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Don't wrap ordinary post text in pre tags. You only need to do that for code blocks.
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Hi Pete,
Will take care next time. Thanks 
Don't forget to mark useful responses as Answer if they helped you towards a solution.
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CodeProject’s technical training arm has arrived, CodeProject.TV. Tune in for bite-sized developer training at CodeProject.TV
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It's hard to believe that just a few decades ago, touchscreen technology could only be found in science fiction books and film. These days, it's almost unfathomable how we once got through our daily tasks without a trusty tablet or smartphone nearby, but it doesn't stop there. Touchscreens really are everywhere. Homes, cars, restaurants, stores, planes, wherever—they fill our lives in spaces public and private.... This article is the first of a three-part series on touchscreen technology's journey to fact from fiction. Digits go digital, from PLATO IV to PixelSense.
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Last week, I told you all about an incoming security patch for Postgres. Well, today, it’s here. Please check out this page and upgrade your Postgres. As the Postgres team says, ‘This is the first security issue of this magnitude since 2006.’ No, really. If you're running PostgreSQL, read up on the issues and update ASAP.
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The security strength (or eventual weakness) of Microsoft's app model lies in its sandbox.... However, no matter how hard Microsoft has pushed the strength of its sandbox environment, no system is 100 percent protected from attacks. With higher adoption rate of Microsoft's newest OS, we'll start to see hackers turning their skills towards breaking it. And once that happens, I think we will get our first look at how secure Windows Store apps really are. I'm skeptical of the inherent security of a security model that requires constant updates.
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The classic cop out to producing documentation is not having the time. Of course, it's entirely valid and possible that more urgent things take priority over documentation. However, developers who use time as an excuse should be aware that time they do not pour into documentation is time their users instead have to invest in it.... Frankly, not having documentation is a net loss in terms of time for everyone involved. Plus: A few pointers to writing minimal but helpful docs
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Many programmers I've worked with are terrible writers
Without exception, managers do not support taking the time to write and maintain documentation (yet they love to create useless PowerPoint presentations and distribute them on Sharepoint). And don't even get me started on getting management support for things like unit testing.
So, it's a great article, and we all know it's true. But we've known it's true for 30 years. The days of the "engineering notebook" are sadly long gone.
[edit] Oh, and this begs the question, how well is the code for Code Project documented?  [/edit]
Marc
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I’m excited to announce that today we’ve shipped Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2) and that it’s now available for download. Just as with VS2012.1 (which is installed as part of VS2012.2 for those of you who don’t already have VS2012.1 installed), this release contains important fixes as well as a wealth of new functionality.... The new functionality primarily spans (though is not limited to) five areas of investment: agile planning, quality enablement, Windows Store development, line-of-business development, and the general developer experience. Download, update and get coding!
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Probably old news, but I just saw Glimpse[^] for the first time. It's "Firebug for your Web Server" for ASP.NET MVC. It gives insight into the routes, methods run, trace information and more. Well worth the price of admission (it's free).
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TTFN - Kent
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that is cool. different feature set, but winsitter is offering free server watching during their beta http://winsitter.com/
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I’m reading through the latest digital edition of Game Developer Magazine which contains their annual survey. The salary numbers overall weren’t concerning to me, until I scrolled down and saw the differences between the male and female survey respondents. The next time someone tells me that men and women get paid equally for their talents in the game industry, I wanted something to link to them. With numbers like these — why would women want to work in games?
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Quote: With numbers like these — why would women want to work in games?
Obviously you can't base everything off of just summarized numbers. They don't tell the whole story. It could be that a high percentage of the women are new to the industry and therefore have lower salaries bringing the average down.
I know a lot of women are the ones who get the kid from day care when they are sick and in my experience women who have kids miss a lot more work then the men. If they are getting more time off they should not be paid the same.
Anyway, don't judge a stat by it's numbers.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Do you really think child sick leave cause underpaid wages for women? That must be one of the most stupid comments lately. Have it ever occurred to you there may be structural problems for women in such an organisation? If that would have been presented to me at my salary meeting i would have quit, literally.And I have a penis.
I have female collegues and the say they are underpaid. I believe them. On the other hand this is common in the gamedev industry, especially among younger people across both sexes but I have no doubt that not bragging about your skills all the time puts you straight on the path to underpaid code monkey. This is sad and is something I try to fight everywhere I work. Too often I see people get squashed wage-wise because they werent aggressive enough towards peers. Some bosses see this as a weakness and subsequently give lower salary because they want people to deliver, work all night and be thankful for whatever crumbs was left by the ceo.
You can say, "maybe she isnt skilled enough". And there you have it. Someone thinks just that, based on a vim, and then she gets less payed. Not because shes not good, but because shes not participating in the hierarchy of men.
We should see women as a true valuable resource in the game dev industry and give them higher salaries than normal because that will generate more value later on from them and from male peers.
I toyally disagree children are the cause of wage discrimination, or that any other gender specific feature or behaviour can cause that. I believe the root cause lie elsewhere.
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Quote: Do you really think child sick leave cause underpaid wages for women? That must be one of the most stupid comments lately.
I said, " If they are getting more time off they should not be paid the same." Are you saying you believe they should be paid the same even if they work less?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No, paid for work hours of course, but not less opportunity to be given better salary. I do child sick leave from time to time. No one ever raises eyebrows and neither should you.
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Quote: but not less opportunity to be given better salary.
Of course, I think everyone agrees with that.
Quote: No one ever raises eyebrows and neither should you.
You appear quite defensive. So, you think you should get paid just as much as someone else even if you miss a lot more days?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Same yearly salary of course but due to sick days and child leave that would fluctuate.
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Quote: due to sick days and child leave that would fluctuate.
OK, then we agree.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Quote: We should see women as a true valuable resource in the game dev industry anywhere and everywhere.
FTFY
Quote: and give them higher salaries than normal
I'll quote you: "That must be one of the most stupid comments lately." You would pay someone more just because they are a woman? And you are complaining that a man gets paid more for being a man? That's quite hypocritical.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Agree.
And on second comment.
I would pay someone more for the value they bring. Women in game industry actually provide value in stark contrast to other types in the industry. Ill let you figure those out for your self.
And since you didnt notice i say it again: give them higher salaries than there normal under wage salaries. At least thats what I meant.
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Quote: Women in game industry actually provide value in stark contrast to other types in the industry. Ill let you figure those out for your self.
No clue what you are trying to say. Are you saying that in the game dev industry women are more valuable then men? If so, why?
Quote: give them higher salaries than there normal under wage salaries.
OK, I think I see what you meant now. Just pay them what they're worth, right? Regardless of gender. If a man is worth more, pay him more. If a woman is, she should get more. If that's what you are saying, I agree.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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The big bearded boss despot that make you crunch two weeks before deadline because he want special features. Women would never do that. They would just scratch you in the face and say "mjau" instead when you missed the deadline and then say: "ok, maybe we need to look at the backlog and Prioritize better next time", instead of calling you names for a month afterwards. Thats why we need more women. And the geeks that spit in your face because you stood up to the boss wouldnt be licking ass so much either because that would be called sexual harassment and so on. See where this is going? I have very bad experiences with male hierarchies and I believe they must be defeated globally. Oh the lolz. I dont like radical feminism either. As a matter a fact I would actually call my self equalitist. There you go.
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Quote: I have very bad experiences with male hierarchies
Yes, I would say that is clear. Funny, because my experience has been quite different, not quite the opposite, but definitely different.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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And yes. I agree with that last paragraphs as well. So I guess we are agreed then.
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