RE: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Tristan Leask
I am pretty positive as to when it comes to address harvesting; it is possible for them to just process the display text. Thus I wouldn't have the address displayed so that it is readable (unless it's a disposable or generic). There is always the 'English read' way that Ed does on the

Re: [WC] Becks!

2006-06-26 Thread paul brown
Quoting Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It wasn't just Poll, it was the entire 5-man ref crew that screwed up (although as the center, Poll will take the brunt of the fallout). From a blog of a US Referee in Germany: http://uswcrefs.carealternative.com/Pages/

RE: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Allen
No I don't agree. The web page will have a mailto: and that can be got at. Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf I am pretty positive as to when it comes to address harvesting; it is possible for them to just process the display text.

RE: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Tristan Leask
Not if you don't include that and get the lazy user to manually enter the address into their email. You could always do a script? Tristan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen Posted At: 26 June 2006 11:25 Posted To: Profox Archive

RE: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Allen
A scripts, PHP or frontpage email page would be better yes. I thought the question was if an address could be read from the page. Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tristan Leask Sent: 26 June 2006 11:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: [NF] How to disable Windows Genuine Advantage from phoning themothership.

2006-06-26 Thread Dave Crozier
Andy, It is now. Dave Crozier A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match - Bill Bryson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[NF] Amateur Radio Enthusiasts

2006-06-26 Thread Tristan Leask
Hi All, All while back I spoke to someone very quickly about Amateur Radio stuff. Someone from the UK I think. Is there anybody out there that is keen on this? Cheers for now. Tristan Leask Software Developer Marine Software Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.marinesoftware.co.uk

[NF] WinFS canned more or less.

2006-06-26 Thread Alan Bourke
http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs/archive/2006/06/23/644706.aspx -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

RE: [NF] Amateur Radio Enthusiasts

2006-06-26 Thread Allen
I thought about getting a radio, thought it was not me (I think). What did you have in mind ? Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf All while back I spoke to someone very quickly about Amateur Radio stuff. Someone from the UK I think. Is

[WC] Fottball Wisdom

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
My parents have always been there for me, ever since I was about 7. David Beckham I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league. Mark Viduka Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level.

RE: [NF] Amateur Radio Enthusiasts

2006-06-26 Thread Dave Crozier
Tristan, Thinking about his age there wouldn't have been any class B licences back then. Dave Crozier A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short,

RE: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread Stephen the Cook
Andy Davies wrote: Javascript disabled. ...Which kills the AJAX implementation idea, as I see it. How many people are disabling javascript now a days? 20%, 10%, or far less? Stephen Russell DBA / Operations Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Dominic Burford
Hi I tend to use a DO CASE construct when I want to do something like this. Function MyFunction (tcSomething) Do Case Case Pcount() 1 Case IsNull(tcSomething) Case Not (Vartype(tcSomething) = C) Otherwise *-- Everything is OK EndCase

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Hawksworth
In vfp 9 you can skip the is null and just use the additional parameter in vartype. For numbers you need to check if they are ints etc, strings if they are empty (if they shouldn't be etc), check for illegal characters. I try(!) to do this for all procedures anyway as it cuts down

RE: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread Andy Davies
Andy Davies wrote: ...Microsoft 'behaviours' - which have been around for *years*. common language problem I should of course have said 'behaviors' - specifically the download behavior. /clp Andrew Davies  MBCS CITP   - AndyD    8-)#

Re: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread Ted Roche
On 6/26/06, Stephen the Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many people are disabling javascript now a days? 20%, 10%, or far less? Your point being? You only want less cautious customers? Try turning off Javascript and visiting Travelocity. It tells you it requires Javascript, and I trust

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Dave Crozier
Kevin, If the wrong parameters are passed then immediately reformat the hard disk. That way you will get very few repeat errors and the evidence of your mischief will be completely erased. BG Dave Crozier A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 26, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Andy Davies wrote: There must be a better way that I'm unaware of. default parameter values - which was done much better in Clipper ~g Which is done even better in Python! -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com

Re: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Ken Kixmoeller (j/s)
On Jun 26, 2006, at 7:43 AM, Profox wrote: I would use an email obfuscator. Hey, Jim - - - I have had the feeling (but without any way to confirm it) that the spammers are catching up with the obfuscation trick. I also think they are getting the DOT and AT technique. (Lately, a small

