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Hi One Handed Man,

The one in your wardrobe's a Doll not a Troll. She only looks so ugly
because you're supposed to blow her up first! ;-)

Sleep tight.

Regards,
Fergus
 
¤ Hello,
¤
¤ > I hear people say not to multipost, does these mean not to
¤ > ask the same question in another group or to submit the
¤ > question to all the groups via the same submission, with
¤ > multiple newsgroups in the "send to" box?
¤
¤ Multiposts are really "bad" because if a question is posted to ng A and B
¤ and I reply to the question in ng B, people who read only ng A won't see the
¤ answer and post an answer too. X-posts are tolerated if they are posted to
¤ groups _related to the topic of the question_ only.
¤

Which is why we shouldn't be so quick to punt them to other newsgroups when the question is VB.NET
related (e.g. Office automation, ADO.NET, etc.)


Paul ~~~ (e-mail address removed)
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
 
When there is to much trawling we can kick him back to
Sylvania where I heard they lives.
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I thought it was France personally.

Nick.

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"No matter. Whatever the outcome, you are changed."

Fergus - September 5th 2003
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The one in your wardrobe's a Doll not a Troll. She only looks so ugly
because you're supposed to blow her up first! ;-)
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ROFL!!

Nick.

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"No matter. Whatever the outcome, you are changed."

Fergus - September 5th 2003
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Hello,

Paul Clement said:
Which is why we shouldn't be so quick to punt them to
other newsgroups when the question is VB.NET related
(e.g. Office automation, ADO.NET, etc.)
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;-)
 
Hello,

Fergus Cooney said:
Thanks anyway, Herfried, I was just being too tired to
search. ;-)
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I am not sure if the word has the same meaning in English.

;-)
 
Hi Herfried,

|| In German, a "Troll" is somebody who
|| behaves in a foreign, stupid way.

No, we take our meaning from the Norse tales. And, more recently, from
Terry Pratchett's DiscWorld series.

You haven't read Terry Pratchett? You <must>!! Make a promise to yourself.
Essential reading. [continues to rave in a most disgustingly enthusiastic
manner - more than his love for .NET...]

;-)

Regards,
Fergus
 
Hello,

Fergus Cooney said:
You haven't read Terry Pratchett? You <must>!! Make
a promise to yourself.
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I will do that when Microsoft's public newsgroups get closed.

;-)
 
Hi Herfried,

Fortunately Terry Pratchett's humour is timeless - you can enjoy it in
your sunset years.

Alternatively you could read a page or two a day when you go and 'sit on
the throne'. ;-)

Regards,
Fergus
 
Hello,

Fergus Cooney said:
Fortunately Terry Pratchett's humour is timeless - you can
enjoy it in your sunset years.

Alternatively you could read a page or two a day when you go
and 'sit on the throne'. ;-)
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I'll do that...

;-)))
 
Hello,

Fergus Cooney said:
The one in your wardrobe's a Doll not a Troll. She only
looks so ugly because you're supposed to blow her up first! ;-)
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ROFL
 
Alternatively you could read a page or two a day when you go
I'll do that...
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LOL!!! Try not to slash on the book though hey?

Nick.

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"No matter. Whatever the outcome, you are changed."

Fergus - September 5th 2003
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Hi Charles,
I'm confused. Is cross-posting the act of sending the same question multiple
times, once to each of several groups, as distinct from sending the question
once only but to several groups?
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Cross-posting is selecting several groups and sending the question once, as
Fergus suggested :-)

Cindy Meister
 
Hi Cindy

That being the case, it would seem that - so long as there are not too many
groups in the list - this could be useful where several groups overlap?

Charles
 
Hello,

Charles Law said:
That being the case, it would seem that - so long as there
are not too many groups in the list - this could be useful
where several groups overlap?
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Yes -- X-posts _can_ be useful if the groups are related to the topic.
 
I hear people say not to multipost, does these mean not to ask the same
question in another group or to submit the question to all the groups via
the same submission, with multiple newsgroups in the "send to" box? Just a
curious question from someone who has only googled and altavista'd since the
beginning of time.
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Here's my standard reply to multi-posting (saved as a signature):


You have posted this question individually to multiple groups. This is
called Multiposting and it's BAD. Replies made in one group will not be
visible in the other groups, which may cause multiple people to respond to
your question with the same answer because they didn't know someone else had
already done it. This is a waste of time.

If you MUST post your message to multiple groups, post a single message and
select all the groups (or type their names manually, separated by commas) in
which you want it to be seen. This is called Crossposting and when used
properly it is GOOD.

Your question has been answered in another group. Which one? See the problem
with multiposting?
 
Hi Jeff,
Do you mean the same methode as sending spam, send it to as much adresses as
you know?
You never knows if there is someone is so stupid to answer you, yes a very
good method.
Cor
 
Hi Charles,
That being the case, it would seem that - so long as there are not too many
groups in the list - this could be useful where several groups overlap?
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Yes, I agree with Herfried and the others on this. And have even found it
very informative, on occasion, as I often end up learning something from
someone posting in a group I normally don't visit :-)

Cindy Meister
 
Hi people,

I'm having a bit of a brain storm at the minute and wouldn't mind some
personal opinions on some things.

To license my applications I have decided to make a license manager
service that holds application license files (RSA encrypted). When the
application launches the license manager is consulted as to whether the
application is *allowed* to run or not. The license file for that
particular application is held by the license manager which decrypts it and
responds as necessary.

Now what I wanted to do was make the license file simply an XML file
that contains some information, but it's what information it *should*
contain is what my main concern is, for example...

Obligatory information,

* Name
* Company

"Is this a 'Privacy invasion" information?"

* Contact details
* System information (To prevent the application from being used on more
than 1 system).

Hmmm, any ideas on this?

BTW, this is something that I may want to release for free, so some of
you may be interested in this, I'm certainly interested in making my
applications more secure with as little code as possible are you?

Nick.

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"No matter. Whatever the outcome, you are changed."

Fergus - September 5th 2003
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If such a thing were used in this country it would not be privacy invasion.
If however, this 'mechanism' 'published' information that it should not to
persons that it should not then it would be in breach of the Privacy Act.

Holding information itself is not a breach. However, publishing such
information when one is constrained by legislation, regulation or promise is
a breach.

From my point of view, aiming at 'as little code as possible' should not be
the prime concern. It should take as make code as it needs to make it
function effectively.
 
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