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I don't think website visitor numbers are valid anymore. [I don't think website visitor numbers are valid anymore.]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:29:13 GMT

You know, I don't think website visitor numbers are valid anymore. In the past 2 weeks, I have "cought" over 2600 IPs of infected machines trying to post SPAM on one of my websites. Advertisers should not pay per visitor or click anymore. Perhaps it is time for a new way?

Funny how we live in a technical world ( I mean while on the Internet ) but at the same time, this world is so broken. For example one of the most important functions which is email is basically broken due to SPAM and now visitor statistics are broken due to SPAM bots, also "script kiddies" can DDoS major websites out of this world in matter of minutes since they control so many infected machines.

With the number of Internet "citizens" going up every day, these problems will just get worse and worse every day.

Makes you wonder, why won't anyone fix these issues? What is going on at ISPs? Do they ignore all these issues on purpose? Will "Internet2" be better at solving such problems? and perhaps the most important question of all, Who has the responsibility to fix our broken Internet?

What's your take on it?

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MS SQL : nvarchar(max) vs nvarchar(SIZE) [MS SQL : nvarchar(max) vs nvarchar(SIZE)]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:58:24 GMT

An earlier discussion made me ponder this :

MS SQL, if the size of the field is known, would you recommend using nvarchar(max) or nvarchar(SIZE)?

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Building a forum : Size of signature (part 2) [Building a forum : Size of signature (part 2)]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:34:32 GMT

I'm building a forum, how long is usually a signature field? 50 chars any good?

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w3bbo is ignorant. [w3bbo is ignorant.]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:24:14 GMT

Quote from him "And why are you reinventing the wheel, there are a load of very well-developed and easily extensible forum softwares available under FOSS licenses."

heh, this guy is completly ignorant. Putting THAT into a thread about database field size.

He shouldn't be allowed to call himself a developer with that kind of thinking. He is a user, a normal USER which likes to USE stuff instead of CREATING stuff. Creating new things! Building great applications... oh nooooooo, let us all use some open soures CRAP , say phpBB or whatever...

Did FaceBook guys do it?
Did Google do it?
Did YouTube do it?
Did Channel9 do it?
Did CNN do it?
Did Beta News do it?
Did Bink do it?
Did Steam do it?
Did Delphi3000 do it?
Did Code Project do it?
Did Experts Exchange do it?

Let me just take a phpBB and oh, right... and get some P3 server and.... profit?

bhahhahahaa...

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Do you remember ALL code syntax? [Do you remember ALL code syntax?]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:04:42 GMT

Do you remember ALL code syntaxes? For example doing WCF, I don't always remember everything. So I have a base project where I look on its code from time to time. Sort of like a small book. How do you do it?

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How to earn money from a free website? [How to earn money from a free website?]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:53:00 GMT

If you offered a free website, How would you earn from it? beside advertisement. What are your thoughts on this?

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Building a forum : Size of signature [Building a forum : Size of signature]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:58:34 GMT

I'm building a forum, how long is usually a signature field? 50 chars any good?

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You guys are confusing! [You guys are confusing!]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:41:26 GMT

You guys are confusing me!

http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/bass/

http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/bas/

*lol*

:p

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VC# "using" suggestion. [VC# "using" suggestion.]

turrican — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:37:28 GMT

"The name 'Color' does not exist in the current context."

I'm probably dreaming now but it would be cool if somehow VC# knew that "Color" is in "System.Drawing" and auto added "using System.Drawing;" for me. Also, when it sees there is no reference to "Color" anymore, it should auto remove the "using System.Drawing;" line for me.

It is probably hard to do, but I remember in Borland Delphi I think, it could do it. So I wouldn't have to search online for which assembly I need to add.

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C# switch syntax [C# switch syntax]

turrican — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:54:36 GMT

switch(string){
case "a": do something; break;
default:break;
}

I wish I could also do :

switch(string){
case "a","b","c": do something; break;
default:break;
}

Is it possible? Right now I have to copy my code ;( I remember I could do something like that in Delphi I think.

