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Equal parts hot water and rum, add teaspoon of ginger.
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...but if the cold continues there is a danger it could become "equal parts of rum and ginger, add teaspoon of water"
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Maybe we should punt this to the Insiders? Using bookmarked articles might be a good idea, just not one I would have thought to use because I don't use that site feature.
Get well.
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How about everybody is allocated only ten articles to their personal top ten list. Then the article list would be the total count of how many times the article appears in a personal top ten list. The beauty of that is, as really old articles of technology that is fading in use, are removed from people's top ten list, they will drop in rank as well. Then newer technology articles will have a 'big wall' to climb to make it to the top of this list quickly.
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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I like that. The readers are much more involved, they could feel responsible for their top-10, much more so than freely voting a small or large number of articles. We might need some help, some stimulus to consider updating the top-10 any time we read an article.
Some practical questions: open for everyone? all with the same weight? or depending on rep (which rep? not just author I hope).
I foresee a bit of a problem to get it started though; just coming up with 10 right away ain't simple.
And I would like to have a textbox notepad next to each of the articles in my top 10, so I can keep private notes about them (why I liked each, what I liked about it, comparison to other articles, that kind of stuff).
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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MysticalPowers
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.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly ----- "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 ----- "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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If we can, it doesn't work (or it's not obvious that it does).
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly ----- "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 ----- "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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Hmm I could swear I tagged with MysticalPowers before, regarding Google how about something shorter like AskGoogle or GoogleIt ? Haven't figured out how to add new tags, sometimes it looks like it works (after a page reload), sometimes it doesn't.
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Adding new tags kind of works at the moment.
What I tried to test it: This morning I first added Malamanteau and then Oxymoron to a question, while reloading the page it changes back and forth between showing the new tag and not showing it. Made screenshots if someone is interested, I chose "malamanteau" to make sure it is not one of the existing tags (and because I like XKCD). Now, a few hours later, it always shows the question including the new tag: example[^].
Have a good weekend...
Moak
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Looks like this might be a caching issue. We'll look into it. Thanks for the report.
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We verified that it is a caching issue. What we've done is show a cautionary message indicating that some of your newly created tags may not initially appear. The caches get invalidated in no longer than an hour from server to server. This will have to do until we get a web-farm friendly caching service.
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Thanks for the info, you guys are quick with fixing bugs!
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No thank you for the bug reports!
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Three issues:
1.
When adding an alternative to a tip/trick, the original title, the alternative's author, and the first lines of the alternative get listed in the "Latest TT" list, as if the alt.author chose the title (he can't even edit it) and created everything.
I think the list should show the original title and author, and a message saying "alternative added by XYZ".
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The personal profile, when listing the tips/tricks, treats original and alternative TTs the same, so the tips tab on the "articles by XYZ" page is confusing, as some are original TTs, others mere replies to existing TTs (maybe on a subject I would never consider launching a TT about).
I would prefer to see a clear mark, maybe "original" and "alternative".
3.
The TT listing shows title, date, and all the regular stuff, including page views. On original TTs this looks like an actual view count, on alternates it is zero (even when votes have been cast). I understand original and alternatives share the page, so you can't really tell what was looked at; however showing zero does not seem right at all.
FWIW: happened here[^] and here[^].
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modified on Friday, May 14, 2010 7:19 AM
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Yeah, I always hated TT road frames - too squirrelly on the straights and too difficult to turn.
Wait. What were we talking about?
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Well, the TT thingy I was talking about is basically OK, the only problem is it gets misrepresented a bit. All this could easily be fixed, not sure squirrels could contribute though.
FWIW: I prefer N over TT scale any day.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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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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No HO?
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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nope. HO has the majority market share, but that is dominated by toys; the real modeler prefers either HO or N, depends very much by country. e.g. the Netherlands are very much N. And Swiss has a lot of TT!
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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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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There is nothing better than cruising past a TT wannabe on a roadbike. Although, riding next to them on hill climbs is almost as fun.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Reminds me of a guy I used to work with in Mountain View. He took a massive old mountain bike clunker and mounted at least one (may have been more; can't remember) automotive battery tied to a big-ass electric motor, which he connected somehow or other to the drive train. Big metal and wooden framework holding all this stuff on the bike... thing must have weighed 60 pounds. Or more.
So picture, if you will, Middlefield Road in Mt. View, California; probably one of the biggest showcases in the country for pretentious wannabe roadies who can afford the fanciest bikes in the world but don't know a thing about cycling... being passed up by an overweight engineer on a clunker, munching a donut on his way into work.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Awesome.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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1. It's meant to be an alternate to the original tip and trick and so deliberately has the same title. If you wish to change the title the post a new tip. There is nothing preventing a similar tip being posted, but if it's truly an alternate then it goes under the same name.
The alternate should, in our opinion, also clearly be authored by the author who posted the alternate, not the original tip's poster.
2. I'll add this to the list
3. I'll add an item to store page views of alternates separately from the main article. I on the fence as to whether there is a huge benefit in doing this, and whether we should either show nothing, or just show the page views of the main tip (which is, obviously, totally inaccurate for the alternates)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi Chris,
1. I don't want to change the TT title at all; but I don't want to see it with my name attached to it either. It was not my idea to begin with, the subject may or may not be something I would write about at all (I wouldn't in the case that triggered this), and I did not write the title, so his title + my name is a misrepresentation.
In the listing, just keep the title and original name, and add a note "alternative provided by XYZ", that is what I suggest.
Validating dates in dd-MMM-yyyy format [Tip/Trick] - girlprogrammer
Alternate 1, added by Luc Pattyn
3. I suggest you don't show "views=0". That too is a misrepresentation IMO.
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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Can you give me an example of where a tip may be worded such that
a) you don't want to edit it
b) you want to provide an alternate,
c) you don't want your alternate to be named the same, and
d) you don't want to simply post the tip as a standalone tip
I'm trying to work out our use case here.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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