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    Further to my last post, ABC will be trying a new show this fall called, I kid you not, Dumb F\*ck. According to the write-up... >Dumb F\*ck: Single-camera comedy about …
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    Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?

    Too much use of green-screen in The Hobbit. I read that Ian McKellen was in tears during the filming because he found acting in front of non-existent sets extremely frustrating.
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    Replied To a Post in VB arrays,parameters,constants help.

    Your spec is incomplete. 1. write a function 1. with two parameters, an array and constant k 1. should return an array where array(i) is equal to k You didn't …
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    Replied To a Post in populateing textbox based on combo selection

    What line is giving the error? You should use a DataReader. Try Dim query As String qry = "SELECT Description, Price " & " FROM tblProducts " & " WHERE …
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    Edited VB arrays,parameters,constants help.

    This is the program I need to re-write and I dont understand. Sub Main() Dim array(24) As Double, i As Long array(0) = 1 For i = 1 To 24 …
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    Edited Data Environment

    SELECT BANK ACCOUNT.*FROM BANK ACCOUNT ORDER BY ACCOUNT NAME What is the missing operator here? In sql statement, pls I need help
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    Edited Invalid String

    Please help me in solving this error of my project. This error appear when i enter this character [ it shows me that i enter an invalid string. where particularly …
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    Edited Invalid String

    Please help me in solving this error of my project. This error appear when i enter this character [ it shows me that i enter an invalid string. where particularly …
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    Replied To a Post in DBNETLIB] ConnectionOpen(Connect()).]SQL server

    @altgen - When images are essential to the post, please upload the images to Daniweb and include them in your post. That ensures that the images will be available for …
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    Gave Reputation to ddanbe in What is your current motto?

    Haha, I meant my signature of course.
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    A [nibling](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nibling) is a gender neutral term for niece or nephew, similar to sibling for brother or sister.
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    Edited Tagging articles

    I just posted an [article](https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/threads/493564/windows-10-and-secure-boot) in Hardware & Software -> Microsoft Windows with the title "Windows 10 and Secure Boot". I added a few tags in the Tags field and …
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    Edited Tagging articles

    I just posted an [article](https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/threads/493564/windows-10-and-secure-boot) in Hardware & Software -> Microsoft Windows with the title "Windows 10 and Secure Boot". I added a few tags in the Tags field and …
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    Edited Tagging articles

    I just posted an [article](https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/threads/493564/windows-10-and-secure-boot) in Hardware & Software -> Microsoft Windows with the title "Windows 10 and Secure Boot". I added a few tags in the Tags field and …
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    Created Tagging articles

    I just posted an [article](https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/threads/493564/windows-10-and-secure-boot) in Hardware & Software -> Microsoft Windows with the title "Windows 10 and Secure Boot". I added a few tags in the Tags field and …
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    Created Windows 10 and Secure Boot

    At a recent conference, Microsoft said that the switch to allow Secure Boot to be turned off would be optional. "Hardware can be Designed for Windows 10 and can offer …
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    Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?

    Also just watched The Cabin in the Woods (2012). It's actually a decent horror movie (a genre I usually hate unless starring Bruce Campbell) with a fair bit of comedy …
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    Replied To a Post in Textbox Should not enter the first character as dot

    You could do Private Sub TextBox1_KeyPress(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyPress Select Case e.KeyChar Case "0" To "9" Case "." Dim tbx As TextBox = sender e.Handled = …
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    Replied To a Post in What Music Do People Like?

    >I'm always in search for new music: Try "Nothing Above My Shoulders But the Evening" by Ray Lynch and "Waterstation" by Tim Clement.
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    Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?

    The Imitation Game. And for once, "based on a true story" got it mostly right, at least based on my reading of "Colossus The Secrets Of Bletchley Park's Code-Breaking Computers". …
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    Replied To a Post in What is your current motto?

    >See under my avatar. Your motto is "senior poster"?
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    Edited Access with .net 2008

    Plz anyone help me .... I created the database in access with fields type is date/time and text... But I try to get the value from datetimepicker and combobox.. My …
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    Replied To a Post in What is your current motto?

