Worlds worst writer

513 byte By Sahir at 2007-11-20 4:31:00
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5359912.stmHere is a sample from the Wikipedia article about Amanda McKittrick Ros"Have you ever visited that portion of Erin's plot that offers its sympathetic soil for the minute survey and scrutinous examination of those in political power,...

Printing From An Excel Sheet In Internet Explorer

687 byte By Tom Frohman at 2007-11-20 4:35:26
Does anyone have a clue how to fix my problem?We have an Excel Workbook which is used as a purchasing form. It is accessed through our company intranet using Internet Explorer. On some machines (dinosaurs running Windows 98) when viewing the form through Internet Explorer the text in a checkbox con...

Happy Birthday Ejaz :)

29 byte By sreehari at 2007-11-20 4:36:34
Happy Birthday Ejaz :) :wave:

Why is my signature not showing up?

211 byte By mattengland at 2007-11-20 4:36:46
Why is my signature not showing up in this forum post? Is there any way I can get the attention of an forum admin to look at this?<br/>I don't see a tech-support type of forum anywhere.<br/>-Matt

Bloopers In Flash adds on CG...

350 byte By GremlinSA at 2007-11-20 4:37:38
I just noticed something on one of the flash adds.. "The highly reliable times Add" Blooper..: The printer mech. presses the BIG RED button to stop the printer and load the new front page.. he then Slams the SAME BIG RED Button to restart the printer .. Anyone notice anything stange about any of t...

Rolling power outages in S.A.

590 byte By GremlinSA at 2007-11-20 4:39:42
Arrggggggg... I get home from a long day in a store, and theres no power... S.A. has lost one more generating unit ( http://www.eskom.co.za/content/Media%20Release_National%20Power%20Alert_18%20Jan%202007%20V2.doc) and now we have a three hourly rollover of power outages in certain areas across the...

MPIO Memory Problem

587 byte By kselvaakumar@yahoo.co.in at 2007-11-20 4:40:43
Hi All,I have bought a MPIO FL400(Quartz) mp3 player just one month back. Now , I am in deep trouble with it as it is having severe memory problem. It shows 995 MB used space(Full). But it doesnt have ,even a single file.While formatting, Windows is asking to delete atleast 5 MB of disk space. Final...

Congratulations to Igor Vartanov on his MVP award

123 byte By Sahir at 2007-11-20 4:45:37
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=3317CC31-AB7A-4D36-864E-47DEFF433151 <br/> <br/> Congratulations :thumb: :wave:

XBox Live

293 byte By Brad Jones at 2007-11-20 4:47:22
I'd be curious to know how many people spend any time on XBox Live? I was thinking it would be intersting to try to set up a GRAW or Halo 2 match with dev-archive members against VBForum members (or C++ people against VB people). <br/>:D<br/>Any thoughts on this?<br/>Brad!

Worlds Smalest Appartment... ??

244 byte By GremlinSA at 2007-11-20 4:49:41
found this article on Yahoo ( http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_fe_st/tiny_apartment) and just had to ask " Are they been serious?<br/> <br/>Heck it doesn't even have power.. where whould i put my PC never mind plug it in ... :D...

New Forum

446 byte By paskari at 2007-11-20 4:51:39
This technically doesn't belong here, but Brad (one of the admins) told me that the only way to start a new board is if about a dozen people back the ideaI was proposing a new forum for the Eiffel programming language.If you like the idea, then please go and post here http://www.dev-archive.com/...

Robotech Shadow Chronicles

228 byte By hensa22 at 2007-11-20 4:52:24
someone heard about Robotech.<br/>Rick Hunter,Lisa Hayes,Max Sterlig,......<br/>when I was child I seen Robotech, it seemed great to me.<br/>well, here is link to see as follow the history<br/> http://www.theshadowchronicles.com/

architect in a small department??

776 byte By Jim Bassett at 2007-11-20 4:55:05
I currently offically am a Lead software engineer in a 20 member department containing 7 SW Engineers and that is counting me. This company is part of a large international company and my department produces good MS Office based business applications. I have been acting unoffically as the department...

Help! Need details about Most Valuable Professional Certification...

283 byte By shinde at 2007-11-20 4:58:15
Hi everybody,<br/> Please help me in getting details about Most Valuable Professional Certification.<br/> <br/>I searched in microsoft site for the exam syllabus for MVP exam for VC++.<br/>But I did not found any.<br/> <br/>Please help me in this regards.<br/> <br/>Thanks...

Does experts exchange bug you on Google Searches?

161 byte By Nibinaear at 2007-11-20 4:58:20
I really hate it when you're looking for help on coding issues on google and all you get is experts exchange trying to nab your money, don't you agree?

Maps services

465 byte By Mr. Tomaszek at 2007-11-20 4:58:30
Hi,I want to put in my web app some links that will display map along with a dot or something on it that indicates given location (address or GPS coordinates - doesn't matter at this point). I know that it could be done using http://local.live.com/ but did someone hear about other similar servi...

