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What TV or radio commercials really stick in your mind? Here's one that I really liked [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXHHaGi4grc[/url]

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For those of you who have been working for some time I'd like to find out what practical uses you have seen for recursion. I'm not talking about college courses or what you see in tutorials, but what programmers use it for in real-world programs such as system, applications, etc. …

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How can we use our member certificate on other web sites so that it is displayed on every post I make? For example, I thought I might be able to put it in my signature, but that doesn't work, and avatar doesn't work either. Any other way I can do …

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Please vote for your favorite avatar -- Too bad polls can't include graphics. I would have like to add more names, but max of 10 allowed, so if your favorite is not listed here just check Other and post the name you want. And you can vote for more than …

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[url]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=39199906[/url]

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Wan t to share this with you :) [quote] [URL="http://www.vistahelpforum.com/showthread.php?t=1183"]A brief history of windows:[/URL] WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS - A newborn child WINDOWS 3.1 - A 3 year old WINDOWS 95 - A 6 year old know it all, stamping its feet on the ground WINDOWS 98 - Just graduated elementary …

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Just a quick note that I just finished installing a wireless keyboard and mouse, and everything works great right out of the box :) :) All I had to do was turn off my computer, unplug my old monster of keybaord + mouse, plug in a Logitech gadget (some technical …

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Anyone tried (or does now) watch TV on a PC ? I have Dish Network (satallite TV) for my TV but was wondering how to channel it to my PC.

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I've downloaded and compiled wxWindows using VC++ 2008 Express. Also am able to compile/link the Calculator example program (haven't tried the others yet). Now I want to begin writing my own program. So I searched google for tutorials to help get starte. None of them contain main(), and neither does …

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I think its about time we add a new MS-Windows board that is specific to MS-Windows programming. Why? Because there have been several threads in the c and c++ boards (probably vb too) that are about windows programming instead of about c or c++. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread129099.html"]This thread [/URL]is a good example …

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It's taking a full 45 seconds to finish loading a thread (doesn't happen with menus). After clicking on a thread the first half of the firs posts load almost immediately, then something is waiting 45 seconds (yes I timed it with my watch) before the remainder of the information is …

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Is it just my browser IE7 on Vista ? I don't see any submenus when I hover the mouse over the main menus such as [b]Software Development[/b]. I deleted temporary internet files but that didn't help.

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I tried to upload a *.zip file in [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post608544.html#post608544"]this thread[/URL] (post #28) and it failed. I thought zip files were acceptable.

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I think this has raised its ugly head again. Every time (well most of the time anyway) I post in a thread I get this error: [quote]The following errors occurred when this message was submitted[/quote] But if I hit the IE7's Refresh button my post was acaully made.

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icode doesn't retain white space like code tags. Is it possible to make them consistent? Example: // using icode tags [icode]"Now is the time "[/icode] // using code tags [code]"Now is the time "[/code]

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Is it possible to allow someone to add new items to a poll after it has been initially created ? Often times I see that posters have other things they would like to add to the poll or something the OP forgot and would like to add.

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Today I find that when I change a post code tags from [noparse] [code] blabla [/code] to this [code=cplusplus] blabla [/code] It doesn't work and acts as if something were misspelled or code tags were not present. But when I erase the [code] and retype the whole thing it works …

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This is the second time in about the last 5 minutes I have seen this

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I have been using the Insert Link button every since I Joined DaniWeb and it always worked perfectly. Until now. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post572769.html#post572769"]here[/URL] The above link shows the results. The way I do it is first highlight the words I want then hit the InsertLink round button, copy the URL and finally …

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Would it be possible to limit the searches to a specific forum, such as just the forum I happen to be viewing at the time ?

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Would you please explain what this is for? I presume its a list of links to people's web sites. Why would you want that? Is it another place for people to advertise their web sites?

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I don't know what happened but about an hour or so ago the submenus stopped working unless I click on the main menu. For example, I can't get the dropdown menu unless I first click the Software Development menu. After than, the submenus all appear normally until I post a …

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Bill Gates ?? think again because he lost that title in January this year when he tried a hostile takeover of Yahoo. Microsoft stock fell 15% and put poor Bill in the #3 spot behind Warren Buffett (now #1) and Carlos Slim Helú from Mexico. Full article [URL="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/News/GatesDethronedBuffettIsRichest.aspx?GT1=33009"]here[/URL].