Re: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Ted Roche
On 6/26/06, Michael Madigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it make much of a difference whether the email address is visible on a web page or whether there is a link to a email address when it comes to preventing spam? Spam scrapers read the same forums we do. Anything you can thing to do to

[OT] EU Language Change

2006-06-26 Thread Dave Crozier
EUROPEAN COMMISSION RULING ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Kevin Cully
Bad Dave! g Kevin Cully CULLY Technologies, LLC Sponsor of Fox Forward 2006! http://foxforward.net Dave Crozier wrote: Kevin, If the wrong parameters are passed then immediately reformat the hard disk. That way you will get very few repeat errors and the evidence of your mischief will be

Re: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread Andy Davies
I must have dozed off at some point during the evolution of secure browsers g - how come javascript is dangerous? By design it should not have any access to the local file system, so unless you enable ActiveX [fso = new ActiveXObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject)] you should be safe? btw when

Re: [WC] Fottball Wisdom

2006-06-26 Thread paul brown
Some of these are from commentators so the names might not be too familiar: The World Cup - truly an international event (John Motson)

Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Mike yearwood
Hi Kevin Message: 4 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:11:23 -0400 From: Kevin Cully [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Strong parameter checking To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'm working on a class that I'm wanting to make Open

From the Adverts: New VFP9 HowTo Book Available

2006-06-26 Thread Tracy Pearson
I recommended this book last week, but it's not available. Does anyone have some insights where the author can be reached or notified of the problem on lulu.com? Thanks, Tracy New VFP9 HowTo Book Available http://www.lulu.com/content/106787 Visual FoxPro 9 for Developers by Michael Cummings

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Mike yearwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally I find it easiest to check parameters first and get out if necessary and then follow with the heart of the function. This clearly separates the two steps and the meat of the function is cleaner and easier to follow. Personally I find it

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Kevin Cully
I would guess that it's a matter of preference but I never like to RETURN in the middle of a function. I think keeping this philosophy forces modularity and keeps my functions small which hopefully increases their re-use. With smaller (shorter) functions, it also keeps the indentation to a

Re: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Profox
I would use an email obfuscator. Hey, Jim - - - I have had the feeling (but without any way to confirm it) that the spammers are catching up with the obfuscation trick. I also think they are getting the DOT and AT technique. (Lately, a small amount of spam has been coming to this

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Steve Ellenoff
This is the style I tend to use as well.. It's good knowing that once you scroll down past any initial validation code, your variables are assumed to be just fine, and I do like the logical division of having the validation section and then the heart of the logic section as outlined by Mike.

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Hal Kaplan
I would do nothing ... No error checking ... Nothing. If the user is so impolite as to ignore the instructions for proper use, (s)he does not deserve the courtesy of acknowledgement. It's about time that we started using functions in a gentrified manner. On the other hand, you could check for

Re: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Justin Darnell
We use a service called Postini. It has been an incredible filtering tool. It filters about 70 % of our e-mail out, quarantines some ~ 9%, and the rest is legitimate. We've been using it for about a year and I've had two spams get through and one e-mail get quarantined that was legitimate.

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Hawksworth
This is my standard procedure header (stripped of the documentation section that is geared towards HelpBuilder). vfs[Form and or Proc Name] Created By : Michael Hawksworth Copyright : Visual Fox Solutions Created On :

Batch processing

2006-06-26 Thread Andy Davies
Here's one for Bill g: http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/06/23/share_truth/ Andrew Davies  MBCS CITP   - AndyD    8-)# ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and

RE: From the Adverts: New VFP9 HowTo Book Available

2006-06-26 Thread Chris Davis
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BrickSoftware.com Telephone: 714-279-0411 It's not on site as he is reviewing it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: 26 June 2006 14:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: From the Adverts: New VFP9

[OT] Administration summary in 1 min

2006-06-26 Thread Stephen Russell
http://www.informationliberation.com/ These videos sound like Michael and Pete have found their match. They repeat the FACTS much better, and faster then our two noted reverb artists could ever hope to accomplish. Notice the definition of terrorism under the third clip. Does it look

RE: [WC] Becks!

