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I found this very interesting article about the seven deadly sins of software development. I am sure we all have a sin in there somewhere. It covers all seven, Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. The full article can be found [URL="http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/the-7-deadly-sins-software-development-872"]HERE[/URL].

Hi, I have a reportviewer report with an expression in the one field as follows: [CODE]IIf([Number of A Levels]>3,(([UCAS Points]/3)*([Number of A Levels]-(1-(1/[Number of A Levels]))))/[Number of A Levels],[UCAS Points]/[Number of A Levels]) AS [Weighted Average][/CODE] I need to use the results in the [Weighted Average] to sort the output. …

Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend to Husband and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend. In addition, Husband uninstalled many other valuable programmes, such as Romance and Personal Attention and then installed undesirable …

I read somewhere that PS3 uses Blue-ray discs. Is that true? Bcoz, since there are are no blue ray recorders currently available on the market, there will be no :sad: pirated games. And I'd have to shell out a lot of moeny for that.

What new plans are on the charts for Daniweb in 2011? Add your comments on what you would like to see getting improved upon, added features etc.

[B]What's up?[/B] We've been having a big problem with Russian spammer for the last few days. You may have seen some posts they made with mainly porn and/or drug-links in them. We're currently struggling to keep up with the enormous amount of spam being posted, so I thought I'd ask …

With all the recent hype about spammers, bots and malware, I found [URL="http://wpmu.org/why-you-should-never-search-for-free-wordpress-themes-in-google-or-anywhere-else/"]THIS[/URL] link "Why You Should Never Search For Free WordPress Themes in Google or Anywhere Else" The first page that google supplied is numbered and discussed in detail to every link provided. It seems they are all cluttered …

Not sure if any of you have [URL="http://gizmodo.com/5726667/the-agonizing-last-words-of-bill-zeller"]read this[/URL], but heavy stuff there. It's so sad that someone had to go through so much his entire life. The note, yet again, shows us an unseen facet of this world we live in. RIP Bill Zeller :`( [B]PS:[/B] For those who …

just last week ago, my 6 yr old Pentium 4 Core Duo 3.0GHz died recently... the mobo died and not working anymore... I tried to revive it but sadly, it didn't make it alive... the Mobo is too old (DDR1 type). bottom line I don't have any money now... right …

Have a look at [URL="http://www.bgr.com/2010/12/29/hello-my-name-is-9649e796e8b23900dc9629a18f2d47306430e62f/"]THIS[/URL] link. Your every move can be tracked via your mobile's UD (mobile device unique identifier) and a lot of spam etc can be send. It does not seem that we have any say over this at all, although two people already started legal action in …

How did your new year resolutions from 2010 pan out during the year? Mine was a total disaster. I think there was only one that lasted until February. All the others fell out of the bus during January... ;) This year, mmmmm. Definitely grow my business by at least 35%. …

What do you have planned for the holidays? We have decided to have a very quiet family get together at my place for the holidays.

My obvious guess would be cscgal. Anybody has more posts than her?

Hi all I am starting a Quiz forum for my company .....It qould be a Misc Quiz covering numerous topics . Plz suggest a Unique n a Creative Name for the same ...... Best Regards VG

Has anyone here tried PureBasic by Fantasie Software? I've tried their latest demo version and I am very impressed so far! The help section could be improved though. I tried a basic search (no pun intended) for 'PureBasic' on your site to no avail! Just thought I'd enquire before I …

What are the post count ranks?! Can someone give me a complete list?

So here's the thing. At university we're a group of three dudes studying together (sort of). Everything started going well, taking notes and what not. But then they stopped and for a while they were asking me to send them mine, i indirectly refused by joking at how lazy they …

Dani said that she interviewed Steve Wozniak ("The Woz", "Wonderful Wizard of Woz" and "iWoz"). Where is the article on the interview?

Played the original StarCraft when I was in my Gradeschool. It was a fun game. I'm not a master, or "pro" gamer, but I was pretty good, at least by my standards. High school came in, and I had to leave the game for a while. When I got back, …

Just a quick question, what's the normal policy in regards to asking about homework? I know in the future I'll probably have some questions, so is this generally considered ok? What's the best way to go about asking questions about homework?

Anyone following the Ryder cup? Europe ahead by one point (4-3) hoo hoo!!! Sorry USA. Whats up with the weather though, you need a boat to get around! Good luck to both teams though. I'm supporting Europe and Monty.

