Yes, you are right, its my product and I am lazy enough. Ah! you are right as well for the horizontal scrolling. I am actually using 1680*1050 screen size and I didn't realize that the snapshots are too big to fit on normal screen. I will resize that to fit on the screen. thanks for the suggestion. Sameers
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That seems not a bad idea. I can though search through emails from my 2GB PST files, but sometimes, it is really hard to remember what to search :) So I developed something already, that is, add comments to your emails and reminder as well. So it will remind you at given time, and also, you can search through your comments. Seems good? give it a try Outlook PA[^] Sameers
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Me too :D
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:) you are something like me at this time, with the difference that I am freelancer and you are on Job. I also feel many times to quit, but really, dont know what else to do :) the fact is, at this situation, take a little break and then come back. When you are good at something, you start enjoying that (until you have heavy load of work, like 4 projects at a time). Reduce the work load, take a little break, have deap breaths. and think again! If you have any other activity to do, do it. Sameers
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Well, I am from Pakistan. Working as a freelancer in US$ from 5 years and as per I remember, $ is ~ 60 PKR (Pak Rupees) all the time. It goes up to 61 and the maximum fall is of 58. So if this is the concern, I think Pakistan is not affected. I am not an economist, but I heard that the fall in exchange rate (like INR) shows the good economy of the country. Well, the point is, when Indian govt. have to pay someone in US$, he has to pay less in INR. That sounds good for the govt. Isn't it? Every effect have two other effects, positive and negative. Lets see if the positive one is more benificial or negative one is worse. Sameers
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Really Not! But who can imagine life of computer without an anti-virus?
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peterchen wrote:
stupid errors "file is locked and can not write {\build_path\ProjectName.dll} what's so stupid about this error?
Looks like you never got such problem! Just think for a while, you build your project and you get this error and build fails. You try again and same thing happens. Maybe, on 10th try, you get success (or before each build, you have to restart studio).
peterchen wrote:
Long delay to update property window in web designer view I've heard this is blistering fast on a Dual Cray system.
Well, I think the speed of system doesn't matter for it. And If I am not worng, Microsoft committed this as a problem in studio.
peterchen wrote:
The C# stuff at least outweights all the crap, though.
I wish, I was C# developer then.
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Looks like you are the most lucky person in the world!
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Yes, it is annoying and indeed, painful. Think that you make a small change in your project and you have to test that (I change things in code and test them before I go to any other) and you receive this problem. Closing, and re-opening project waste a lot of time. I am not sure if this is the problem in windows app as well, but I have seen in web apps. So I am facing from last 5 days (started a new project). there are several tweaks I came to know and some of them worked for a while, but stopped working next day I open my project. Maybe, I write couple of them here and it may work for you! In the pre-build event, write this if exist "$(TargetPath).locked" del "$(TargetPath).locked" if exist "$(TargetPath)" if not exist "$(TargetPath).locked" move "$(TargetPath)" "$(TargetPath).locked" (infact, files are locked by VS itself and we need to remove them before build start). It worked for me for a while, but not very long. Currently, I made the following change in web.config ......... and it seems to work for now, lets see (BUT using above shadowCopy thing may lead to another runtime error which is not very frequent though. that is, can not shodow/copy XXXX.dll .........). BTW, another small tweak! I noticed that whenever there is a build error, just make a small change in web.config (enter a blank line and remove) and build again and usually, it is successful. I am not sure WHY, but it works 90% for me. Sameers -- modified at 9:00 Thursday 24th May, 2007 FREE MSN Auto Responder[^] History Remember Vendors, NOT Developers
Although with the release of Servie Pack 1, it seems to be a bit better, but still, there looks lot of problems in it. Do you people face them? For example, build fails due to stupid errors "file is locked and can not write <\build_path\ProjectName.dll>, crash of Cassini web server when you detach your debugger (stop debugging). Long delay to update property window in web designer view, failure to update control names if you change in design view (not always though) and such other issues. Eventually, there are a lot of new features in 2005, but at the same time, lot of bugs/problems in it. How much of you face these problems? I see most of the times, Microsoft replies with bugs saying 'Unable to reproduce'. Hope these things will vanish in next release of studio! Sameers
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Looks too much fan of RAC. Good thing. I dont dislike though. This is good that you have good "rate" as compared to your fellow country mens. BTW, I am not going to analyze your profile and I believe you better know what to do and what you are. So just sticking with your sayings :)
upto wrote:
Did you earn anything? Or - this is just theory?