CodeGuru Lurker Needs Help with Research

1563 byte By Lucid_Chaotic at 2007-11-20 5:01:01
Hi All,I'm writing to request your help in my research concerning User Participation in Virtual Communities.I've been a lurker on dev-archive for almost two years now and as an apps developer, I found the forums extremely helpful.Needless to say, I've now toggled into academic mode an...

Introduction: New... Well Kinda New

944 byte By Lucid_Chaotic at 2007-11-20 5:01:03
Hi All... Ive been a long-time lurker here at CG but have only decided to join now Im currently conducting academic research on virtual communities and am hoping to get some feedback from CG members to help me proceed with my research.Before transitioning back into academia, I was involved in e-Busi...

Getting more experienced with Linux

693 byte By AvalonX at 2007-11-20 5:01:17
Hey all.I've used Windows my whole life. But I've finally decided to try Linux. I set up a Virtual Machine with RedHat Linux on it. But apart from pressing the ... well... "Start" button or whatever it is called in Linux and running some fairly simple programs I haven't done anything...

Gniit

178 byte By Reon at 2007-11-20 5:06:57
Is GNIIT course in NIIT helpful or not.. Shall they got any jobs after studying GNIIT..IF you have any suggestions you may share this information ...<br/>Thanx in advance...

I want to make a Data recovery software

668 byte By reperar at 2007-11-20 5:12:09
From past few years there was a question in my mind. I am not able to understand how these data recovery software works. I am not a software guy but have some interest in matters related to data recovery software. Well data lost can happen to any indvidual and there is only means to recover the data...

For the Animal lovers out there.. (Serious)

1194 byte By GremlinSA at 2007-11-20 5:12:46
This morning we woke up to the feint meowing, that sounded like it came from inside the walls.. After a little look around we found where it came from.. Inside this 4 inch gap between the neibours and our property. http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/Gremlinsa/image_00014.jpg http://i141.photobucke...

Dont expect any help from your consulate/embassy.

338 byte By Sahir at 2007-11-20 5:13:50
If you get into some kind of trouble in a foreign country don't expect any help from your consulate/embassy. http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/02/07/10102343.html Fortunately the people came to his rescue http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Society/10102708.html :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:...

Microsoft certification

876 byte By laitinen at 2007-11-20 5:14:29
Hi everyone!I was thinking about doing a certification in Visual C++, but as far as I understand Microsoft doesnt offer a certification in VC++. Do you know why? And is it possible that they might start up the vc++ certification program later?Since they didnt offer this certification I was thinking...

Please suggest a name for our software

284 byte By visharad at 2007-11-20 5:14:53
For generating eLearning content, subject matter experts and content developers (also called authors) are involved. We have developed a product, which automates the learning content generation. But we are not able to think of some good name for this product.<br/>Any suggestions?

Real Men...

31 byte By The SharK at 2007-11-20 5:17:57
Real men program in C++ :thumb:

Congratulate SuperKoko for 4000+ great posts!

16 byte By exterminator at 2007-11-20 5:19:03
Congrats, Andre!

Time

157 byte By exterminator at 2007-11-20 5:19:04
It's been 2 years since I joined CG. The same date - 11/02/05. aha, time flies... This place is a great learning place with great folks around! :thumb:

I am not getting print button activated in ASP.NET website when i m hosting the

426 byte By naresh4u1982 at 2007-11-20 5:20:16
HiI am developing one website in asp.net and in this website i m using crystal reportswhen i am watching the website at IDE i am getting the result perfect.But when i m hosting this site to local host i m not getting the tool bar at the crystal report viewerI think i will have to allow the control t...

anti-patterns

125 byte By miteshpandey at 2007-11-20 5:20:18
I am not even finished understanding all the software design-patterns, now came across anti-patterns. What are anti-patterns?

Whose programming blogs do you read?

557 byte By CBasicNet at 2007-11-20 5:26:08
Hi guys,Please share the programming blogs you read regularly and also you can introduce your own blog to us, so that we can read them.Joel on Software ( http://www.joelonsoftware.com/) Stevey's Blog Rants ( http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/) Joe Duffy Weblog ( http://www.bluebytesoftware.com/blog/...

Reading Bible

210 byte By sweet_babylhyn at 2007-11-20 5:26:17
Does anyone in the forum loves to read bible. Im searching the complete book of Genesis (maybe more than 1,000 page) which indicate the third child of Eva and Adan which is a girl and the true meaning of APPLE.

call center movie

99 byte By cilu at 2007-11-20 5:26:34
Absolutelly genial and hilarious. :D ;) <br/> http://www.callcentermovie.com/movie/movie.html

windows source code.