So I am reading the Rules and such page, so that i can figure out how to edit my profile. So i got to this page http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread10915.html then followed a link to the page that answers that question. However i instead got a page that said that if I had …

My friend said to me that in 1935 The US police killed an innocent person & his friend suicide because of that, thus US government declared Friendship day. I searched the net but didn't see any such story. But I found it was somewhat right, that it was started in …

Hi guys, Did you know that a flight number from one of the planes that hit one of the two WTC towers on 9/11 was Q33N. In Notepad / WordPad or MS Word, type that flight number i.e. Q33N. Increase the font size to 72. Change the font to Wingdings. …

Hi all, hope you are well. I have noticed a LOT of members here seem to be interested in anime/manga. I too have an interest in anime and would like to share my three favourites with you. 1 - Ghost in the Shell SAC 1 & 2 2 - Cowboy …

can anyone tell help some of us on how to mod an xbox repair acording to the error codes.where can we download all xbox system files not using p2p mayb mail or direct download.my eror codes are 16 and 7

What do you all think about gun law? I reaslise that this has been discussed over the years, but nothing recently. We all know about the problems in the USA. Now we are starting to see it in the UK. Northern England: two maniacs in a matter of just over …

Greetings to everyone: For some reason I read the bad/nasties forced you to move, so new ones whom wanted to introduce themselves could not accomplish that. I was told to introduce myself here. I posted an earlier thread about an office. I already know about open office.org, here's the problem. …

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in our this months newsletter i saw that "essential" became a featured poster as well as a featured coder. if i compare number of his posts or reputation points or solved threads, i think Ramy or Scott(sknake) must be granted these before than him. I think the problem is, neither …

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I'm sure this is not the right place to post this, but I thought I'd shout out to everyone to see if there's anyone can help. I have GOT to get off the internet more and I remember vaguely in the back of my mind from a million years ago …

Hello there. I haven't been here for a long time but now i am here. Well this post is more towards the moderators. I was wondering if it is possible to change my username(which is konyango) ? Reason being that it is a "reserved"(meaning it has a bearing in the …

I'm so confused. I spend most of my time in the C++ forums and there are many people who ask for help with their homework. Where do you get homework for C++? Is it like a course that they are taking or somthing in college? Or maybe they are doing …

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[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7042205/Top-ten-internet-passwords-to-be-avoided.html[/url] That doesn't mean number 11 on the list is completely safe - choose wisely!

[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-age-of-the-killer-robot-is-no-longer-a-scifi-fantasy-1875220.html[/url] > "You can't appeal to robots for mercy or empathy - or punish them afterwards" But they are infinitely easier to re-program and send back. I'm sure a few hacked droids coming back which promptly explode will cause some pause. Though no doubt the folly will be to "keep …

[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6995354/Sarcasm-punctuation-mark-aims-to-put-an-end-to-email-confusion.html[/url] [quote] The symbol – a dot inside a single spiral line – can be installed onto any PC running Windows 7, XP or Vista, as well as Macs and Blackberry mobile devices. It can then be used in Word documents, instant messenger conversations, Outlook email and other programmes, just …

I recently dual booted my machine with Windows 7 and the switch from Linux inspired me to try out the Google Chrome browser. I actually really like it: it's minimal with a good, clear interface and seemingly even faster than Firefox.. but I've heard from a couple of sources that …

There is also "1001 ways to spam for liquid roofs" or similar title.

Hope to hear from you guys..

It is very close to that time of the year again where many (fortunate) people start planning where to go for the holidays. Do you have any plans made, going somewhere? Share your plans with us. If you do travel, plan ahead and please be carefull. We ALL would like …

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i want to see the names for the poster titles, the ones starting from newbie to ... . is there any complete list of them? i also want to know what are the roles of moderators, super mod, staff writer, administrator and so on.

What exactly is the section where i can ask for help in creating a bot?

Hi, Just a technical question on what is legal and what is not. I buy a printer, lets say a cannon, and after a while the black ink runs out, can I legally refill the cartridge as I bought it and it is mine? Or because it is a registered …

Ever felt like you need to do SOMETHING, but you don't know what. You are sitting at your pc, thinking about coding and finishing that app. 10 minutes later you are so bored you start surfing. 20 minutes later you start a game. 10 minutes later you install something. You …

anybody know what's happened to the profile pages?? can't see any stats.

Hi and in a previous discussion I wrote a bot that created informational text articles from the php forum at daniweb. This discussion can be found at [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread200918.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread200918.html[/URL] However I now have another question due to the great success of my bot. Is it possible for to expand the bot …

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