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Replied To a Post in Programming our mind
It's so simple. All the media has to do is use the "HOLY SHIT LOOK OVER THERE!!!" approach and people panic and do what they're told. -
Replied To a Post in Education
That's why a lot of places have probationary periods. A degree is not a guarantee of skills but a degree with a transcript showing your grades is a better guarantee … -
Replied To a Post in What are you watching?
John Oliver on youtube. -
Replied To a Post in Hey guys, I'm Jan Berkowitz
Happy to have you aboard. -
Gave Reputation to diafol in Bad Grammar
19/21. Some of those were a bit dodgy. 'J' words flummoxed me. The jig/gig is up. - got it wrong I jibe/jive with that - never heard of it - … -
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. Only two countries have refused to sign on. One … -
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New York will spend 735 million dollars to settle lawsuits over police abuse this year. [Source](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-04/nyc-police-abuse-joins-pothole-settlements-costing-735-million.html) -
Replied To a Post in Awake and in pain
I buried a toothpick in the bone of my heel once. It was stuck standing up in the carpet. Also, one time I drove a splinter a quarter of an … -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
See [Word Crimes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOuEp41ehtM). -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
>The majority of US presidents have been Republicans. Keep in mind that today's Republicans would probably denounce any Republican president before 1960 as a commie traitor. -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
A [new study](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-014-1198-9) shows that if you are a Republican, as your level of income increases, the likelihood you will dismiss the dangers associated with climate change also increases, however, … -
Replied To a Post in Programming Logic and Problem Solving
The most challenging programs are typically the ones that you learn the most by doing. -
Replied To a Post in 4th dimension
Sort of like forking a software project, right Stuugie? -
Replied To a Post in SAVING PICTURE IN PICTURE BOX INTO SQL SERVER
There is a more complete example [here](http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/threads/481034/save-and-retrieve-word-document-in-sql-database). I wrote the code to handle saving/retrieving Word documents but the same code works for any type of file. -
Replied To a Post in Three-quarters of organisations still run XP, 64% expect to be attacked
>Apologies if that led you down the road, not intentional. If I can read it one of two ways it will usually be the other way. -
Replied To a Post in Beards
>I leave the sideburns, if that counts as a beard. Only if they are long enough to tie together under your chin ^_^ -
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Replied To a Post in Three-quarters of organisations still run XP, 64% expect to be attacked
Taken by itself, 64% sounds alarming, but without context it is misleading. Perhaps a similar survey of businesses running Windows 7 would show that 60%, 70% or possibly even 80% … -
Replied To a Post in Beards
Had one almost constantly since around 1980. I shave it off every ten years or so when I want a good laugh (or cry). This one is from just before … -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
The only underground nuclear waste storage facility in the US was shut down in February 2014 when the isolation technology failed. Since then the site in New Mexico has been … -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
I think java is too complex a language to be used for teaching programming. Too much time is spent on learning the language rather than learning the concepts. Once you … -
Replied To a Post in Awake and in pain
Sounds painful. Kind of hard to get around without irritating it. Hope you are feeling better soon. -
Replied To a Post in Clear Fields Minus One Box
How about For Each tbx As TextBox In Me.Controls.OfType(Of TextBox)() If Not tbx.ReadOnly Then tbx.Text = "" End If Next -
Replied To a Post in Data Loss Upon Re-opening Program
Is it possible that you are updating an in-memory copy of the database that is not getting saved to the actual database? -
Replied To a Post in Regex for HMA
OK. I have the code. There are several problems. 1. I don't know what it is supposed to do 1. I don't know what to do once it starts running … -
Replied To a Post in Regex for HMA
Post your code and a description of the problem and we'll see what we can do. -
Replied To a Post in puzzle
CTRL W = close (browser tab) CTRL O = open (standard app hotkey) Close your eyes and open your mind. -
Replied To a Post in 4th dimension
Experiments suggest that [time is an emergent property](https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/quantum-experiment-shows-how-time-emerges-from-entanglement-d5d3dc850933) of the universe that is not observable from the outside. -
Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?
