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    Replied To a Post in Owner question

    I think that once you've posted the code publicly you're pretty much SOL as to retaining control, legally or otherwise.
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    Replied To a Post in Warning: Dell Laptops may cause insanity

    There is actually an end to the saga. After several days of ranting (and an angry letter to Dell) the laptop went into the shop and was back within a …
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    There have been 1000 mass shootings in the US since Sandy Hook. [Source](http://www.alternet.org/culture/inglis-florida-home-1000th-us-mass-shooting-sandy-hook)
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    Gave Reputation to Lardmeister in Jokes

    Help, I need a trainbransplant!
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    Replied To a Post in Rude replies while helping

    I just think that it's a tad unfair to tell people after the fact to **read the rules** when they are buried in the TOS. At least when there was …
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    Replied To a Post in Introduction

    Greetings and welcome to Daniweb.
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    Replied To a Post in Rude replies while helping

    Unfortunately it seems that very few people actually read the **Read this before posting** post, let alone the forum rules (which seem to have disappeared. Hmmmm). I can't speak for …
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    Replied To a Post in Answer key: ei-us or e-ius?

    The question is meaningless unless you give a specific word with that sequence of letters.
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    Replied To a Post in Rude replies while helping

    Are you referring to rude replies from the people you are trying to help, or rude replies by people other than the people posting the questions?
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    Ben Carson (a man who would be president) appears to have no understanding of that either . [Source](http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/ben-carson-appears-have-no-idea-what-debt-limit)
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    Bernie Sanders is the president we need. Donald Trump is the president we deserve. - Alec Baldwin
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    Replied To a Post in Abusive website

    Perhaps one or both of you could add a blocking rule to your respective firewalls or a HOSTS entry to redirect to 127.0.0.1
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    Replied To a Post in Anyone Still Miss/Like Windows XP?

    >I don't see why people miss the "old things". I'm hoping I'll be missed when I'm gone. >Newer versions are more advanced and designed to replace the old. Just like …
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    Replied To a Post in Random Facts

    In other words, every time you shuffle a deck of cards you almost certainly have created an ordering which has never existed in the universe before.
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    Replied To a Post in Unanswered and Self-Answered Threads

    Sometimes I'll post in the thread with >care to share your solution? although I am tempted to just delete because the thread adds nothing.
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    Replied To a Post in suplayer

    Maybe it's what a bro might ask another bro? As in >S'up playa?
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    Marked Solved Status for How to get a working progress bar by the following script

    Hello I've found a working script for what I want to do: https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/384778/copy-files-from-a-list-in-excel Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) …
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    Deforestation in the Amazon has dropped by 80% since 2004. [Source](https://conserveblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/saving-the-amazon/)
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    Replied To a Post in How to get a working progress bar by the following script

    Create a ProgressBar named prgFileCopy and set prgFileCopy.Minimum = 0 Calculate the number of files to be copied and assign that as prgFileCopy.Maximum = numFiles Start by setting prgFileCopy.Value = …
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    Replied To a Post in Where did the General Chat went?

    Speaking of tags, I have a question. It's fine to say we can look up what we want using the tag "jokes" or "food" but how does the tag system …
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    Replied To a Post in Anyone Still Miss/Like Windows XP?

    I still have XP running on an old (really old) IBM Thinkpad. I need XP because there are no newer drivers for my Plextor TV Tuner. Other than that I …
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    In the US in 2012, there were only 259 justifiable homicides, or what is commonly referred to as self-defense, compared to 8,342 criminal firearm homicides. In 2008-2012, guns were used …
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    Replied To a Post in Why is the Windows Registry and Processes so special?

    Pretty much. Even though I am comfortable with editing the registry I still prefer to make mods by creating .reg text files and using them to add/edit/remove entries. And, of …
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    Replied To a Post in Why is the Windows Registry and Processes so special?

    Try deleting them and you'll find out.
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    Replied To a Post in The future of DaniWeb

    Some of us (especially the dinosaurs) have to be dragged, kicking and screaming into the future. I was put off by the sudden change to the new UI but with …
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    Gave Reputation to dtpp in Where did everything go?