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User CSS : When/How is it applied? [User CSS : When/How is it applied?]

turrican — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:18:53 GMT

How or when is the user CSS applied? I mean, does it go into SQL and then dynamically injected into the site via javascript or will it make a static css file which gets loads?

gaah, sorry wrong forum. Which I could move my threads around.

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To W3bbo [To W3bbo]

turrican — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:10:22 GMT

"He never really had much to begin with in my book anyway.

Some of the questions he asked on TechOff could have been easily answered by reading MSDN, and that (along with his attitude in general) belies his claims to be a veteran of IT."

( http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/434586-Aliens/?CommentID=443772 )

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Dear W3bbo...

So I ask a couple of questions in "Tech Off" which is meant to be a technical forum instead of reading MSDN "alone" since I like hearing peoples suggestions and different ways to solve stuff, and... well, anyway moving right along...

Perhaps you missundrestand what a Forum is, it's a place to discuss stuff, not only to get answers. Sometimes, people even know the answers but they like to hear what others have to say about stuff. You might know some math and some .NET but in my opinion you are way up on your high horse most of the time.

From what you said yourself earlier, you just graduated or something and never really even worked a long period of time in this field.

99% of the time, most of the answers ofcourse can be found on the Internet, MSDN, books, IRC, you name it. I sometimes wonder why you do visit a technical forum? Oh yes, to talk and interact with others.

I wish I could tell you where I work, but I can not. But I do manage a whole lot of stuff for a very big business, all alone. I develop websites, NTservices, client/server apps, manage servers, manage databases. Just to clear things up, I have been programing on ZX Spectrum, VIC20, C64, ATARI STFM, AMIGA and PCs. I have made a couple of games ( no commercial ones yet, working on one though ). I have also been very active in the demo scene ( which I almost doubt you know what it is ). I have been working as a developer professionally around 13 years. Have you honestly ever even heard a SID? Or ever made a game in QBasic 1.0? Perhaps even seen FT2 ( FastTracker II )? Have you any idéa how to plot a pixel with ASM in DOS? Have you ever made your own font and sprite editor for DOS and DOS games? Have you ever coded a .MOD player for a DOS game?

I remember this guy, who said a PIII should be enough for almost everyone. Now, who was he... darn it, I can't remember his name...

:)

Don't get me wrong, I thank you for the help you have given me in some issues, but don't go around thinking everyone is an idiot just because you disagree with some of their beliefs or their way of talking/thinking or the questions they ask. In short, you my fellow human, are full of it. Maye it be ego or manure, I let that be unsaid.

If you wish to criticize me... please come back in 10 years, when you worked in some enterprise environment, meet more people, built your own business where you can live off it ...and I gladly accept your views.

Until then, pretty please with sugar on top... get off your high horse.

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C9 hardware / stats? [C9 hardware / stats?]

turrican — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:53:34 GMT

Hm... is it secret or is it possible to know what hardware / line etc C9 uses? Would be cool to know. Like, Slashdot, they tell what kind of servers and setup they got. Maybe it has been posted and I missed it?

Just a thought.

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Vista minimize preview is useless. [Vista minimize preview is useless.]

turrican — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:50:02 GMT

When you minimize a window and hover the mouse over it in taskbar, it shows the contents of that window... well, not really. It shows the last shot of it just before you minimized it. Which is basically totally useless. ( for me )... there should be an option to allow me to see their changes "live"... if I got a couple of windows minimized, I still have to restore them to see what's going on in those. Which is really not too good when you could just hover your mouse over them see without the need to restore.

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Anti Bot Script / Image [Anti Bot Script / Image]

turrican — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:51:10 GMT

Trying to create an anti-bot image ( no, I don't like using ready made stuff like captcha ) how do you rotate a font? I managed to create the image and put fonts in it, but not sure how I would rotate those.

Thanks.

