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Oh yeah, I'll be good for several months now.
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I voted 5 for this technical blog. When I voted, I left a message of "Neat tips" (or something like that) in the dialog that popped up. However, that message did not get posted to the forum at the bottom of the technical blog.
One theory: my first vote wasn't going through (showed that circular progress animation for about 30 seconds), so I clicked the permalink at the bottom to refresh the page. I then recast my vote (I made sure to enter "Neat tips" again) and it was cast instantly. Perhaps that first attempt made the vote go through, but the message never got through. Hence, my second attempt may have been ignored since my first vote may have already been cast.
Another theory: on my second attempt, I noticed the box disappear and pop up at some point and it caught my attention. I clicked the 5 radio button and moused in and out and may have closed then re-opened the textbox that popped up (I was testing what conditions caused it to pop up). Perhaps a boolean that is set when the textbox is closed does not change when it reopens.
EDIT: I just tried a third time with a new message. It showed up this time (link). That leads me to believe my second theory above is more likely than the first theory.
Third theory: the second attempt that apparently succeeded may have actually failed, but an error got swallowed so the UI went merrily along to inform me that it was successful.
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Oddness today. I sure this has something to do with the coming apocalypse.
When submitting a comment via the popup, no check is made as to whether the popup was visible or not when the post was made. I think theory #1 could have been closer.
What time was it? I did an update around lunchtime (eastern time) that certainly would have caused excessive weirdness.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Shortly before 8PM eastern time (if I've done my mathy matt icks right).
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No - no update then. At 8pm I was in the emergency wing of our nearby hospital being bored. I was merely chauffeur, not participant.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Blogs are on a separate tab once again. 
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Thanks - I'll add that to the bug list 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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*waves hand* This is not the tab you are looking for.
BTW I forgot to add - ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif) ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
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Definitely spam. The question has been nuked.
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I would do it with the question, but in the case of spam the account should be disabled.
Chris usually does that in such cases.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Big Hampster smash.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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Thank you Sean. I see the account is disabled — exactly what I expected.
I just wonder: do the offender receive e-mail notification on that action and motivation of it?
I'm not sure what's my preference, just asking.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Users with disabled accounts will see a notification when they attempt to log in that reads, "your account was disabled. please contact the administrator [webmaster address]."
Most of the time they don't. Bad spammers know what they did on the carpet. Naughty.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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Thank you. 
—SASergey A Kryukov
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You can delete the question and the team can still delete the account. That way, the question can be removed without having to wait for the team to be up and about. This is one of the reasons that higher rep members have the power to delete questions, to help the team.
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There is also a "report member" link on member pages you can use to report members. Not sure if it's automated, but if enough people click that, then the account will be disabled.
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Chris recently reversed one account that was disabled that way, so I assume it's an automated system.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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It's automated, and Chris has a soft spot for that particular member (it's between his ears in that particular case).
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Well you know my theory[^] behind it.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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I posted a message in C# as a general message, then I edited it to change it to an answer. I don't think I got reputation points for this answer. That's problem #1
I then posted a test answer in the C# forum and got reputation points for it. I then deleted that test answer, and the reputation points were taken away. Only, the reputation history shows the events in the wrong order:
17 May 2011 12:36 PM Post a Programming Forum Answer Authority Forum Message 10
17 May 2011 12:36 PM Post a Programming Forum Answer (undo) Authority Forum Message -10
It shows the undo followed by the action. That's problem #2.
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I'll add #1 to the bug list, but #2 occurs because we store date/times as smalldatetime, which stores to the minute, not the second. Further, we don't use a secondary sort (eg ORDER BY DatePosted, RepHistoryID because it's so uncommon for there to be two rep events in the same minute that need to be careful about ordering that it's not worth burdening the DB server with the extra (and hence unindexed) sort.
Even so, I'll do some testing to see if that secondary order affects load appreciably.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: #2 occurs because we
I thought #2 occurs because poo. 
Chris Maunder wrote: we store date/times as smalldatetime
You've got it all wrong. You're supposed to take a bite out of crime, not a byte out of time.
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I think I need one of Luc's beers...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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One of my tips and tricks deleted without any notification 
Take a look there[^]
This tips got approved on 12 April and deleted today.
is something wrong,if so then please inform me or give proper reason.
modified on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:06 PM
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