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Also if you remove a message, you have still lost the points (and you lose 1 extra for removing the message)
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Those two messages posted in the lounge have been fairly well savaged by some high ranking members. The combination of multiple, heavy downvoting means he's well and truly underwater.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Actually at the time of my posting this he only had 1 downvote on 1 message.
So that means 1 person was able to bring his points down with 40.
(I'm not saying he doesn't deserve it but it does seem a bit much for 1 vote)
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Welcome to the 'Rep World' 
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Did you refresh the page? The messages are cached for a few minutes, while his profile is updated live. While I was investigating I was seeing his rep drop by the second.
I had to avert my eyes.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yeah I did
was my first thought aswell (the caching) but it stayed with 1 vote and -38 for more than 5 min so...
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I posted a new article this morning, and when I clicked the Submit button, it presented me with a notice that the page had been reach in error and that I had to upload code/images first, which is made ever more bizarre by the fact that I had purposely *not* specified any uploads. In the process, it lost all of the text I had entered in the article body.
It also seemed to ignore some of the linebreaks in the pre blocks. Of course, I have no proof, and I resolved the issues before coming here to report it. If there's a chance you can perform some sort of forensics, the article link is here:
How I Optimized my Silverlight Asynchronous Web Service Consumption[^]
And this all happened within the last 30 minutes or so.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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I've learned the hard way never to use a remote tool for creating anything of substance, which in my definition is whatever takes more than 30 seconds to (re)create.
I use my own editor on my PC, then copy-paste all of it using whatever means are provided. It gives me the comfort, stability and reliability I want, without other people's decisions or system malfunctions interfering. Indeed, I don't want no clouds sir.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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I use the IDE to create my articles (the file is usually part of the project itself). I always do that because of the possiblity of problems.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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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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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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That's weird.
The wizard make sure that each step proceeds from the previous step. I do not use session to cehck for this because of timeout issues, so as long as you are going from one page to the next you can take your time and it should all be good. My only guess at this stage is there was a server or network error at the time you tried to post.
There's also a known issue with linebreaks and closing tags. We're trying to be a little cleverer in our handling of line breaks, but it's not clever enough. We will fix this.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It's probably too late to do anything about it by now but the link to the article on 'tabnabbing' gave me a 'Forbidden 403' error.
I have resolved this for myself by googling for 'tabnabbing' and so do not need a functioning link.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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Seems to have resolved itself. Hmmm
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Seems to have resolved itself.
Here too. Just tried it. Veeeeery strange.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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CP Team,
When I change my contact email address, confirmation is not sent! Only when I try to access 'New Message' or something like that a warning is sent.I see this as a security vulnerability since as a new user I can signup for valid email first. After confirming it I can change it to something crap immediately.
Can we ensure that a confirmation email is sent immediately on email address being changed from the profile page.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep!
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A new confirmation would have been sent. Have you checked you inbox? Your Junk box? Your spam box?
As soon as you change your address your email is marked as 'unconfirmed'.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Have you checked you inbox? Your Junk box? Your spam box?
Yes Chris. Nothing came in.
However when I went to Lounge/Suggestions and then followed the link 'Send Verification Email' from the yellow inset box that email came in instantly and to inbox itself without being entrapped by any spam filters. But the one expected whilst the address was being changed never came in.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep!
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Is it possible that, due to the fact that some site users do not have English as a primary language, they simply don't understand the statement "DO NOT POST PROGRAMMING QUESTIONS HERE"?
Perhaps, since it's a negative statement, they don't make an effort to translate it? I seem to remember reading in a guide for localization that you should make imperative statements in a positive sense, because negation is tricky in some languages.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but how difficult would it be to detect the user's location or country of origin and display that single piece of text in both English and the local language?
Software Zen: delete this;
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detection would fail quite often; stupid Yahoo sends French ads to all Belgians although the majority speaks Dutch.
Al that is needed is making it a user setting, maybe preload it with a good first guess, then offer the suggestion to check and correct it when the account gets created.
The one big argument against it is there would be no end to the candidate messages for bilingual display.
IMO the correct way of dealing with offenders is the community replying one extremely short message ("wrong forum"), and then ignoring it. Programming questions in non-programming forums should not result in multiple replies, and certainly not in an actual answer. Offenders need education.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Luc Pattyn wrote: detection would fail quite often; stupid Yahoo sends French ads to all Belgians although the majority speaks Dutch.
That's why the uncertainty in my question. That's also why I suggested posting the notice both in English and in the user's language, if a reasonable guess can be made.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Luc Pattyn wrote: stupid Yahoo sends French ads to all Belgians although the majority speaks Dutch.
I am not in Gibraltar, yet I see a lot of Gibberish posted.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Ryan says hi. Time is runnin' out, please don't make me wait.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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I am not in Holland, but I see a lot of Double Dutch.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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I am not in Japan, so I will try not to Nippon the band wagon!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I'm waiting for Luc's reply. He might have a bit of phlegm in his throat though.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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Sorry, lunch lured me away. And Nino[^], commenting on QE competition, finals week.
Did I miss something? What gibberish needs a reply?
I'm not in Holland either, and I see lots of Dutchmen every day.
If you see double, unwarranted quantities of spirits could be involved.
And phlegm? as in expectorated mucus? not on this side of the channel, sir. Hasn't your shrink warned you about projections like that?
My throat is fine, thank you. It is the result of a nice little Bordeaux.
Not sure what preventive measure I will indulge next.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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