For me, it has been so easy to just click on the URL icon and drag and drop onto my desk top. Every few days I'll sweep them into a folder for further investigation or place them into pre-determined folders. Over the years I have collected literally Hundreds of thousands of links that I will never be able to go back and look over ... but I still do it. (I like the fact the the link gives me the full webpage title and the date I collected it) The usual intent is to go deeper into an article at a later date and time, or to keep a project idea off to the side and figure out later how I'm gonna put my spin on it. Shopping Lists!!! I have tons of folders where I'll find something ... Ohhh, I've gotta have that USB toy. I'll come back later and see if I can fit it into the budget. The link goes on the desk top, and eventually into a folder ... where it is never seen again, and the budget is re-assigned to the wife's new dress Buying a new computer should be a prime opportunity for eliminating outdated links, but they just get moved to external disks (for safe keeping no less). I now have a drawer of Flash drive disks of questionable capacities and indeterminate conditions. Somebody Stop Me please ...

I was afraid to post this under a general discussion forum, and it looks like this might be the closest fit ... so here goes. For a couple of years now, I have received unwanted calls from Online Pharmacies to Debt Reduction Services, and I am so tired of telling them I am not interested and/or to remove my name from their list. Cell phone service carriers are useless, for the most part, and usually one has to resort to just blocking the offending call. But, needless to say, the offending callers will just change their number to another one, and the cycle starts over again. Researching these numbers on the internet usually turns up a list of others complaining about the exact same phone numbers. So, it is not just me. The latest number, (617) 371-4000, appears to be someone spoofing a legitimate investment company, which is sad for the company that actually does own that phone number. There has to be something better I can do to resolve this ... I am a programmer, I am a technician, and I am (reasonably) smart! I am not a mobile device programmer, though I feel certain that I might be able to bulldoze my way through building an app - though it wouldn't look pretty, and there would be some serious doubt about the functionality of it. So, I am looking to you (the development community) to help create a solution. I am ok with someone else profiting from the ideas I am about to propose, my reward will be in having these calls stopped, and that IS priceless. I believe that a simple app (Android, iOS, and/or even Windows) which maintains a list of offending phone numbers and when a phone number is matched to an inbound caller, instead of alerting the user that a phone call is coming in ... answer the call ... but act like a fax machine. The app should act completely like a fax machine, even to the point of accepting a fax transmission if it provided ... just don't do anything with the incoming data. It might even be possible to give the user an extra button for incoming calls ... The normal choices for incoming calls are Answer and Decline, maybe the application can add a third option ... "FAX Spoof" The people responsible for these spoofing efforts (and I do understand that it might be multiple groups of multiple individuals, and might not even be connected or aware of each other), do not care what you do or say ... They just move on to other numbers, and if necessary move their numbers as well. Cursing at them doesn't work. Phone carriers are useless. I truly believe that the onl

Maxxx_ wrote:

The beauty of any code lies in the eye of the beholder ... inner beauty that is at once obvious and indescribable

I agree with this comment so wholeheartedly that I put it up on my whiteboard (I also have it signed Maxxx_ [CodeProject]). I cannot seem to move past the memories of the coutless times I have looked over other's code work, and rated them according to maturity of style. I am quite sure that if it were possible to analyze my coding over the past 12 years, you would see a progression of stick-figure crayon drawings gradualy merging into detailed oil paintings. Though my works probably will never come close to the masters of today, they are products of my imagination and assembled through my blood, sweat, and tears. A lot of me goes into everything I make, therefore it is hard not to have an attachment to the code I have constructed. BUT, I am open to new methods and concepts, which means that I will always be searching for ways to improve my craft. I am willing to accept a critical eye and helpful suggestions, as long as they are respectful of the effort I have already applied. Ultimately, my point is that I agree that the "The beauty of any code lies in the eye of the beholder...", whereas it is all to easy to overlook the effort behind the finished product. Keep that in mind the next time you look over someone else's code.

Yes, I've already been had today ... In my quest to regain (some) sanity, my internet searches revealed the following quotes; 1. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. - Chinese Proverb 2. If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. - Welsh Proverb 3. We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb 4. Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. - Irish Proverb 5. Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment. - Horace [65 BC - 8 BC] 6. It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. - Anatole France [1844 - 1924] 7. The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. - Winston Churchill 8. What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning. - Spanish Proverb 9. For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. - Alexander Pope 10. A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still. - Antoine Rivarol Be kind with your pranks, but enjoy your day.

Well Said!!! Not being a web developer, I have never really concerned myself with the background operation of viewing a web page. If I try to view something over the internet and it doesn't look right or doesn't work at all, I just move on, never to visit that site again. This problem between browsers and web development has been around too long for it to still be in the state it's in.

I do understand that there is a huge difference between web development and app development (and I really do not envy web developers at all ... I know they have a tougher time trying to make wider audience happy ... but that's another post). I am just trying to understand how web developers and browser makers have come to this situation, and since my life revolves around the app dev side of life, I was trying to put it into a perspecitve that I can relate to. BTW, thanks for the insight ... maybe there is a need for a browser plugin that can interpret non standard sites (allowing browsers to be developed towards standards) and/or website interpreter module that can display sites the same regardless of browser or browser version. Anyway, thank you ... I do understand it a little better now.

But as an application developer, when I make an upgrade to my product I make every effort to make sure that what I change is downwardly compatible. After all I want my customers to buy my new stuff, but if they have to change their work to fit my product there is no sell. If I made a site that was viewable/usable in IE7 I would expect it to be still viewable/usable in IE8. I can see your point about trying to fix the standards side of it, and I do understand that not all web developers implement the same standards the same way, but I was offended by the over all tone of the email I received from Microsoft. I can just imagine the results if I sent a similar letter out to my customers. ... hmmmmmm just maybe they have something there!

Now That's Funny!!! Made me blow milk out my nose!

Had an email waiting for me this morning ... from Microsoft. It announced the soon to be launced Internet Explorer 8 and how I need to ensure that my site will still be accessable by those that will choose to use IE8. My question to this community is this ... Is this common practice for microsoft to scare developers into downloading and using the latest and greatest browser ... and is this how Microsoft always reports such high initial figures for downloads of thier new browsers? (Ok that's two questions ... tried to make it one ... ) Now I am not a web developer, but I would be very offended at this kind of stratedgy. It's too much like a car salesman or any other kind of salesperson trying to persuade me into buying right now. I would really like to know what others think of this.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army. (Based on MSN Review: http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/movies/reviews/article.aspx?cp-documentid=9259708) Just a guess ...