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Delay in SQL server and Web server on two different machines. [Delay in SQL server and Web server on two different machines.]

turrican — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:42:39 GMT

Hm... I got two servers, both dual 3ghz xeons, linked with a 100mbit connection between them. One of them is a WWW server and the other is running MS SQL. Now, if I put the MS SQL on the same machine as WWW it's OK. But as soon as I have the SQL server on the other server, I feel a delay between each request.

Is there any special setup needed to get rid of the delay? ( The site is ASP.NET and creates a connection via the IP of the SQL server to reach it )

Is 100mbit too small? Should I get a 1Gbps link between them perhaps?

I also tried to link the two servers and have a view on the WWW machine, still same delay, half a second or something.

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So win2k8 R2 == win 7? ( sort of ) [So win2k8 R2 == win 7? ( sort of )]

turrican — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:06:21 GMT

Hm... a small question, since Vista and Win2k8 got same code base, is this the same regarding Win2k8R2 and Win7? Just wondering because I saw win2k8 seems to get the new taskbar.

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Mix outlook and messenger... [Mix outlook and messenger...]

turrican — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:11:45 GMT

http://www.betanews.com/article/Gmail_gets_voice_and_video_chat/1226444870

see?

I think Microsoft should mix Outlook and Messenger together.

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Ribon control, when will it be "out"? [Ribon control, when will it be "out"?]

turrican — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:33:36 GMT

I saw some video where Microsoft was talking about releasing the Ribon Control... but I forgot when it was "coming out", anyone knows? Also, will it be in VC# Express as well or only VS?

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Paint.NET and vectors [Paint.NET and vectors]

turrican — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:53:39 GMT

Hm... just installed Paint.NET, good tool. Trying to find a replacement for Paint Shop Pro X ( Eventhough I buy that thing, they infested it with DRM so badly I put it into a VirtualPC and use it so I won't be buying it anymore... the joke will be one them. )...

...anyway moving right along...

I was wondering if it's possible to draw a vector curve ( or any other shape ) and then "keep" it as vector? So I can change/alter it later if I need instead of re-drawing the whole curve. Doesn't seem to be possible or am I missing something here?

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C# : How to build a TaskBand? [C# : How to build a TaskBand?]

turrican — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:49:18 GMT

When I minimize WMP, it is possiblet o have it "inside" a taskband into the taskbar. How to build such a taskband application? Any idéa where I can look/start ? ( C# ofcourse )

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Checkout this taskmanager! win2k8R2 [Checkout this taskmanager! win2k8R2]

turrican — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:44:15 GMT

http://bink.nu/news/windows-server-2008-r2taskmanager.aspx

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Is Silverlight as fast or faster as Flash? see this link... [Is Silverlight as fast or faster as Flash? see this link...]

turrican — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:20:58 GMT

Just saw this, pretty nice looking and cool http://temp.roxik.com/datas/perform/index.html

...I don't know much about Silverlight, but I am wondering if it can do stuff like that as fast or faster? I remember someone mentioning that SL has not hardware acceleration? Is that Flash thingy above using HW acc. ?

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corona_coder threads [corona_coder threads]

turrican — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:36:57 GMT

Hello everyone,

Why won't you just ignore his threads and prevent them to "come up"? You all play right into his hands. I mean, he doesn't make sense. His threads are usually useless junk. Can't we just agree to ignore his threads as a community? I know it's hard, but come'on.

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Help! YAHOO bots won't stop crawling! [Help! YAHOO bots won't stop crawling!]

turrican — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:10:02 GMT

HELP! Kind'a urgent.

Moved my server to a new ISP and new IP etc. I saw something is eating my bandwidth, like 1-2GB a day! I used TCPView and see "*.crawl.yahoo.net" connect to one of my websites hosted on the server. I have set "robots.txt" to

user-agent: *
disallow : /

in the root. But these damn bots won't stop! My entire monthly bandwidth will end if I don't stop these things!

I'm on win2k3.

Any suggestions?

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