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    Replied To a Post in Member counters recalculated

    my post count dropped by about 5,000
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    Replied To a Post in Windows Update killed my settings

    Didn't notice any problems on my Windows 7 or 8.1 computers (I have one of each).
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    Replied To a Post in HealthCare.gov what is wrong?

    Yes, someone has to pay for it sometime -- the docctors, nurses, hospital staff, etc don't all work for free, they have to make a living too otherwise they'd do …
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    Replied To a Post in A linked list with a twist

    Recheck the function prototype at the top of the program to make sure it has two parameters. If you still can't find the problem then post the code you wrote. …
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    Replied To a Post in Suitable C++ graphics

    [Here's another related article](http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/cpp/threads/469900/qt-with-visual-studio-2010)
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    Replied To a Post in vista loads, but other software wont

    >or switch to linux or mac My friend has a mac -- it crashes constantly and sometimes he looses some data.
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    Replied To a Post in DESSERTS

    >Ooooh I would kill for a Krispy Kreme. I never liked them -- they always tasted greasy to me. My favorite donut is cake donut with coconut frosting. >They have …
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    Replied To a Post in Qt with visual studio 2010

    >In fact, one of the major criticism about Windows is that it does not have a proper package management system (like all Linux, BSD, Unix-like, and Mac OSes Hallelujah! I …
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    Replied To a Post in DESSERTS

    jelly filled sugar cookies
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    >@AD, not that kind of stick man! like a little sketch, lol! Ok, then I used an eraser and erased you. >I wish i didnt have to go to work …
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    Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?

    Beverly Hills Cop 2 -- 4 star movie :)
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    Replied To a Post in How is the weather today in your country?

    Warm this morning -- rained all day yesterday.
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    Replied To a Post in Qt with visual studio 2010

    Then the people are apparently not using MS-Windows at all, but some other operating system. Nearly all programs that run on MS-Windows and \*nix use shared libraries, if they didn't …
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    Gave Reputation to meta.quota in How to find the most frequent words in 4 GB txt?

    to reduce code lines, i'd suggest You use C++ <map> .. it's much more easier .. you just need a helper function named, maybe (split) which is a vector of …
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    Replied To a Post in Ruin the above poster's wish.

    Granted -- I chopped you up for firewood and burned in in a bondfire. I wish I could sleep more.
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    Replied To a Post in help in cin with string literal

    >VB Users, always include "stdafx.h" Why?? It's only necessary if you use Visual C++ and then only if you use precompiled headers option. Otherwise you can delete it.
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    Replied To a Post in I need help with my exercice in c prog, please help

    lines 22 and 27 are wrong -- files can't be read directly into structures like that, unless that was the way the file was written. First read the file into …
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    Replied To a Post in What does -> mean?

    I prefer dereferencing using -> because it's simpler and doesn't make me think about it. Similar to a native English speaking person reading code written in English instead of some …
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    Replied To a Post in Mean & Standard Deviation

    [This wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation) explains how to calculate the sandard deviation.
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    Replied To a Post in Qt with visual studio 2010

    You might investigate wxWidgets -- another cross-platform GUI library. I don't know if it can be statically linked or not.
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    Replied To a Post in Latin squer

    Is there a question or problem with your code? Why did you post it???
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    Replied To a Post in Ruin the above poster's wish.

    >Granted buuuut ur backyard was overgrown with pioson ivy and oak. No problem -- I'm not alergic to either, I just go out and pull them up with my bare …
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    Replied To a Post in New Homepage

    Maybe a picture of Fred Flintstone chiseling a program on a stone tablet???
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    Replied To a Post in Ruin the above poster's wish.

