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  • J Jon Sagara

    May 25, 2006 is the version in my script.  Is that the latest? (Yes, I have used it, and it's a nice piece of work.)

    Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles

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    David Stone
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    Yeah. That's the newest. :)

    Jon Sagara wrote:

    (Yes, I have used it, and it's a nice piece of work.)

    Thanks. :) Anything you'd like to see done to it?

    225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
    Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
    -Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows

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      I went there to play in a rock & roll band after I quit my first semester of college in '76. We gigged in Morgan City, Thibodaux, Houma, all those big nationally known hot spots. We drove up to New Orleans to party in the Quarter, but didn't play there. My memory of the girls there is that they were amazingly binary. Either they were drop dead ugly or there was something almost magical about them (I naturally gravitated towards the latter). There was no in between. And yeah, Morgan City is about as far south as you can go without being eaten alive by dragons. Or shot by drunk off shore oil workers, but that's a story for another time... ;) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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      Jeremy Falcon
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      Christopher Duncan wrote:

      Either they were drop dead ugly or there was something almost magical about them (I naturally gravitated towards the latter). There was no in between.

      Yup, that pretty much sums up south Louisiana. :-D Jeremy Falcon

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      • C Christopher Duncan

        The first indication of trouble is usually when my sentences begin with, "All I wanted to do was..." I like the CP threaded forum approach. I find it much more intuitive to follow the train of thought than in the more common monolithic style of discussion board. For years now I've used David Wulff's excellent forum software. However, as I live in a C# / .NET world with my sites these days, I'd really like to find something similar to CP / Battle Axe Forums in a .NET / C# (and free) model. There seems to be a ton of stuff out there. Much of it is ambitiously priced. Those that are free are rarely C# / .NET. And the few that are use the monolithic format rather than the threaded method favored by CP. How freakin' hard can this be? Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria? It's far too tempting to just sit down and code something myself. Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time. Any ideas, or am I just looking for a holy grail that doesn't exist? Where's the Knights Templar when you need them? :rolleyes: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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        realJSOP
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        Christopher Duncan wrote:

        Where's the Knights Templar when you need them?

        They're still busy guarding that stupid cup. However, I don't think they would sully their otherwise checkered reputations by working for Microsoft (or for the benefit of a Microsoft product).

        "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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          Christopher Duncan wrote:

          Where's the Knights Templar when you need them?

          They're still busy guarding that stupid cup. However, I don't think they would sully their otherwise checkered reputations by working for Microsoft (or for the benefit of a Microsoft product).

          "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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          Christopher Duncan
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          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

          I don't think they would sully their otherwise checkered reputations by working for Microsoft

          Don't know why not. They essentially got smoked back in the day because they were rich & somebody else wanted the goodies. If you're looking for $$$, Redmond is as good a place as any. :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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          • C Christopher Duncan

            John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

            I don't think they would sully their otherwise checkered reputations by working for Microsoft

            Don't know why not. They essentially got smoked back in the day because they were rich & somebody else wanted the goodies. If you're looking for $$$, Redmond is as good a place as any. :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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            Storming the Micosoft compound wouldn't really do anything to increase their "warrior standing". Most of the idiots at MS are running around secretly listening to their Apple iPods, and probably wouldn't even hear the attack coming. Add to that the fact that probably 99.9% of the MS staff aren't exactly in fighting trim, much less carrying around their broadswords, and the KT would look like nothing more than schoolyard bullies. I think they've chosen "wisely". :) Note: The only worse choice I could think of is if the KT attacked France. Most of the KT kills would be a sword to the back, and that's only if they could catch the retreating French. The only reason the French would be able to survive is that they can run faster simply because they're not wearing all that chainmail garbage (or carrying weapons).

            "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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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              Yeah. That's the newest. :)

              Jon Sagara wrote:

              (Yes, I have used it, and it's a nice piece of work.)

              Thanks. :) Anything you'd like to see done to it?

              225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
              Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
              -Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows

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              Jon Sagara
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              Honestly, I haven't used it enought to be able to say. Our corporate default is IE, so I almost always visit CP in IE. IE for me is a habit that has proven to be very hard to break. Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles

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                Storming the Micosoft compound wouldn't really do anything to increase their "warrior standing". Most of the idiots at MS are running around secretly listening to their Apple iPods, and probably wouldn't even hear the attack coming. Add to that the fact that probably 99.9% of the MS staff aren't exactly in fighting trim, much less carrying around their broadswords, and the KT would look like nothing more than schoolyard bullies. I think they've chosen "wisely". :) Note: The only worse choice I could think of is if the KT attacked France. Most of the KT kills would be a sword to the back, and that's only if they could catch the retreating French. The only reason the French would be able to survive is that they can run faster simply because they're not wearing all that chainmail garbage (or carrying weapons).

                "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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                Christopher Duncan
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                John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                Most of the idiots at MS are running around secretly listening to their Apple iPods, and probably wouldn't even hear the attack coming.

                :laugh: Reminds me of an old Gary Larson cartoon. Couple of knights up on the castle walls. One of them yells, "Genghis Kahn, Genghis Kahn!" The second one wheels around in a panic as the first one laughs and says, "Made you look!"

                John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                I think they've chosen "wisely".

                Indiana Jones lives! :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                  Most of the idiots at MS are running around secretly listening to their Apple iPods, and probably wouldn't even hear the attack coming.

                  :laugh: Reminds me of an old Gary Larson cartoon. Couple of knights up on the castle walls. One of them yells, "Genghis Kahn, Genghis Kahn!" The second one wheels around in a panic as the first one laughs and says, "Made you look!"

                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                  I think they've chosen "wisely".