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
If a game is on the BBC we can choose between TV or radio commentary and without a doubt, the radio guys are 100% better. I think that this is true no matter what sport is being played. Radio announcers have to verbally document what happens where video buffoons just get to say let's look at

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Eyvind Axelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, June 26, 2006 7:46 am To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Personally I find it easier when the damn compiler throws the error because you can't get your params correct. Indeed! Especially when you after having used the function/method

Re: [WC] Becks!

2006-06-26 Thread Paul Hill
On 6/26/06, paul brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know how the TV coverage is elsewhere, but here in the US the commentators on ESPN are terrible. Ed, what do they do about advertising? 45 mins without a break must be a long time for US TV :-)

Re: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Ken Kixmoeller (j/s)
On Jun 26, 2006, at 8:10 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: Which is why I use a random mix of obfuscation routines on every page view. Yeah, I know --- good idea --- but I wonder if the spammers are catching on nevertheless. I know that if I were writing such a routine, I would look for AT or @ or

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Eyvind Axelsen
Indeed! Especially when you after having used the function/method in quite a few places need to refactor the damn thing, and change, say, parameter types... Is that a problem for you? So sorry. I just go and do a refactor for it, and I am presented with all the occurrences. VS2005 is really

[NF] IronPython

2006-06-26 Thread Eyvind Axelsen
Has anyone used it? Ed or Paul, perhaps? If so, do you have a gut feeling or more regarding its stability? We are considering using it as an embedded scripting language in our .NET 2.0 app. Thanks, Eyvind. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread Ted Roche
On 6/26/06, Andy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must have dozed off at some point during the evolution of secure browsers g - how come javascript is dangerous? JavaScript Java Java is in a pretty secuire sandbox. JavaScript can do nearly anything the user running the browser has

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or when you can add the same named function several times, each with a different parameter signature! Compilers have no problem with that! Overloading? Like this: void setanswer(String answer){ } void setanswer(String answer, String

RE: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, June 26, 2006 8:08 am To: profox@leafe.com Google javascript exploit for 2,680,000 pages talking about it. Now that I rebooted my machine my NoScript works like expected. ___ Post Messages to:

RE: [NF] IronPython

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Eyvind Axelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Has anyone used it? Ed or Paul, perhaps? If so, do you have a gut feeling or more regarding its stability? We are considering using it as an embedded scripting language in our .NET 2.0 app. There is a Yahoogroup on it, but it gets little to any

Re: [NF] IronPython

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Eyvind Axelsen wrote: Has anyone used it? Ed or Paul, perhaps? If so, do you have a gut feeling or more regarding its stability? We are considering using it as an embedded scripting language in our .NET 2.0 app. I don't use it, since I don't work in .Net. But

Re: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread Ted Roche
On 6/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that I rebooted my machine my NoScript works like expected. FireFox plug-ins often require you to restart FireFox before they are enabled or updated. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] IronPython

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Eyvind Axelsen wrote: Do you have any specifics as to what is missing? No, but I remember the discussions when it first began development at Microsoft. It wasn't designed to be a complete re-write of Python, since Python already runs great on Windows, but

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Overloading? Like this: void setanswer(String answer){ } void setanswer(String answer, String title){ } or This? void setanswer(String answer){ } void setanswer(String title){ } Both. And

Re: [NF] IronPython

2006-06-26 Thread Eyvind Axelsen
-Opprinnelig melding- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne av Ed Leafe It wasn't designed to be a complete re-write of Python, since Python already runs great on Windows, but rather a wrapping of the .Net classes. Actually, I think you are wrong on that (maybe

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But to overload setanswer 15 different ways is no problem, and when necessary it's fantastic that you can! Of course, the point was that this defeats the advantage of having the compiler do your type checking for you! You think that

Re: [NF] IronPython

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Eyvind Axelsen wrote: IronPython is the code name of the new implementation of the Python programming language running on .NET. It supports an interactive console with fully dynamic compilation. It is well integrated with the rest of the .NET Framework and

RE: From the Adverts: New VFP9 HowTo Book Available

2006-06-26 Thread Tracy Pearson
Thanks, I passed that on to the developer wanting to take a look at the book. Tracy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Davis Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: From the Adverts: New VFP9 HowTo Book

Re: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread Ted Roche
On 6/26/06, Paul Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not exactly. JavaScript is quite limited in what it can do and is (in theory) sandboxed within the browser. e.g. no file or OS operations. Theory v. Practice. In theory, COM is pretty cool, as I wrote in OLE is no Bull! in FPA, June 1995, (Not

