Perfect! Thanks so much! "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

Hello everyone, I was wondering if there was a way to calculate the log2 of a number. I know there are functions for calculating the ln, log and log10, but don't see one for log2...maybe I'm missing it or there's a way to calc it using one of the other functions? Thanks! "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

I get this message when I try to search the forums: Oops! Hear that crunching sound? Something just broke. Why did this happen? Because either we screwed up in a way that wasn't immediately obvious until now, or because the ASP engine running this site has just rolled over and died, or because the site is simply having a bad hair day. Options 1. Try and do whatever you did again. Try again. 2. Open the CodeProject home page, and then look for links to the information you want. Sure, the information you need is probably on this page, but you never know your luck in a big city. 3. Pray, curse, or sacrifice burnt offerings, then see 1. The Error The Page: : /lounge.asp The Time: : Friday, September 26, 2003, 10:19:34 AM The Server: : Web4 The Error No. : 0x800A03E9. Remember this number. There will be a test. The Category : Microsoft VBScript compilation _____________________________________________________ I'm sure the guys are working on fixing it and I don't really need to search for anything right now so no big deal. I always get a kick out of hilarious error messages. :) Rachael "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

A few minutes ago I clicked on IE to go download something and got a very strange (and hilarious) error page. IE's home page is set to my company website and I guess something went wrong (our website just got a major makeover so maybe that has something to do with it). Here's what it said: The page cannot be displayed There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed. We apologize for the inconvenience. The IT department is being hunted down at this very moment and we can assure you that they will pay dearly for this unfortunate incident. If you would like to participate in the stoning of the responsible parties (BYOS), please contact us immediately. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please try the following: Click the Refresh button, or try again later. Open the file:// home page, and then look for links to the information you want. If you where in the process of completing an order, please contact us at # to confirm your order. Sit in your chair and screem at the monitor (this may not help but, you will feel better) HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP error Internet Information Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Information (for surviving support personnel) Error Type: Browser Type: Page: Time: More information: Microsoft Support I had one of my co-workers try to see if he got it, but he didn't so I guess I hit the site at the exact right (or wrong) time. Some how I don't think our web people are expecting this error page to come up very often. I wonder what a customer would think if he got it... :) Rachael "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

First I want to say that the new search is great! I love being able to search multiple boards and specify phrases! Thanks Chris! I have been experiencing some trouble with it though. After I do a search and am browsing through the results, I click on a result and start reading thread. The search hit post is fine, but if I click on any other posts in the thread, the page refreshes and I am at the first page of the message board, where the latest posts are. I also found that if, from there, I go forward to the post I was viewing, that the message I had clicked on is expanded. Anyone else notice this? Thanks! Rachael "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

thanks for the suggestions, I'll check 'em out! "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

I'm not exactly sure what he meant, all of my co-workers say strange things. We have a white-board where we write the these phrases and use them at opportune times.:) "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

with her only link to the outside world being the computer she sits at, coding madly :laugh: "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

Hahaha... at first I was confused and couldn't figure out why I would need to explain music subscription sites, then I read the title of your post. Ok, the why I do I use the name "The Lady of Shallots"? Well, it comes from the poem The Lady of Shalott[^] by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Only I changed it to "Shallots" which are a kind of onion. One day a co-worker and I had a random conversation in which the Lady of Shalott came up and since then I've used that for log-ins on any site I need one for. It's very useful because hardly anyone uses this and I never forget my my log-in name is. Well, there it is. :) Rachael "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

I'm thinking about signing up for one of those sites that lets you download music for a monthly fee. Have any recomendations on a good (cheap) one? www.musicnow.com[^]looks like it has a lot of good stuff and $10 a month doesn't seem too expensive.What do you all think? Rachael "It seems that we're getting to the bottom of the barrel of squirrels." - my boss

Yeah, I guess you're right, but doesn't help me. :) Maybe if I could search using exact phrases and other modifiers (hint, hint) that would help to get back applicable hits. Thanks!

I noticed that when I did a search on the word "font", I got back hits for all the posts that have html sigs with "font" in them. Not very helpful! Thanks! :)

Thanks everyone for their helpful advice! I feel a lot more confident about asking now and have a better idea of how to go about it (this will be the first time I've asked for one). Well, we'll see how it goes. :)

Thanks for your thoughts! Yeah, getting a feel for the health of the company is a good idea. I would say we're doing pretty good, there's not concern about layoffs, but neither is the excessive spending on stupid stuff. I'm in the Washington D.C. area, does that help?

I just posted a message on the same thing. This is really bugging me too!

I'm trying to decide if I should ask for a raise, so I thought I would ask all you smart people what you thought. Here's the situation: I was hired by a small private software business right out of high school where I started out as the shipping person. After a couple months I started taking programming classes at the local community college and the lead developer (also the president of the company), started giving small projects to work on. The company paid for my classes as well. 3 years later - the company I worked was bought by a large software company (a little over a year ago). I am now an associate developer programming in Visual C++, with a mix of Oracle, PL\SQL, and Delphi thrown in. I am about to graduate from the community college (which I have been going to all this time part-time while working full time) and will have my 2-year degree in Computer Science. My company is no longer paying for my school, as they have no provision for that, instead, when we were bought, they gave me a raise. I also still have the same boss as I did before, whom I am very grateful to because he is the one who has encouraged me to go to school and made sure the money was taken care of. I currently make about 28K before taxes and am on the East Coast of the US. I am thinking about waiting until I get my degree in May and then going to my boss and asking for a raise. What do you all think? Does that sound ungrateful?

Hello everyone, I have an MFC MDI app that I am trying to override some of the printing and I am have lots of trouble. I want to not show the printer dialog box and also set the printer (I have access to the HDC). I'm sure this is a relatively easy thing to do, but can't figure it out. I tried searching through old posts, but wasn't able to find anything. Thanks!

I really like having the search for the boards the way it is, rather than the old way of filtering based on exact phrase or whatever it was. However I do have an enhacment request for searching. I noticed that if I search on two keywords, for example, graphics mdi, I get back all the posts that have either of the words in them. I would like to be able to search for posts that have both words in them (kinda like the article search with it's AND, OR, NOT and NEAR to customise the search string). Thanks!

Got it to work with SetIcon! Thanks so much! :)

Yup, you are right in saying I'm trying to update my icon. I don't want to change it completely in the exe, just update it so the user see something different at runtime. I am using MFC, I will give it a shot with the SetIcon and let you know what happens. Thanks so much for your help!