Yes, I told you that I am with Elance from last one and half years, before this, I had a good profile on RAC too which is still available. Ok, let me post URLs for you. RAC[^] Elance[^] One bad thing with Elance is, peoples often do not provide feedback.
upto wrote:
From $2000 I pay 10%, because it is private auction
Oh yes, that is why I wrote transaction fee from 10% to 15%. I know it.
upto wrote:
Business model for all job-related paid sites: 1. Post advertising "We are good site, bla-bla-bla". 2. Rent 2-3 "senders" 3. They post scam projects 4. Collect monthly subscription fee from credulous programmers 5. Go To 1
You are right, that it is with most of the paying sites. But hey, its not with Elance. While working on Elance, I had too much work so even had to hire more persons to complete the jobs. and now, I have many clients from Elance which periodically sends me work, and hence, I even dont need to bid any project. Good, no bids and you have work too. Wow
upto wrote:
Also - no way to check statistics: 1. how many subscribers? 2. how many completed projects? May be 10,000 subscribers compete for 100 projects. Every month.
How can you believe that? Maybe, figures are not that correct as posted on site? I think you can find such statistics on Elance too, but who guarantees that it is 100% accurate? Sameers
upto wrote:
Yes! If you care about $5 projects.
YOU are right, but this actually means, buyer thinks that it is the cheapest place to get work done and when you dont have anything to eat, you may even consider grass. For example, take a look at your profile, all your recent projects done there less than $50 except some which are about $100 or one with $2,000. Despite on Elance, even I have to pay something, but I have to Pay less transaction fee (8.75% if I earned less than $10K in last 6 months, 7.75% If my earning is less than $40K in last 6 months, 6.65% otherwise). Choosing the paid or free site also depends how much worth you have. After analyzing transaction fee I had to pay to site and the projects worth, I decided to use Elance and so far, it is going good (more than 1 and half year). Got good clients, and now I only use Elance for transactions, everything else is done on messengers.
upto wrote:
I decline all job-related sites where I should pay monthly subscription fee. In fact - you pay $$$ to get possibility to receive some job.
If think you should be more confident about yourself, you have good profile on RAC, but you seems to be doing very small works. But this also means, you should have good exposure of programming platforms. So I believe, you should build more confidence about your skills, and try paid site once. BTW, I never meant RAC is bad, its good, for part time work, doing small projects (sometime you can even get big, really big). All depends on your skills and sometime, matter of luck. Sameers
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RAC is one of the largest free sites, I personally started freelancing from RAC. Nice site, but too much competition so as a coder, sometime you have to lower your bid amount to get some work. The bad thing is, no mimimum amount for a project which cause the buyers to post even $5 project out of which $3 is deducted by RAC and you get $2 only. Horrible???? BUT sometime, some serious buyers find you and your life is happy. As a buyer, you need to be very careful while selecting someone to do your job. I have both experiences, Buyer and Coder. as a coder, I got some good clients and started working with them and getting good amount to live and eat. As a Buyer, I posted a project there and NO ONE BIDDED on it. Think what? it was a little complex project (Retrieving SPD information). On the other hand, I posted another project and received good bids. Selected one and he didn't completed project within time. It was an article actually of several thousands words. Even it was not completed, service provider added about 25% garbage in that making it fully waste. It doesn't mean RAC is not good for you as a coder or buyer, it could be, if you are careful while choosing coder (if you are a buyer) and if you are lucky enough (as a coder) :rolleyes: Transaction Fee is another point for RAC. If you are a buyer, you dont have to worry about it, but as a coder, you will have to pay 10%-15% (normally 15%) fee of project worth. So, $1,000 project means, you lose $150 and get only $850. If you really want good thing (both as buyer and coder), I will suggest Elance.com. From last couple of years, I have shifted myself to Elance and not using RAC anymore. Sameers
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Looks good. I just had an eye bird review of new home page and it was really good. Just one small thing. I can see the bottom scroll bar which should really not visible on 1024x768 resolution. BTW, I noticed that on home page only. Sameers Need custom software? Contact DevelopersINN[^] Need to add reminders for your Outlook emails? Try Outlook Personal Assistant[^]
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Yeah, you're stupid. Only an idiot would associate smoking (or typing skills) with being a good programmer.
