A four percent higher pass rate just shows that schools and colleges are getting better and better and filtering out those candidates that are likely to fail, thus keeping the school's pass rate high.
Paul Barrass
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What do you do ???me too!
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PhuketWell guys, I just got back from a two hour lunch break down the pub and I'm no longer in the mood for debugging the dodgy c# thread code I wrote this morning (before beer). And the sun is shining! (This is a rare occurence here in the UK, even in the summer). :-D Well, I guess it's quite obvious that i'm not debugging my dodgy code, since I'm actually rambling in The Lounge. Thank you CP! You make drunk Friday afternoons that much easier at work! Paul
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How much do you know about *nix?I'm quite suprised - here in the UK almost all universities are anti-MS. I've got a lot of friends studying computer science and engineering here and none of them are allowed to build their projects for Windows. Seems silly to me - universities don't seem to realise that studying Windows programming will make them much more 'employable' candidates for jobs. I'm not saying Universities should be MS-only, but the total hatred of MS in the UK academic system is really getting irritating. Anyone else experienced this in the UK? Cheers, Paul
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A question for all the C# gurus out thereI've been an EditPlus fan for a while now, it's shareware and does lots of nice programmer things like syntax highliting. Check it out here..... www.editplus.com
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How do you feel about this?hang on a second, you're leaving the country and 'as a side question' you want to know who's got the 'most sane' hacking laws...... sounds a bit suspicious to me. :-D:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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stupid stupidHey Mark, A genius reply to a flamer if ever I saw one. I'll jot that one down for future use........ Cheers, Paul :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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Big BrotherAnd I'm fairly confident the US version wouldn't have anybody as ugly and irritating as Jade in the house. :)
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Linux bad!:laugh:
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Use PostgreSQLFair point, it does indeed have a dolphin. Quite a nice looking dolphin at that.
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Dual Monitors In XPWe've all got 19" monitors here (we're a design studio), and although other designers do, I can't stand 1600x1200 even with 19"! Maybe I should visit an optician.....
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Why....I heard they're quite good - I want the album. ;) Paul
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How to send an email?No problem, glad I could help. Cheers, Paul
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How to send an email?This is from memory (i'm not on a machine with vs.net), but try this: using System.Web.Mail ... ... MailMessage mm = new MailMessage(); mm.To = "anyone@anywhere.com"; mm.From = "anyone@anywhere.com"; mm.Subject = "subject"; mm.Body = "body text"; SMTPMail.Send(mm); Easy, huh? Attachments are also really easy to handle - check out the MSDN for more info. Cheers, Paul
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The trouble with getting something for freeHosting video is not the cheapest activity in the world, and since there is (almost) no money in advertising, I think it's perfectly reasonable to charge a small fee for contenet. However, I subscribed to the free 14-day trial of big bro, and I haven't been able to connect to the high-bandwidth stream. It's reasonable to pay for content, but only if the content is up most (if not all) of the time. Anyone else tried to connect and failed? Cheers, Paul
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Trapping output from a DOS programHey guys, I'm writing a windows interface for a DOS program, which needs to trap the output and send keyboard input to the DOS program. I've tried CreateProcess and rerouting stdin and stdout, but to no avail. I think they've coded the DOS interface using direct BIOS calls or writing to screen memory. Is there any way to trap screen output that has been coded in this way? The other problem is sending keypresses to the program - stdin isn't working either. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Paul
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An easy one for any seasoned pro....Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Jamie. Cheers, Paul
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An easy one for any seasoned pro....Hi everyone, I need to programatically mute the volume of the soundcard in a machine (just like clicking on the volume control icon in the tray. Anybody know a quick way of doing this? Cheers, Paul
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Our first Fortran .NET article!Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Good work lad!!! :laugh: :laugh:
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Instant Messanging Annoyance & TimeI use MSN Messenger to answer quick questions from the freelancers that I manage. It's easier than getting stuck in long phone calls. But most of the time, I chat to my mates. :) Cheers, Paul