318 byte By Mitsukai at 2007-11-20 5:28:24
hi, i found windows source code..can u tell me what u think of it?it looks pretty real to me just wondering if it can be compiled?perhaps on visual studio but i dont think on GCC.look here: windows source code ( http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/source.php)please comment...

Fustration..... Rant.....

698 byte By TheCPUWizard at 2007-11-20 5:31:23
Is it just me, or has the (technical) level of questions posted here on dev-archive dropped significantly over the past 3 years??IIRC: I used to see a good amount of posts that required me to do some detailed research before providing the poster with an answer. This kept me "on my toes" for various...

Use laptop as monitor for tower, running Linux??

373 byte By s2h131985 at 2007-11-20 5:33:22
(If this is in the wrong forum, I apologize)I am planning on configuring my spare tower into a Linux OS, Ubuntu. I was wondering how I would configure my laptop and Linux tower so that I could use my laptop as a monitor for the tower? I also would like to be able to switch back and forth between my...

Employee Vacation Days Planner.

96 byte By Alin at 2007-11-20 5:33:33
guys,<br/>do you know of any good free employee vacation planner?<br/>thanks,<br/>Alin

congratulations to ovidiucucu for 5000 posts

43 byte By cilu at 2007-11-20 5:33:54
5,000 done, 50,000 left. Keep it up! :wave:

Programming Problem.

180 byte By TheCPUWizard at 2007-11-20 5:38:42
I have written a game playing program. Unfortuately, it is not working the way I want. Please help, Here is the relevant code.<br/> Play = true;<br/> :eek: :D :D :D

Game of 2007?

219 byte By dickyrichard at 2007-11-20 5:38:57
I have just played Orions: Legend of Wizards and it was mindblowing!! I could challenge my friends over the bluetooth, wi-fi and internet. <br/>Check it out and let me know if you thought I was as good as I think it is!

Hi

388 byte By Jec86N at 2007-11-20 5:39:53
Hi I'm sort of new here and thought I say hi. For the past couple of days I've been study C++ and stuff and since 7 months ago and stuff. Is there a post on here that will help me understand the language better? Right now I am going through a tutorial I have but I was just wondering if the...

Oldest - Most Experienced....

390 byte By TheCPUWizard at 2007-11-20 5:39:58
OK everyone fess up....Real World Age: 47 (Optional)Total years of programming experience (not necessarily professional): 35 [1972]Years Professional Development: 30 [1976]First Language(s): FOCAL, PAL-8First Computers: (Build) Altair 8080; 1802-SC/MP, First Computers: (Purchased) RadioShack TRS...

Microsoft Award Team Notification

2830 byte By sreehari at 2007-11-20 5:40:12
Wow, only if this were true :blush: :D MICROSOFT AWARD TEAMMicrosoft Corporation#1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052.Ref: BTD/968/07Batch: 409978E.Dear Lucky Winner, WINNING NOTIFICATIONThe prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfullyorganised a Sweepstakes marking th...

"Canned Answers"

441 byte By TheCPUWizard at 2007-11-20 5:42:21
With the large (effective) duplication of questions, it might be a good idea to have a location where the frequent contributors could all post their "standard" answers [I think many of us keep our own lists, duplicating some effort]It may allow us to quickly respond to many more questions, rather th...

CodeGuru Conference/Meeting.

604 byte By TheCPUWizard at 2007-11-20 5:42:34
As many of you know, I have been in this field a long time.Many of the communities I have been involved in, would host a physical meeting (typically on an annual basis, but that varies). They were always GREAT events (anyone here old enough to remember DECUS or C-CON or Unet-International?).I wonder...

Linux Enterprise 4 Hardware compatibility

301 byte By skb_engr at 2007-11-20 5:44:23
Hye.I am having a problem installing linux Enterprise 4 on my new PC.i have a 2.14 core 2 duo processor along with a D946 intel board.Can anyone tell me whether this hardware is supported or not coz the setup gets stuck as it reaches the step"hardware probing".I will be grateful for ur time and help...

Classic Japanese Arcade Game Reborn on PPC!

278 byte By dickyrichard at 2007-11-20 5:44:38
I am so excited!! I have just heard that there has been a remake of the brilliant old school shooter game XIIStag. Released on PPC. <br/>It is called XIIZeal it looks and is just as addictive as the classic its self!!! <br/>Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

protecting software idea

1166 byte By kareman at 2007-11-20 5:45:54
Lets say I have this idea for what I think can be a great software. But I would need help developing the software. If I take this idea (with specifications, mock-up screens etc) to a software company and say "can you develop this?", what's to stop them from saying "Yes. But we don't need y...

Internet bank, code generator cards

178 byte By laitinen at 2007-11-20 5:52:07
Hi,<br/>You know these small "calculators" that is used to generate a code to log you into your netbank. Does anyone know how these work?<br/>Regards,<br/>Laitinen

Ginger Bread Computer

3 byte By Deniz at 2007-11-20 5:53:17
Lol