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It doesn't seem to like that I gave a "5" to "non-Microsoft content sites" for where I find the best help. It keeps repeating that page. I guess I have to be more conformant. Marc
No, they want you to stay connected to the site long enough, so that they can track your IP down, and map the location via Microsoft Virtual Earth. When they said they wanted to 'fix' things, Marc, I'm not sure you understood exactly how they intended to make that happen ... Run Marc. Run. ;P
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No, they want you to stay connected to the site long enough, so that they can track your IP down, and map the location via Microsoft Virtual Earth. When they said they wanted to 'fix' things, Marc, I'm not sure you understood exactly how they intended to make that happen ... Run Marc. Run. ;P
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No, they want you to stay connected to the site long enough, so that they can track your IP down, and map the location via Microsoft Virtual Earth.
I use several IP masking services that route my traffic through Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, with a final destination of Antarctica. Damn. No wonder my connection is so slow and everything I read is either politically biased or sensored! I wonder what Condaleeza really looks like. Marc
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Cool it! This isn't a survey being done here in the forums. Microsoft is conducting a survery though, here[^]. Take it out on them!
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2006, 2007Question 12 about asking for the top three areas that you'd like to see improved - My response: Why only the top three? Instead of dickin' around, why don't you improve MSDN as a whole? -- modified at 12:10 Tuesday 16th October, 2007 Conjugation of "as a whole" is "asshole". See? I was being sensitive.
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Douglas Troy wrote:
No, they want you to stay connected to the site long enough, so that they can track your IP down, and map the location via Microsoft Virtual Earth.
I use several IP masking services that route my traffic through Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, with a final destination of Antarctica. Damn. No wonder my connection is so slow and everything I read is either politically biased or sensored! I wonder what Condaleeza really looks like. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I use several IP masking services that route my traffic through Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, with a final destination of Antarctica.
Marc Clifton wrote:
Damn. No wonder my connection is so slow and everything I read is either politically biased or sensored
So, just about the only stories you're getting are about Endangered Communist Internet savvy Penguins that swear they are only building Nuclear sites to produce the energy they need to run the fusion reactors necessary to produce the proper cold they require to survive, because global warming conditions caused by the greedy, oil hungry blasphemous American dogs are heating up their homes, and destroying their entire ecosystem!?! Oh wait ... that's supposed to go into the Soapbox, isn't it. :rolleyes:
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I use several IP masking services that route my traffic through Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, with a final destination of Antarctica.
Marc Clifton wrote:
Damn. No wonder my connection is so slow and everything I read is either politically biased or sensored
So, just about the only stories you're getting are about Endangered Communist Internet savvy Penguins that swear they are only building Nuclear sites to produce the energy they need to run the fusion reactors necessary to produce the proper cold they require to survive, because global warming conditions caused by the greedy, oil hungry blasphemous American dogs are heating up their homes, and destroying their entire ecosystem!?! Oh wait ... that's supposed to go into the Soapbox, isn't it. :rolleyes:
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
So, just about the only stories you're getting
You got it. The krill are dying off, killing the entire ecosystem! But I still want to know, is Condaleeza actually GWB the third or not? Marc
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Douglas Troy wrote:
So, just about the only stories you're getting
You got it. The krill are dying off, killing the entire ecosystem! But I still want to know, is Condaleeza actually GWB the third or not? Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
is Condaleeza actually GWB the third or not?
Well, that would explain the hairy legs ... :~
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It doesn't seem to like that I gave a "5" to "non-Microsoft content sites" for where I find the best help. It keeps repeating that page. I guess I have to be more conformant. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
It keeps repeating that page
it wants you to give the site name, that is all. So they know who to buy out or destroy. ;P
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Cool it! This isn't a survey being done here in the forums. Microsoft is conducting a survery though, here[^]. Take it out on them!
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
I really can't stand technology cheerleaders.
A - fuckin' - men.
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Why, was it unclear for you? :) Perhaps you'd prefer a hearty "Froozle Fraglelbarts!"? :)
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This is far from the first survey on the msdn documentation, they ignored all my suggestions the last time, why bother again? :)
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John Cardinal wrote:
This is far from the first survey on the msdn documentation, they ignored all my suggestions the last time, why bother again?
because it was the first one I answered. They have been waiting for my opinion, silly. ;P
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Marc Clifton wrote:
is Condaleeza actually GWB the third or not?
Well, that would explain the hairy legs ... :~
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLAnd with that you've just completely *RUINED* my lunch hour. Thanks Doug!!! Now someone is going to have to mention Salma, Monica or Halle (or any combination thereof) to get things back in kilter!
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And with that you've just completely *RUINED* my lunch hour. Thanks Doug!!! Now someone is going to have to mention Salma, Monica or Halle (or any combination thereof) to get things back in kilter!
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Salma, Monica or Halle
Well shoot ... guess I'll just skip posting that bikini clad picture I have of Jessica Alba ... not that it's much of a bikini ... more like ... say ... dental floss. Oh well; sorry I couldn't help. :->
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Salma, Monica or Halle
Well shoot ... guess I'll just skip posting that bikini clad picture I have of Jessica Alba ... not that it's much of a bikini ... more like ... say ... dental floss. Oh well; sorry I couldn't help. :->
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
Jessica Alba
Nah, she looks too much like a teeny-bopper. Fine if you're a high school junior, but she's got none of the va-voom of the Triumvirate!
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No, they want you to stay connected to the site long enough, so that they can track your IP down, and map the location via Microsoft Virtual Earth. When they said they wanted to 'fix' things, Marc, I'm not sure you understood exactly how they intended to make that happen ... Run Marc. Run. ;P
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
map the location via Microsoft Virtual Earth.
No worries. He's quite safe...
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dnh wrote:
As my collegue suggested, there should be Bill/Steve animated character guiding us throught MSDN
I would suggest the Office Assistant Character set be introduced again. That way, the preferred Animated Character can be chosen by the user itself to manage through the MSDN ocean with ease. Abolishing them ^ from the face of Office 2007 is a sign of diehard cruelty.:mad:
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So that that clip which haunted me in my dreams can return there, right? :mad: ;)
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007Thanks for that link. I hope it will be useful ? But, as a french I have a big problem with automatic translation from english to french on MSDN online. Often it's unreadable (pour ne pas dire tout simplement incompréhensible, inintelligible, illisible !). I have to type the number of the KB in its english version to get the original text in english which unfortunately makes me loose some time as I take about twice the time to read the same text in french. Can't they employ human translators ? OK, they already have a huge amount of texts to translate but if they never translate it correctly, I'm sorry to say that they don't fit my needs. What do you think about that "language barrier" (english or die) ?
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Cool it! This isn't a survey being done here in the forums. Microsoft is conducting a survery though, here[^]. Take it out on them!
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007Took the survey - felt good to vent - if anyone really reads it. You'll note that one (often) can access the documentation through the F1 (help) key. This is merely a ploy by MS to get IP rights on the Oxymoron: "Microsoft Help" But, by-and-large, when weighing the time spent vs. the value received, I find that the MSDN is somewhat worse than useless about half the time.
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Done - maybe this will result in MSDN search actually being fixed. Ha! Who am I kidding!
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Actually, it takes you to the MSDN ... just wait for about 30 mins for it load. :rolleyes: -- modified at 11:37 Tuesday 16th October, 2007 This was actually a reply to Maximilien's post ... but the CP Worm Hole has obviously caused a shift in the threads once again, resulting in a distorted view of message reality. :~
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