Come on! analysing habbits of people doesn't make anyone stupid. If it was, then there are many many research making peoples are stupid.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Yeah, because you couldn't think of anything else that was actually worth saying. Go back to your mud hut and stop stealing electricity and an internet connection from your neighbor.
I heard so from many peoples locally, so I just thought to know globally. If you dont like smoking, thats a good sign. But it doesn't mean smokers live in "mud hut" and "steal electricity and internet connection from neighbours". BTW, smoking is worst or drinking? though both are bad, which one is more? (just another question if it dont make you bother ;P) I smoke, but dont drink. Sameers Need custom software? Contact DevelopersINN[^] Need to add reminders for your Outlook emails? Try Outlook Personal Assistant[^]
wow! stupid? Do u think so?
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Sameers (theAngrycodeR ) wrote: Are you a good developer?
Do you know why I wrote that? it means are you smoker and a good developer? Just wanna analyze that how many "developers" are addicted of smoking. BTW:
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass
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Is it necessary to let one hand always busy while you are smoking? In this third world, there are many things invented for example "ash tray" where you can place your cigerate after having some smoke and continue working. I do that always and I know, I work faster than any other (atleast certified by my clients :->). I usually smoke a packet in a day (and in all day, I spend about 10 hours sleeping. enough time or I should increase it:zzz:) which includes not more than 8-10 hours of work. Apart from the jokes and other non serious words, I believe that developers must be allowed to smoke on their seats. I bet you, it will increase their ability to programme. I am a good developer btw! Sameers Need custom software? Contact DevelopersINN[^] Need to add reminders for your Outlook emails? Try Outlook Personal Assistant[^]
Great to know that you quit smoking.
Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
You need a bigger group of friends
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Someone said, it is impossible to be a good developer until he smokes. Are you a good developer? My fellow developers with me are used to smoke, however, I never saw anyone who is good in development and avoid smoking. Sameers (theAngrycodeR) Need custom software? Contact DevelopersINN[^] Need to add reminders for your Outlook emails? Try Outlook Personal Assistant[^]
Well, you know what, basically I think it all depends on the location where you are. See, I am from Pakistan, a certified peprson could have more preference over non certified peoples. Of-course, companies will not only rely on your certificate, but will also measure your skills by their own. I have MCAD, but its just like nothing for me, since I am not attached to some company but an individual. I work for my clients based on the hourly rate and when I told him that I achieved MCAD, he increased my hourly rate. In this sense, it was good for me. Even my friend working in a software company, can force owners to increase his salary. But once again, it all depends on the location where you have your professional life. Apart from this, it is a fact that there are many "Transcenders" available which makes it easy to get certified. So once you go through those, and you have some expertise, never think that you will fail. So if your seniors know this fact, the certification may be nothing more than a piece of paper for you and for your boss of-course. Best wishes Sameers (theAngrycodeR) Need custom software? Contact DevelopersINN[^] Need to add reminders for your Outlook emails? Try Outlook Personal Assistant[^]