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This doesn't work very well any more. Something broke just today I think. See [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread113546.html"]this thread[/URL] and click the Toggle Plain Text link.The whole thing shrivels up to just one or two lines with vertical scrollbar. In the last post in that thread all the text is placed on one …

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[URL="http://www.ksdk.com/news/watercooler/hot_topics_article.aspx?storyid=141828"]teach exercise classes at the W[/URL] Just saw this on TV local news. What an inspiration -- hope I'm that active at her age :) [quote] The instructor is Louise Larsen and she's 90 years old! "She loves teaching. She loves fitness," says Kirkwood YMCA manager Diane Wagner. "She just …

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In IE6 there was a menu File --> Open. That doesn't exist in IE7, or I can't find it. So I resort to using Windows Explorer and double-click on the *.htm file I want to load. Anyone know how to do it like IE6 ? Or a better way (in …

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I was unable to access DaniWeb for several hours this morning and for a few minutes again this afternoon -- began experience withdrawl symptoms :) Just me, our lousy wether today, or did you have computer problems?

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I've had this happen several times today -- push the submit button and an error message is produced. If I refersh the page my post was made correctly.

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Are you having database problems? All I can see of any thread is the first post -- nothing beyond that even in threads that have double-digit posts. Its not confined to just one thread but all threads on all boards.

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I was going to make this a reply to another thread but decided not to because it would have hijacked that thread. My favorite ice cream is [URL="http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/"]Dairy Queen[/URL], IMO the best danged soft ice cream in the world. Although I haven't tried other kinds the world over, but I'll …

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I hope everyone has a great newyear's party tonight. I just got a glimpse on TV of the New Year fireworks display that Austrilia put on. Wow! It was a glorious display. We usually have similar displays all over the USA. When I was a kid in 1950s we used …

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What to do with all those no-longer-needed programming books I no longer need and are just collecting dust ? Some of the books are 15+ years old while others are less than a year old. I could donate them to my local library. Maybe I could sell them on ebay? …

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Trying to delete d:\windows\gzip32.exe (my vista installation) but can't, nor can I rename it. If I copy it I can't delete the copies either no matter where I put them. I now have three other copies that I can't delete. Anyone know a solution to this: Things I have tried …

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See the words in the grey square large font right half of the screen. What is that supposed to be ? [b]Anti Copyright France <snip> [/b]

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I saw on TV just a few minutes ago that the Queen (UK) has her own website but they didn't give the URL. I guessed [url]www.royalfamily.uk[/url] but that wasn't it. Anyone know what it is ?

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First snow of the winter for us, but we only have about 1 inch. :) I like to see a white Christmas, but don't like the suff at other times because its such a pain to remove from sidewalks, roads etc. I know most of you young people have lots …

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Why does the list include posts that I made just a few minutes earlier? Shouldn't those not appear in the list ?

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I discovered this just a few minutes ago that if a very long text with no spaces is gets cut off. Does this in all tags, code, quote, and untagged. The only way to make it work right is to manually put a C/R at some place. I would have …

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Its pretty rare for me to post questions here but I came across this one about qsort I can't answer. If I try to sort an array of character strings such as [icode]char array[255][20][/icode] qsort works ok as expected. But if I declare the array like this qsort fails: [icode]char*array[255][/icode] …

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A comment in another thread here got me to looking for something like this. How would the world change if we USA we no longer considered the most powerful nation? How would your life change ? Below is some speculation, or sci-fi if you will. from [URL="http://ezinearticles.com/?What-If-The-Most-Powerful-Nation-On-Earth-Was-Iran?&id=310845"]here[/URL] Is everybody happy …

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All I see are those little squares where the menubar should be. This just started in the last 6 hours or so. (IE7 on Vista Home) [edit]Oops! its back to normal now. I have no idea what went wrong.[/edit]

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I'm really supprised no [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mal6XbN5cEg"]one has posted this[/URL]! I didn't find it but got the link from mattireland at [URL="http://www.programmingforums.org/thread14717.html"]PFO[/URL]

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Came across [URL="http://www.jokes2go.com/lists/list14.html"]this[/URL] when researching the answer to another question on c++ board and had to share. Just a couple of them below [quote] May all your teeth fall out except for the one with the toothache! May your daughter's hair grow thick and abundant, all over her face! May …

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Smiles list in the advanced edit window often does not work -- it does nothing. Sometimes when it does work the list is generated below the edit window (see thum) and I have to scroll down to see them all . I've noticed this behavior in only the last few …

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This is not my work -- don't know the author. [URL="http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=500862&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=8"]This[/URL] is where I got it from though. Also found it [URL="http://www.thejokeyard.com/religious_jokes/priest_sipping_vodka.html"]here[/URL] [quote] Sipping Vodka... A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the Monsignor how he had done.. The …

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