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course, the point was that this defeats the advantage of having the compiler do your type checking for you! You think that you're calling setanswer() with one thing, but you're actually calling another, completely different method, and the compiler

RE: [NF] WebProNews: Executive Summary of AJAX

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] FireFox plug-ins often require you to restart FireFox before they are enabled or updated. I know that from experience. This one needed a reboot which seemed strange. But it is popping up and quite often I might say as I hit stumble upon 15 times as a quick

RE: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Peter Hart
Hi I use a system where the e-mail address is actually a picture (jpg) If you go to: http://www.marketrasengolfclub.co.uk/contacts/ Then right click and select View Source Look for: img src=/images/email/secretary.gif height=20 width=295 alt=Email Address / The Javascript is above that line

[OT] Don't make this mistake

2006-06-26 Thread Stephen Russell
http://www.comics.com/wash/opus/ Stephen Russell DBA / Developer Electracash, Inc. 5100 Poplar Ave. Suite 2518 Memphis, Tennessee 38137 1-901-684-0348 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.electracash.com The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to

[NF] TTS (text-to-speech) for Linux or TTS webservice?

2006-06-26 Thread Malcolm Greene
Anyone have any experience with Text-To-Speech (TTS) libraries under Linux? Use case: PHP script that accepts text and returns a WAV or MP3 file with text converted to audio ... ideally with support for high quality (commercial) voice fonts? Or ... a 3rd party TSS webservice? Thanks, Malcolm

Re: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
I'm setting up a simple website for my girlfriend's piano business. She uses yahoo mail, so almost all of the spam will be filtered out, but I'd still like to minimize that even further. So if I understand everyone so far Mail to: with a different label will still be found by robots and that

Re: [NF] Mail addresses on web pages

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 26, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Peter Hart wrote: I use a system where the e-mail address is actually a picture (jpg) If you go to: http://www.marketrasengolfclub.co.uk/contacts/ Then right click and select View Source Look for: img src=/images/email/secretary.gif height=20 width=295 alt=Email

RE: [NF] TTS (text-to-speech) for Linux or TTS webservice?

2006-06-26 Thread john harvey
Nope, but I've done it using VFP and Winders! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:02 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] TTS (text-to-speech) for Linux or TTS webservice? Anyone have any

RE: Textbox Drag/Drop

2006-06-26 Thread Tracy Pearson
Dave, I haven't downloaded your Beta yet, so I'm not sure how you implemented this. But I had a notion to look back on this today. I think I have a possible solution: oFrm = CREATEOBJECT(cFrm) oFrm.Show() READ EVENTS DEFINE CLASS cFrm as Form allowoutput = .F. showtips = .T.

Re: [NF] Laptop keyboard showing signs of failure

2006-06-26 Thread MB Software Solutions
petetheisen wrote: MB Software Solutions wrote: I must comment too much. g The '' key is starting to stop responding. The rest of the laptop (Dell Inspiron 5100 -- 3 years old) appears to be fine. My thought is to get a can of air and blow out the keyboard as it sets. Other tips or

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread MB Software Solutions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I find it easier when the damn compiler throws the error because you can't get your params correct. YMMV. A Visual Studio plug, right? g -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com Work

RE: [NF] Laptop keyboard showing signs of failure

2006-06-26 Thread Tracy Pearson
The laptops I've tinkered with have 3 or 4 screws holding the keyboard in place, lift the spacebar, pull the keyboard away from the screen, and there is a ribbon cable attaching it to the systemboard. Granted, this isn't as easy as pull cable from back of desktop, but it's been straight forward

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jun 26, 2006, at 1:34 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote: default parameter values - which was done much better in Clipper ~g Which is done even better in Python! Well don't just say that without an example!! Otherwise, you're missing an opportunity to plug Dabo!! It's not a Dabo

RE: [OT] Why Conservatives Can't Govern

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
I read it, but it left me thinking of Peter Drucker's admonition: it's far better to know what to do then what not to do. That is, we can examine what's wrong and how things got that way until the cows come home, and while there is a place for that, we should be aware that it will not yield a

RE: Batch processing

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
Aptly titled! Bill Here's one for Bill g: http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2 006/06/23/share_truth/ Andrew Davies  MBCS CITP   - AndyD    8-)# ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [OT] Why Conservatives Can't Govern