                  Indiana Jones lives! :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                  realJSOP
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                  I was editing while you were replying. :)

                  "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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                    Storming the Micosoft compound wouldn't really do anything to increase their "warrior standing". Most of the idiots at MS are running around secretly listening to their Apple iPods, and probably wouldn't even hear the attack coming. Add to that the fact that probably 99.9% of the MS staff aren't exactly in fighting trim, much less carrying around their broadswords, and the KT would look like nothing more than schoolyard bullies. I think they've chosen "wisely". :) Note: The only worse choice I could think of is if the KT attacked France. Most of the KT kills would be a sword to the back, and that's only if they could catch the retreating French. The only reason the French would be able to survive is that they can run faster simply because they're not wearing all that chainmail garbage (or carrying weapons).

                    "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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                    Christopher Duncan
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                    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                    they're not wearing all that chainmail garbage

                    Didn't stop the Normans from kicking the crap out of England once upon a time. Every country has its day. :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                    • C Christopher Duncan

                      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                      they're not wearing all that chainmail garbage

                      Didn't stop the Normans from kicking the crap out of England once upon a time. Every country has its day. :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                      realJSOP
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                      They weren't French when they were Normans... :)

                      "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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                        They weren't French when they were Normans... :)

                        "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." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                        Christopher Duncan
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                        Nice dodge. :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                          I turned off HTML just for you, everybody else can use harass me in glorious technicolour HTML :P Actually. How do you allow HTML in comments in a WP installation? I can't see the option. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                          Shog9 wrote:

                          eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                          Paul Watson wrote:

                          How do you allow HTML in comments in a WP installation? I can't see the option.

                          No idea. You're supposed to be the web guru... ;)

                          ---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.0.0.0 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums

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                            Paul Watson wrote:

                            How do you allow HTML in comments in a WP installation? I can't see the option.

                            No idea. You're supposed to be the web guru... ;)

                            ---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.0.0.0 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums

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                            Paul Watson
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                            This is open source pee aych pee stuff. Awfully confusing for a .NET lad like meself. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                            Shog9 wrote:

                            eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                              This is open source pee aych pee stuff. Awfully confusing for a .NET lad like meself. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                              Shog9 wrote:

                              eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                              Bah, it's VB with curly braces. Surely your .NET experience has taught you to accept curly braces by now...

                              ---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.0.0.0 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums

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                                Bah, it's VB with curly braces. Surely your .NET experience has taught you to accept curly braces by now...

                                ---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.0.0.0 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums

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                                Paul Watson
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                                I was on the path to curly brace heaven and then I veered into Ruby. No line delimiters, no curly braces, lots of end and... actually it is just like VB all over again. Only, accepted by real coders ;)

                                class Shog9FromOuterSpace < Demigod

                                def talk
                                	if 1 == 2
                                		render :text => 'Life is like a box of chocolates. You never get this one.'
                                	else
                                		render :text => 'Hello crumpet!'
                                	end
                                end
                                

                                end

                                At least it gets == right. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you

                                Shog9 wrote:

                                eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

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                                  Shog9 wrote:

                                  Obviously, we need some sort of combined David Wulff / David Stone to produce a slick forum system written in C# w/ LINQ and an AJAX-heavy UI w/ plenty of keyboard shortcuts and RTE.

                                  I was honestly thinking of writing my own forum software this summer.

                                  225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
                                  Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
                                  -Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows

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                                  If you have any room for other devs, I would be glad to help - although it depends on how work goes.

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                                    The first indication of trouble is usually when my sentences begin with, "All I wanted to do was..." I like the CP threaded forum approach. I find it much more intuitive to follow the train of thought than in the more common monolithic style of discussion board. For years now I've used David Wulff's excellent forum software. However, as I live in a C# / .NET world with my sites these days, I'd really like to find something similar to CP / Battle Axe Forums in a .NET / C# (and free) model. There seems to be a ton of stuff out there. Much of it is ambitiously priced. Those that are free are rarely C# / .NET. And the few that are use the monolithic format rather than the threaded method favored by CP. How freakin' hard can this be? Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria? It's far too tempting to just sit down and code something myself. Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time. Any ideas, or am I just looking for a holy grail that doesn't exist? Where's the Knights Templar when you need them? :rolleyes: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                                    peterchen
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                                    Christopher Duncan wrote:

                                    Where's the Knights Templar when you need them?

                                    We turned them to Shish Kebab in the middle ages.


                                    Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
                                    Tree in C# || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                                      The first indication of trouble is usually when my sentences begin with, "All I wanted to do was..." I like the CP threaded forum approach. I find it much more intuitive to follow the train of thought than in the more common monolithic style of discussion board. For years now I've used David Wulff's excellent forum software. However, as I live in a C# / .NET world with my sites these days, I'd really like to find something similar to CP / Battle Axe Forums in a .NET / C# (and free) model. There seems to be a ton of stuff out there. Much of it is ambitiously priced. Those that are free are rarely C# / .NET. And the few that are use the monolithic format rather than the threaded method favored by CP. How freakin' hard can this be? Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria? It's far too tempting to just sit down and code something myself. Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time. Any ideas, or am I just looking for a holy grail that doesn't exist? Where's the Knights Templar when you need them? :rolleyes: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes

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                                      Ashley van Gerven
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                                      I have planned to attempt this in C# for a while now... but I just haven't found the time to continue it. I've played around with a few UI concepts, specifically trying to solve the problem CP has (IMO) that it's sometimes hard to see which message a particular post is replying to. I quite like the IMDB forums - they have a nested view like CP, but always expanded. I really don't get flat forums - you can't follow who's replying to who, and have to rely on quotes to follow the discussion.

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