meeting this evening.
I'm shattered AND I missed the spam game. 
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I missed the spam game.
There's still a couple of messages three and four threads down ("Seven years after...") which are begging to be hit with the Spam hammer. 
"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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The problem is that the spam hammer appears to no longer delete spam from the lounge no matter how hard we pound away. 
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
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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...and my "Protector only" "Delete message" and "Delete Thread" buttons don't work either... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Now *that* sounds like a bug. I assumed normal users votes being defanged was to minimize "I'll spam/abuse because I can't downvote anymore abuse"; but if users with access to higher level moderation tools can't be trusted not to abuse their power they shouldn't be allowed access to them at all.
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
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Thread.Sleep();
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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What are you using?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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System.Threading. Sorry, can't think of a humourous reply.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Going by that response, I think you are more use to Eyebrow.Threading......... 
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I'm shattered AND I missed the spam game.
Never miss out again Spam Game[^]
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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Looks more like intestines.
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It does look a lot more like a dumbbell or hourglass visually. Through a standard sized consumer telescope only the two triangles are visible; the ring and structures beyond it are not.
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
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Needed to expand my vision. I see it now.
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