Bugs and Suggestions

Pete O'Hanlon9-Nov-14 23:09

Pete O'Hanlon

9-Nov-14 23:09

Well, Sacha and I both won in multiple categories simultaneously. When the content applies equally to both categories, there's no reason that it shouldn't have a chance at both.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Nov-14 23:13

9-Nov-14 23:13

I see your point, but in that case contest category should be decided manually...The article at hand is a pure web issue. The fact that the code behind uses C# is irrelevant...(Don't take me wrong - it's a good article, but has nothing to do with C#...)

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!

Pete O'Hanlon9-Nov-14 23:16

Pete O'Hanlon

9-Nov-14 23:16

Unfortunately, the selection process is purely automatic.

Chris Maunder9-Nov-14 23:19

9-Nov-14 23:19

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
but has nothing to do with C#...

A C# article on a graph control, or cryptography, or a game engine, or a million other things has nothing to do with C# per se, but if the code's in C# then it's in the C# contest.

It's been this way for over a decade.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Nov-14 23:33

9-Nov-14 23:33

Chris Maunder wrote:
It's been this way for over a decade.

There is a proverb in Hungarian...something like 'For a newborn every joke is new'... Big Grin | :-D

I just never encountered this and thought it is a bug, but as Microsoft used to say - it's not a but it's a feature... Laugh | :laugh:

Chris Maunder9-Nov-14 23:40

9-Nov-14 23:40

cheers
Chris Maunder

Weekly survey error

OriginalGriff9-Nov-14 21:07

9-Nov-14 21:07

The ranges have a small error:

None
Under 100mg a day
101 - 200 mg per day
201 - 300 mg per day
301 - 500 mg per day
401 - 500 mg per day
501 - 750 mg per day
750 - 1,000 mg per day
over 1,000 mg per day

Shouldn't that be:

201 - 300 mg per day
301 - 400 mg per day
401 - 500 mg per day

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Re: Weekly survey error

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Nov-14 21:15

9-Nov-14 21:15

And also 751 - 1,000 instead of 750 - 1,000!!!

Re: Weekly survey error

OriginalGriff9-Nov-14 21:43

Can CodeProject have a dedicated forum for microprocessors?

9-Nov-14 21:43

That's just an off-by-one error! Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Vaclav_9-Nov-14 10:44

Vaclav_

9-Nov-14 10:44

In view of recent "new and improved Coke ( drink!)" syndrome on one of the "popular" sites it would be nice to have a real discussion forum someplace else relatively immune to whims and commercial interests.

Just askin...
Cheers Vaclav

Re: Can CodeProject have a dedicated forum for microprocessors?

Chris Maunder9-Nov-14 11:05

Re: Can CodeProject have a dedicated forum for microprocessors?

9-Nov-14 11:05

We already have the HArdware forum[^] but I assume you mean something way more specific.

I'll need a hands-up form those who would participate. No sense in having a dead forum.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Vaclav_10-Nov-14 3:11

Vaclav_

10-Nov-14 3:11

Thanks Chris,
yes, specific hardware forum, but I did not want to mention the name.
I am interested to have a (specific hardware) forum to ask / discuss coding questions since the current one is geared to " what are you coding this for" and has a issue with discussing "academic" / how to and why questions. But existing hardware forum would work if there is not enough interest for specific one.
In a way it would be better, no sense splitting hair.
Thanks
Cheers Vaclav

Closed Question

Manas Bhardwaj9-Nov-14 10:22

Manas Bhardwaj

9-Nov-14 10:22

The "Reported By" test in the closed questions does not seem to be correct.

For one of the closed questions (see link below), it shows "Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter". Now, I am not sure if this is just a UI error or this user was able to vote twice.

a variable like n=234 result is 2+3+4=9 in c#

Screenshot:

http://i60.tinypic.com/160x9he.jpg

Re: Closed Question

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Nov-14 10:42

Chris, we seriously need some help here.

9-Nov-14 10:42

It seems as an error - I reported only once...

OriginalGriff8-Nov-14 22:27

8-Nov-14 22:27

Have a look in spam and abuse: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4939891/Codeproject-Bot.aspx[^]
This guy (presumably a bot) was posting up to 14 "answers" all at the same time (as far as your DB was concerned - they all showed as "11 secs ago" and so forth in his answers list) and had nearly 300 "queued up" at one point.

Manual deleting can't keep up with that kind of speed. We need a faster way to shut these scum down.

I know you don't want the "Nuke" message button, but how about a change to the rules on account closing? Two protectors report a user and it dies? Any abuse, you can remove Protector status pretty quickly. That way, you have a "backup" verification, and we get rid of the annoying little ****s.

Think about it: he "answered" every new post in QA for a couple hours... which meant the OP's didn't get any real answer, which means they assume this site is full of idiots and probably don't come back...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Chris Maunder8-Nov-14 22:43

8-Nov-14 22:43

OriginalGriff wrote:
Two protectors report a user and it dies

How about I make it one protector reports a user and he's gone?

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff8-Nov-14 22:46

8-Nov-14 22:46

Only reason I suggested two is that it prevents accidents.
There are a good number of active protectors, from most timezones, so finding two here at the same time isn't difficult.

And it removes the temptation to kill an account just to get a little peace and quite from a certain "my answer was better, see here" merchant... Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Chris Maunder8-Nov-14 23:04

8-Nov-14 23:04

OriginalGriff wrote:
it removes the temptation to kill an account just to get a little peace and quite from a certain "my answer was better, see here" merchant...

If this happens then that person loses their protector status.

I could make it two votes, but the complexity it adds to the code is something I can't stomach on a Sunday evening!

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff8-Nov-14 23:17

8-Nov-14 23:17

Chris Maunder wrote:
I can't stomach on a Sunday evening!

Ah! OZ time! Laugh | :laugh:

Fine, let's go with one and see what happens. As you say, removing status isn't difficult.

Best let people know before it goes live - at the moment we have a built in safety check that some may rely on. Oh, is it possible to add a "Are you sure?" alert to confirm? Sometimes tablets don't recognise fingers that accurately...and a one-hit kill is a bit drastic for finger trouble.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

DamithSL8-Nov-14 23:33

DamithSL

8-Nov-14 23:33

For One-hit Kill there is a one in top of this forum [^] Smile | :)

Edit : That post already deleted

Nelek11-Nov-14 0:39

Nelek

11-Nov-14 0:39

OriginalGriff wrote:
Best let people know before it goes live

Fully agree

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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

DamithSL8-Nov-14 23:30

DamithSL

8-Nov-14 23:30

we can use rate timing based on retutation on activities like ask question, answering etc..

for example:
Asking question
1. rep count < 1k: 1 question for 10 minute
2. otherwise : 1 question for minute and if posting more than that better to use captcha

using captcha will be prevent most of the bots. we can show captcha when user try to answer more than one per 30 seconds.

Chris Maunder8-Nov-14 23:36

8-Nov-14 23:36

CAPTCHA is a solution that annoys everybody and doesn't slow down spammers one bit. The spammers are humans, not bots.

The latest spammer was posting answers, not questions, and limiting answers limits someone's ability to help out. Sure - we can limit an answer per minute, but this doesn't help the general issue which is usually one or two spam messages per account.

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff9-Nov-14 3:02

9-Nov-14 3:02

Chris - just a suggestion: how about you re-enable the message / thread delete buttons in forums for Protectors as well? We have them, but they just say "you don't have permission" so they are currently a little pointless.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Chris Maunder9-Nov-14 11:41