    Granted -- you are now 80 years old, have a pop belly, and placed in an institution for crazy people because you think you can jump down people's chimmneys, which …
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    Replied To a Post in help in cin with string literal

    Here is a more complete and compilable program snippet #include <string> #include <iostream> int main(int arc, char* argv[]) { std::string input; if( argc > 1) input = argv[1]; // get …
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    Replied To a Post in ++ sign and -- sign

    That's what I said.
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    I don't know a thing about it, but according to[ wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium) there is only one king of the Belgiums (Philippe). >at the moment we have two kings and three queens! …
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    >Well, let's get back to X-mas. So J.C. was born 25 december of the year 0, right? No, he was most likely born in the spring because shephards don't herd …
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    Replied To a Post in ZOHO interview question

    >I am considering 'a' and 'A' as same character Instead of lines 13-21, just use toupper() or tolower() to convert the characters if( isalpha(string[i]) ) token[toupper(string[i])-65]++;
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    Replied To a Post in convert c++ to python

    I don't know python either. If you need it for school project then I assume they think you already know python. If you don't, then get a book or online …
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    Replied To a Post in help in cin with string literal

    I'm not sure what you want. Something like this??? int main(int arc, char* argv[]) { std::string input; if( argc > 1) input = argv[1]; // get string from command-line argument …
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    Replied To a Post in Qt with visual studio 2010

    Neither -- all .NET languages are compiled into what is called Common Intermediate Language (CIL), conceptually similar to .obj. Then it uses a Just In Time (JIT) linker to produce …
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    Replied To a Post in ++ sign and -- sign

    But beware of unconventional constructs like ++x-- or `y = ++x - x--;` Such constructs have undefined behavior, the compiler is free to produce any results it wants.
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    Gave Reputation to ArashVenus in ++ sign and -- sign

    I'm glad that I have the knowledge to help you here , ++ and -- add +1 or -1 to the variable for example x++ is equal to x=x+1 and …
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    Replied To a Post in thankyou

    Oh to be young again! I'm only 39 (like [Jack Benny](http://www.biography.com/people/jack-benny-9207709), if any of you know who he was), with just a few years experience at that age. Happy Birthday, …
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    [All I want for Christmas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY)
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    Replied To a Post in How is the weather today in your country?

    Great warm day today, the snow we got a few days ago is nearly all melted. It can stay that way now until next year.
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    Gave Reputation to mrnutty in C++ Local App Simple GUI

    C++ doesn't have an interface to allow you to create any GUI code, but you can use external libraries to draw the GUI stuff and control it with C++. For …
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    Replied To a Post in convert c++ to python

    If you don't know python why do you want to convert that code? Learn python then you can convert it yourself.
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    >Being an atheist back then was tantamount to signing your own death warrant, Yes, you have a good point :)
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    Replied To a Post in Qt with visual studio 2010

    > and I'm hoping to learn more of win32 programming before .Net. IMO learning win32 api us only useful for maintaining lagecy (existing) code -- not for starting new project. …
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    I don't mean to deny anyone from using the Gregorian calendar -- it's just seems a little odd we didn't standardize on the Hebrew or Chinese calendar instead, and I'm …
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    >I'm in NYC and us jews use the hebrew calendar, so yes. : According to that wiki article, even the Hebrew calendar has some reference to the birth of Christ …
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    >Christians usually think they're better than everybody else and thus deserve special priviledges Not at all -- I just find it rather funny that the entire world has adopted the …
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    Replied To a Post in Create Multiple Textboxes and labels in different forms

    >textbox values in Excel as .xls format I mentioned this before -- if you want to write directly into xls format you have to use Office Autimation. I know VB.NET …
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    yea, I enjoy stirring the pot occasionally to see what falls out. :)
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    Replied To a Post in Qt with visual studio 2010

    Your link doesn't work. Why start a new program using pure win32 api? It is a lot easier just to use Windows Forms and CLR/C++, C# or VB.NET. Visual Studio …
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    Replied To a Post in PERSONAL ASSISTANT

    So why did you post all that code?
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    Replied To a Post in Christmas is coming

    Funny, all you athiests out there so willingly use the Gregorian calendar, which is based on Christian holidays (Easter, Christmas and the birth of Christ). If you don't believe in …
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    Replied To a Post in Use ASCII for cursor movement

    Before doing the above, you have to make sure your compiler has access to windows.h and associated libraries. If not, then you need to download and install the free [Windows …

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