    Mine is under my avatar. Noli mentula, which (not literally) translated into English is "don't be a dick".
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    Replied To a Post in Don't get mysql behavior

    I did it in MS SQL and got the expected results. Is it possible that the actual value of F iin the table is `'d2f2 '` or some such instead …
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    Dave, a contract programmer, asks his friend, Bob, to look after his cat while he is out of town for a few weeks on a contract. Everything is going well …
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    Replied To a Post in Idea how to use Windows 8

    No problem. I've been running W10 in a virtual machine for a while and it is looking much better than W8.x (as long as you install Classic Shell).
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    Replied To a Post in SQL on VB help

    I recommend you also install SQL Server Manage Studio Express (free). It will make creating/managing database much easier, and also provides an interactive environment for creating/running queries. Great for debugging.
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    Replied To a Post in I need help for my system for my defense

    Now that the thread is marked as solved (and solution points appropriately allocated) I'd like to make a suggestion for formatting your queries that may help in keeping the code …
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    Gave Reputation to DaveAmour in Where did i put the "Employee already Exist? Help me.

    You don't want all that code inside a button click event handler. Break your code up into discrete classes and methods of specific functionality. It will make everything much easier. …
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    Replied To a Post in Idea how to use Windows 8

    Did you read the part where I said **wait until Windows 10 is released**?
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    Replied To a Post in SQL on VB help

    I run SQL Server on the same machine (laptop) I use for everything else.
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    Replied To a Post in SQL on VB help

    As a first try I would just put in the IP address. That's what I did when testing a new SQL server at work. Of course, everything was on the …
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    Replied To a Post in Idea how to use Windows 8

    Because Microsoft will provide free upgrades to Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users, why not just wait until Windows 10 is released, install that and then go from there? Why …
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    Replied To a Post in SQL on VB help

    >I know that page. and that is for MySQL. I need SQL strings. Sorry. That was unclear because you stated both >currently using MySQL and >wanted us to change from …
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    Replied To a Post in SQL on VB help

    Have a look at [ConnectionStrings.com](http://www.connectionstrings.com/mysql/)
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    Replied To a Post in DuckDuck Go, New Search Engine

    If anyone is interested, the creator of Duck Duck Go was interviewed [here](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/04/duckduckgo-gabriel-weinberg-secure-searches)
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    Replied To a Post in I Hate Wearing Glasses, But Will Need Them Eventually. Any Tips?

    I once had a friend who was creeped out by anyone touching their eyeball. Unfortunately he also has a friend with a glass eye who would occasionally tap it with …
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    Replied To a Post in Idea how to use Windows 8

    I'll believe that when I see it. Do you have a link?
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    Replied To a Post in I Hate Wearing Glasses, But Will Need Them Eventually. Any Tips?

    Perhaps that last sentence was too much information ;-P
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    Replied To a Post in I Hate Wearing Glasses, But Will Need Them Eventually. Any Tips?

    I seem to recall that one of the criteria for Lasix is that your presciption is stable for (I think) two years. The lasers they use now are much more …
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    Replied To a Post in There is an elephant on the loo!

    More than four million US citizens live at an elevation of four feet or less above sea level.
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    We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. Winston Churchill
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    Replied To a Post in I Hate Wearing Glasses, But Will Need Them Eventually. Any Tips?

    Depending on your age, you might want to consider Lasix (laser eye surgery). I had it done in 2000 and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. …
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    Replied To a Post in There is an elephant on the loo!

    Wei-Hock Soon, is an aerospace engineer who has published several papers that question the link between human emissions of greenhouse gases and global warming. It was recently discovered that Soon …
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    Replied To a Post in hi everyone i have an error

    The error says "**ExecuteReader: Connection property has not been initialized**". The obvious thing to check would be your connection string and the code that opens the connection, but, as I …
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    Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows

    Does your ban extend to youtube cat videos or is it strictly TV?
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    Replied To a Post in Overflow Exception was Unhandled!

    @ddanbe - he/she said 290 meg @IPoor - please post the code here. Google won't give me access. Ideally, zip and post the project folder.
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    Replied To a Post in Silencing Users

    Couldn't that make the continuity of some of the threads a little weird? Sort of like [Garfield Minus Garfield](http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/page/8).
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    Replied To a Post in Win 8 update hung, now won't power on

    You can download Windows install/repair images [here](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media). Note - you must have a valid Windows registration number which you should be able to get from the sticker on your computer. …
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    Replied To a Post in Overflow Exception was Unhandled!

    What player are you using? Have you tried other players to see if they have the same problem? Can you post the code so that we can have a look …

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