I misspoke (euphemism for really pooched it). I meant to say that I hope Windows 9 will be to Windows 8 what Windows 7 was to Vista. Thanks for keeping … -
Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?
With any luck, by that time Windows 9 will be released and, like Vista, will be the "what we really want" version. <edit>see "disclaimer" below</edit> -
Replied To a Post in Marking specific posts as a contribution to the answer
So if someone posts >correct horse battery staple that would be ok if it doesn't have a spam signature? -
Replied To a Post in Marking specific posts as a contribution to the answer
Depending on the mood I am in at the time, I may or may not delete posts like "what he said" as having zero content. Call it a loose interpretation … -
Replied To a Post in How to show Password Strength
Password entropy is usually calculated by log2(x) where x is the number of characters in the pool. For example, a password of length 8 using only upper and lower case … -
Replied To a Post in How to make a Translucent Button in vb.net?
Can't be done. What you could do is make a pseudo-button of your own by using a PictureBox. Set the BackColor to Transparent. -
Replied To a Post in find the matching image from the list
If you can't find a free or reasonably priced library you might want to have a look at [VisiPics](http://www.visipics.info/index.php?title=Main_Page). This is a free application that I found does a pretty … -
Replied To a Post in Filter a lisbox
If you start with a form containing lbxWords (a ListBox) and txtFilter (a TextBox) then add the following code Public Class Form1 Private WordList() As String Private Filtered() As String … -
Replied To a Post in 4th dimension
You must have really aced that speed reading course. -
Replied To a Post in 4th dimension
I think I have that book in my archives. I recall reading it years ago. -
Replied To a Post in GUI Designer (just for graphical representation)
Why not just use the free version if vb.net? You can create a form and drop all the controls on it. You don't have to write any code to create … -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
>Whereas Uni/Collge teachers are often independent researchers Unfortunately there is a growing number of university professors who are making below poverty level wages and MOOCs are not helping. More and … -
Gave Reputation to Ancient Dragon in Random Facts
When you are a kid, all teachers are like Einstein :) -
Replied To a Post in How to interconnect with access database
Access is more suitable for small, single-user databases. For something of your scale, "thousands of client programs that will modify the database simultaneously" you need something more industrial strength. You … -
Replied To a Post in What technique did you use to learn to program?
I used the same technique as everything else. Practice. The only way to get good at something is to keep doing it. I also had some excellent instructors along the … -
Replied To a Post in How to remove empty or blank row in DataGridView
For all we know the OP could be using an unsourced DataGridView. Judging by the last picture I would imagine that AllowUserToAddRows is set to False otherwise there would be … -
Replied To a Post in How to remove empty or blank row in DataGridView
Try For r As Integer = dgvMyGrid.Rows.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1 Dim empty As Boolean = True For Each cell As DataGridViewCell In dgvMyGrid.Rows(r).Cells If Not IsNothing(cell.Value) Then … -
Replied To a Post in tutorials
>I think the moderators of that particular forum, should be allowed in the review process. As far as I know a moderator is not specific to any particular forum. I … -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
In 1926 Robert Goddard suggested the idea of sending a rocket to the moon. For this he was ridiculed by the New York Times. Obviously a rocket could not get … -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
On June 4, 1996 an unmanned Ariane-5 rocket was launched carrying four climate-study satellites developed by 500 scientists working for a decade at a cost of half a billion dollars. … -
Replied To a Post in Difference between high and low level programming languages
Sounds like homework questions to me. Try [here](http://goo.gl/XHAvvN). -
Replied To a Post in How to Add rows in DataGridView using loop ?
Here's one way For r As Integer = 1 To CInt(txtNumRows.Text) dgvMyGrid.Rows.Add(New DataGridViewRow) Next
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