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    Replied To a Post in Memorable Quotations

    I would have included 5 pounds with this letter but I'd already sealed the envelope. Mrs. Shufflewick (perhaps happygeek will remember who this is)
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    >But was your son doing a 20-year study? Was he using real-time laboratory hardware? If he wasn't doing these, using new equipment is fine. Any study that relies on the …
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    Replied To a Post in AOL Software Will Not Launch When I Click on It.

    Having AOL **not** run is a feature, not a bug.
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    There should be a control panel applet for power settings where you can disable standby/sleep/hibernate.
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    I used to enjoy Police Story. It was an anthology series that ran from 1973 to 1978.
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    >You always know the characters are going to be okay, because there has got to be another episode with that character in. That's one of the reasons I like anthology …
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    Eating while typing and getting crumbs under my keys.
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    Replied To a Post in Windows API control selection?

    I don't know if this is what you are looking for but [AutoIt])https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/) comes with a tool called AutoIt Window Info which can do that.
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    You could try pinging the server at startup to see if the machine is accessible. That would get a much faster response than trying to connect and waiting for the …
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    Replied To a Post in How to show a msg only one time using for loop

    The first problem is that you are reading the entire file on every iteration of the loop. Read the entire file once before the loop, then iterate over the lines. …
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    Edited How to show a msg only one time using for loop

    Dim lines As String() = IO.File.ReadAllLines(FILE_NAME) If System.IO.File.Exists(FILE_NAME) = True Then For i = 0 To lines.Count - 1 Dim userkey As String = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(FILE_NAME)(i) If key.Text.Contains(userkey) Then 'shows many …
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only Alphabate in text box?

    @Deep Modi - I just read your signature. Keep in mind that no matter how good a programmer you are someone will always know more than you. That applies to …
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    I admit that the following For i = 0 to "4" is effectively the same as For i = 0 to 4 however, it requires an implicit conversion from string …
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only Alphabate in text box?

    DaniWeb is a place to exchange ideas and to gain knowledge of techniques that you don't have. If you post some code and there is a better (and often easier) …
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    Replied To a Post in For Loop

    >Note that I've Declared k as integer >K = 0 To recno.ToString It doesn't matter how you declare `k`. `recno.ToString` does not result in an integer value and in any …
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    Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows

    Independence Day was repeatedly criticized for the unlikely plot device of Earth computers being able to infect an alien ship (with alien technology) with a computer virus. What is overlooked …
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    Replied To a Post in Memorable Quotations

    I think people like the Kasdashians, etc. are the new First Estate (holy class). Unlike professional athletes who at least are skilled at something, these other parasites seem to exist …
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    The Australian box jellyfish has a survival rate from its sting is almost 0, death follows in 4 minuets.
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    Replied To a Post in The Internet of Things

    >The thing is, is that nothing is private any more. The point is that a lot of this loss of privacy is by your choice. I choose not to post …
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    Replied To a Post in VB.Net - Data Incrementation on ListView from Highest to Lowest

    Because the question has already been asked, and you are aware of this because you state it in your post, how about we just continue this discussion in the [original …
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only Alphabate in text box?

    Consider the other reasons. You should never distribute an executable on DaniWeb. With over a million members it would be too easy for someone to post an executable with malicious …
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    Studies have shown that the easier it is to spend money, the more we tend to spend. If you have to open your wallet and take out actual physical money …
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    Replied To a Post in Arrange Numbers from highest to lowest

    Use the ORDER BY clause with DESC when you do the SELECT.
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    >it costs about a billion dollars to bring a drug to market It is a common complaint that the drug companies charge ten dollars for a pill that costs ten …
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    Created The Internet of Things

    I may be getting paranoid (at least my wife thinks so), but every time I hear/read about the internet of things, all that is said is how wonderful it will …
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only Alphabate in text box?

    The above linked tutorial may be listed as such but it fails horribly for several reasons 1. the download raises an error (I tried to DL it 3 times) even …
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    Replied To a Post in For Loop

    If `recno` is a string and has the value `"4"` then `recno.Length` evaluates to 1 which is the length of the string. Perhaps you want `CInt(recno)` which will give you …
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    Replied To a Post in For Loop

    What is `recno.Length` and what is its value? Please post the code associated with `recno`.
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    Replied To a Post in Co-boot with Windows by USB from Ubuntu?

    You might want to look into [Bart's PE](http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) which will allow you to boot into a USB Windows environment. I seem to recall reading somewhere that Windows 9 will come …
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    Replied To a Post in TrueCrypt Replacement

    I would imagine the migration process would be 1. create VeraCrypt container and mount it 1. mount TrueCrypt container 1. copy or move the files from TC to VC
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    Many of the studies (now debunked) that indicated the health hazards of using pot were done by "scientists" with financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. These industries stand to lose …
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    Replied To a Post in How to incorporate a 2D array in this code?

    Here is some sample code. I just coded this up using simple BackGround colour changes to indicate state but with a little work you could change it to use images. …
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    Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows

    My impression is that people watch that crap so they can feel superior to the train wrecks they recruit to be on those shows. Some people are incapable of feeling …
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    Replied To a Post in Random Facts

    I have bad news for you. When they get to be my age, all men get saggy man boobs (moobs) :(
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    Always room for one more. Welcome aboard.
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only Alphabate in text box?

    Still a bad idea. You are much better off doing the filtering within event handlers for the specific textboxes. You are altering the behaviour of a control so you want …
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    >Science needs as little change as is possible. They really need to be able to use the same types of computers and the same software (including the operating system) for …
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    I suggest you watch episode 7 of Silicon Valley with particuular attention to minutes 23-24. They do a montage of a number of presenters with every one parroting the phrases …
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    Replied To a Post in How to code for text Box

    Same mistake here as in two other threads. By filtering at the form level you affect the bahaviour of all textboxes at the top level of the form.
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only Alphabate in text box?

    You posted essentially the same code in another thread. I downvoted you there so I won't do it here. Nobody should take the above as a good example of how …
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    Gave Reputation to Santanu Das in How to get only numbers and - in text box?

    The following codes prevent the keys other than Digits and '-'. And you can press the deletion and nevigation keys. Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As …
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    Good to hear that you are on the mend.
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    George Carlin once said that if you nail two things together that have never been nailed together before, some idiot will buy it from you. LOOK!!! IT'S A WATCH!!! **AND** …
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    Replied To a Post in Apple Live Broadcast

    Chill. It's just a phone. I refer you to [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZC3uFv6TN8).
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    According to data from the Center for Disease Control, between 2007 and 2011, an average of 62 children age 14 and under died each year in unintentional shootings. By this …
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only numbers and - in the text box?

    Minor correction - you don't need Me.KeyPress = True. I usually just use that to assign application shortcut keys.
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    Replied To a Post in Random Facts

    In the US, forty people die per day on average by overdosing on pain killers. Zero people die from marijuana overdosing.
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    Replied To a Post in How do I format my code manually

    Well, your Canadian is almost spot on except you should use "eh" instead of "ey". Maybe you speak it with an accent ;-)
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    Replied To a Post in Random Facts

    He has, however, pointed out that for that to happen would require a super-collider with a diameter larger than the Earth so it's likely such an event will not be …
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    Replied To a Post in How to get only numbers and - in the text box?

    The following code will allow/prevent the entry of specific keys. Add a Case statement for each key or range of keys you want to allow. Note that you have to …

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