    Why Dani just do not roll back to how it was before? Or - at least - let these two (forum-like form & tags) co-exist? Or give user an option …
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    Replied To a Post in Update code-two constraints

    What do you mean by >check for the old password before changing it
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    Replied To a Post in Help!

    What formula are you using? What you have provided is not an explanation of what you are doing. All you did was post some poorly formatted code with comments that …
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    Replied To a Post in Copy files from a list in excel?

    Do you know how to program a progress bar? If yes then you should already know the answer. If no then please start a new thread with the question "how …
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    Replied To a Post in Where did everything go?

    I won't be changing (not going to use the term, upgrading) to Windows 10 anytime soon. I don't see anything that it offers that I don't get under Windows 7.
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    Replied To a Post in The future of DaniWeb

    "Unacceptable" kind of sounds like you are demanding that she change it. Are you really sure that is the tone you are going for? Perhaps you might like to rephrase.
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    Replied To a Post in Warning: Dell Laptops may cause insanity

    >sorry mate, i use dell my whole life, i love dell. Until last December so did I. The new beastie is now in the shop. I'll post more on the …
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    Replied To a Post in Endorsements all messed up

    And yet <M> still has credit for self-endorsing. (c'mon. You had to know I'd say that). But I'm not bitter ^_^
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    Replied To a Post in Are discussions hard to follow?

    IMO it's better at the top but if you remember your Ricky Nelson (Garden Party) >You can't play everone so, >You got to please yourself.
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    Gave Reputation to Dani in Are discussions hard to follow?

    > I still think there is way too much space devoted to Related Articles. I don't see why this has to take up 2/5 of the screen. And the social …
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    Replied To a Post in Are discussions hard to follow?

    Especially those of us who are doing the most complaining ^_^
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    Replied To a Post in Who likes the tagging system?

    Well, if you are going to listen to the feedback and fix things then I'll be a happy guy. Today must be my lucky day. I sent off a "mad …
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    Replied To a Post in Who likes the tagging system?

    As I understand it, I can add a tag when I create a thread but the creation of a tag is not mandatory. When someone posts a new vb.net question …
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    Replied To a Post in Read second last line

    There are actually two scripting engines. Wscript.exe is the "windowsd" version and Cscript.exe is the "command line" version. I believe you can fix the problem either by cscript StripBlanks.vbs <myfile.txt …
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    Gave Reputation to Dani in Where did everything go?

    > Ah. I select Programming, scroll waaaaaaay down to the bottom of the page and click vb.net. How, exactly, is this an improvement? Because the link from the main category …
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    Replied To a Post in Where did everything go?

    So how do I get to them now? Ah. I select **Programming**, scroll waaaaaaay down to the bottom of the page and click vb.net. How, exactly, is this an improvement?
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    Created Where did everything go?

    All of the forums under **Programming** and **Digital Media** seem to have vanished.
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    Replied To a Post in Are discussions hard to follow?

    I find the new format uncomfortable. I would prefer to see the contributor's name at the top of the post and I think there is too much space devoted to …
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    Replied To a Post in Two-Digit Year Setting Registry Location

    I can't help you with that one. This may make me sound like an a$$ but why is anyone still using two digit year values?
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    Replied To a Post in Read second last line

    Copy the following code into a file named StripBlanks.vbs set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set stdin = Wscript.StdIn set stdout = Wscript.StdOut do while not stdin.AtEndOfStream line = Trim(stdin.ReadLine) if not …
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    Replied To a Post in trying to get data from a html file

    Every line that is indented by at least four spaces will be posted as code so you don't actually need the code tool to post code. When the cursor is …
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    Replied To a Post in Read second last line

    Are there any blank lines other than the last line? If I wrote a script to remove all blank lines would that damage the file?
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    Replied To a Post in trying to get data from a html file

    Just for the record, what I saw in the original post was a few lines consisting of nothing but less-than and greater-than symbols. Nothing like what is there now.
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    Replied To a Post in New design live

    Overall, nice, but as jwenting pointed out, margins are too wide. Also, I see that you have changed **NEW** to **UNREAD** and moved it way across to the other side …
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    Replied To a Post in trying to get data from a html file

    When I click on `</>code` I am presented with a textbox where I can paste the code that I want to post. What happens when you do it?

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