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Shots fired on I5 Seattle (5-6 shots - probably more - definitely semi-auto.) AK47 - 2 suspects, one captured concussion grenades Motorists on freeway for about 2 hours seems like spotted on both sides of f-way ah - 2nd guy surrendered but does not have weapon No injuries reported (I …

All the digits in a row, lunchtime today :)

to post in this thread, wins. You're already too late - losers! I WIN!

I see folks replying to threads with quotes that have the name of the original poster included - they have the form nameOfPoster> quote I've been crawling around the faq for the past hour or so, and haven't found any really newbie guides for using all the neat stuff that's …

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? …

I have a problem. Everyday i got angry sometimes for no reason. I sometimes think that i may be a rebellion person. In british english dictionary the word Turk has a synonym as rebellion. i am turkish so it may have to do with my origins. I look at these …

i was looking for some information on how to override WndProc in mobile pc and i found the link below : [url]http://blogs.msdn.com/netcfteam/archive/2005/05/23/421143.aspx[/url] what surprised me is the picture on the header of the page, more than 90 percent in the team is from india. What do you think about this …

Is it possible to change my name? :!:

i am writing a term paper in APA format. the format it self is bothering me as it has too many rules to follow, it almost keeps you from focusing in the content. what do you think?

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Whats the general opinion here: Are all programmers stoners? (If my colloquialism is lost across borders i'm talking about marijuana) Some two-bit sales person came and chirped me the other day that sales will always be the more powerful branch of the industry because they're the deal makers, they're more …

[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/5757194/Workers-have-daily-smile-scans.html[/url] " a bid to boost their customer services" More like reduce them. Anyone with a forced smile basically starts to look like a psycho - yeah, that'll bring the customers in. Or a punter with some bad news story being met with the company-standard gormless grin as opposed to …

I'm not sure where else to post so forgive me:( I know how to mark a post as solved, but how do I chose who solved it? Sorry if you solved one of my threads and didn't get a forum solved point.:scared: Thanks.

although learning new stuff is exciting, i feel exhausted to handle new knowledge, news, improvements, new technologies and so on. WPF,WCF,Silverlight, .net framework 4.0 visual studio 10... what amount of time as a software developer are we supposed to spend being with computer? 8 hours of regular full time work, …

Does anyone know where i can look to describe what the symbols next to your threads? i have what looks like a campfire next to my thread and don't know what that means.

[color=darkred][b][u]Bot Battle[/u][/b][/color] I created a new game that I'm calling Bot Battle. It's easy to play. Here is a quick overview... [b]Overview[/b]: Players program bots to move around a 3x3 grid which is represented by a number pad. Players score points by destroying the opposing bot, or by reaching the …

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Hi Everyone! I am a new college student and I am going to be a computer programmer. This is my "Interview with a Professional" week, and I need to interview a computer programmer, because that is what I want to be. I have made a lot of phone calls to …

The reputation system was patched a while ago to not affect the score when given in the Geeks' Lounge. Nevertheless, time keeps proving, again and again, that the ability of giving reputation in the Geeks' Lounge is more of an instrument of discord than anything else, were the system is …

:( I accidently posted a thread meant for this forum and got a tirade of abuse from "you know who". Be careful with the feedback forum. Only post feedback that is appropriate.:'(

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what do you guys think about permanent name change? i fed up with people pronouncing my name with various wierd pronounciations. And it is very hard for them to remember my name. neither that "e" nor that "a" phonetically exist in english language. also "r" is pronounced differently in turkish. …

i wanna share some feelings about yesterday. you guys know i am new to USA, and since i came here i didnt find much opportunity to go out and hangout with people. Actually i would like to share what i feel in detail but i know this thread will be …

I've never understood too much about how there's a gradual increase in processing power. How do they do it? My current understanding is that computers use transistors, which have gates (relating to Boolean logic), which get smaller and smaller, allowing more gates to be put in a smaller area, thus …

ok, you are forced to behave logically all the time, since i am a poster who is critisized with rambling off the topic, i give myself and you guys a chance to ramble off the topic as you like with one exception, the rambling will be like a linked list, …

today i didnt code yet, there is an issue with a client, their record entry on the server application seems different in the pocket pc application, i try to understand the problem. i am running unix commands and trying to see the traces between drivers and interfaces. i hope to …

let us give him one more chance? despite all odds he was a valuable poster. we need to take his age into consideration as well, at that age people are tend to be more aggressive. And he was like a shark, sharks sometimes give us damage but we dont kill …

guys, i want to make my guitar sound like Marty Friedman's soft electric guitar tone, what should i do? currently i dont even have an electric guitar, but i plan to buy one. in most of his videos he plays Jackson. i am not good at sound equipment. what kind …

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Up to now i kept saying i love Narue and such. But to be honest i had no idea of what she looked like. Tonight i saw her for the first time(her photo). Of course i wasnt in love with her, i just like the idea of having a girl …

yesterday i read that book, i was relieved. Do you also think that unix and programming on unix sucks?(i would also say c++ language but i know that Narue may prove me wrong, so i dont dare to say it)

when i display my profile, i see that i have 6 referals. how do i see those names?

I have exactly the same problem as this person on the video: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo5k9bRF5js[/url] An answer is to upload before creating any package. I have already created packages and I want to remove them but I can't find where. I can't find the help in the help docs. Another person tried …

My wireless connection crapped out as I was reading the backlog while I was out. If anyone familiar has I log, I'd appreciate seeing it. Regardless. Let's talk about smokers and smoking. :|

ok guys, i am persuaded, cheating is wrong, i gave an empty paper yesterday, and i am not gonna pass the class without understanding these hardware level cpu operations. you won!

i have been critisized badly because of my support towards cheating. none of the opponent ideas has changed my thoughts. if university education does not facilitate any thing in terms of your professional work life, if educations just means some overload about memorizing some new stuff and disposing after the …

guys after i bought my ibanez acoustic guitar, i played one traditional turkish song(without vocals) and put it to youtube, i want your feedback, the sound quality is bad since i recorded it with my laptop's webcam, the feedbacks will be better if they address to the music itself, i …

In the newsletter archieve [url]http://www.daniweb.com/newsletter/2009-02-03.html[/url] i answered this question as follows What first brought you to DaniWeb? If I remember correctly I think I needed to ask a question, so I searched google and came across DaniWeb and quickly joined up. but after seeing my first post dated to march …

I really wonder about geeks' very first posts. Of course starting with Narue, but also Dani, Peter_Budo, jbennet, Ancient Dragon, Serkan Sendur and the ones who have thousands of posts. I am really curious about it and i couldnt find a way to see it.

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I'll start a song then I'll stop on a word.. Then you start a another song that begins on the last word I (sung) typed.. [I][B]e.g.[/B][/I]So..So what! I am rockstar I got my rock moves and I don't need [I][B]you[/B][/I].. Then you can [B]start[/B] another song that starts ona word[I][B] …

1) How do i access this forum? i couldnt see it on the menu. 2) What is the number of total members in DaniWeb. 3)When i look at my "Latest Reputation Received" section,why some of the comments are gray in color whereas some of them are green. 4) Why is …

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The title is a literary allusion (gawd, I love it when I get all literate and intellectual). I was perusing my list of blogs and found some interesting things but what really caught my eye was a link to the conservapedia.com. I had been there once a long time ago …