2006-06-26 Thread Profox
I read it, but it left me thinking of Peter Drucker's admonition: it's far better to know what to do then what not to do. That is, we can examine what's wrong and how things got that way until the cows come home, and while there is a place for that, we should be aware that it will not yield a

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
In terms of 'tightly coupled' vs 'loosely coupled' (to use old terms) code, we're now more inclined towards passing parameters to modules versus having modules be aware of their environment. That's a good thing, but it increases the number of parameters being passed around, which could - if the

Re: [OT] Why Conservatives Can't Govern

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
The premise of the article is wrong. Conservatives have governed very well 17 out of the last 25 years as all your paychecks can attest. --- Profox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read it, but it left me thinking of Peter Drucker's admonition: it's far better to know what to do then what not to

Re: [OT] Why Conservatives Can't Govern

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
That should have read as everyone's paycheck can attest. The premise of the article is wrong. Conservatives have governed very well 17 out of the last 25 years as all your paychecks can attest. --- Profox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read it, but it left me thinking of Peter Drucker's

RE: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] So with Intellisense telling you what to pass, you still need a compiler to catch bad data types?? Only when I'm patching older VB.NET stuff that was just copy paste to begin with. ;- ___ Post Messages

Re: [OT] Now is the time for all brave men and women to come to theaidof their country

2006-06-26 Thread Leland Jackson
A section of land is 640 arces or one square mile, so it would be 104/640 of a square mile. Also, a football field (including the two end zones) is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide for a total of 57,600 square feet. When you take away the two 30-foot-long end zones at each end, the field is

RE: [OT] Why Conservatives Can't Govern

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
I read it, but it left me thinking of Peter Drucker's admonition: it's far better to know what to do then what not to do. That is, we can examine what's wrong and how things got that way until the cows come home, and while there is a place for that, we should be aware that it will

RE: [OT] Now is the time for all brave men and women to cometo theaidof their country

2006-06-26 Thread john harvey
Shouldn't that be an acre is .9438 football fields big? John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland Jackson Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 12:21 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Now is the time for all brave men and women to cometo

[OT] Postcards are different then cash

2006-06-26 Thread Stephen Russell
This guy made a MD5 generator and accepts postcards as a Thank You. http://www.md5summer.org/Postcards/index.html I didn't see an Elvis, so I guess that I have to go and get one. It's part of my shopping for travel anyway. I always go out and get some Elvis crap to give away to people. If

RE: [NF] small business consulting gig review

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
We met yesterday and decided: - POS is overkill for his restaurant today, but a desirable long term objective. Last week I spoke with an IBM 'business partner' who specializes in POS systems, and he said a restaurant really needs to gross between 3/4 and a million/year to justify the expense of

Interesting SQL Puzzle

2006-06-26 Thread Frank Burcaw
Here's a tough one that I could use help with. I need to sum /.group a set of records based on if the States (Nebraska, Arizona, New York), border one another or if a chain of bordering States can be found. So for example, NE $100.00 IA $100.00 IL $100.00 TX $200.00 AZ $350.00 CA $350.00

[OT] 15 People Who Make America Great

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
With this issue, we launch our Giving Back Awards in recognition of people who, through bravery or generosity, genius or passion, devote themselves to helping others. From hundreds of nominations, these folks were chosen for imaginative approaches to difficult problems. We hope they remind you of

Re: [OT] 15 People Who Make America Great

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
How does giving money to Guatamalla make America great? Maybe you should send this to the Europeans that hate us. --- Bill Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With this issue, we launch our Giving Back Awards in recognition of people who, through bravery or generosity, genius or passion,

RE: Interesting SQL Puzzle

2006-06-26 Thread stephen . russell
From: john harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, June 26, 2006 3:52 pm To: 'ProFox Email List' profox@leafe.com Yes, this works out the same. You would just pull both columns state+neighbor instead of relation. What if you were trying to get the path from Louisiana to TN? LAMS, MSTN = 200

Re: [OT] Why Conservatives Can't Govern

2006-06-26 Thread Profox
The premise of the article is wrong. Conservatives have governed very well 17 out of the last 25 years as all your paychecks can attest. RepbliCONS/Conservatives did not control all three branches until the last 5 years. During the other 20 of the 25 years Democrats controlled at least one,

Re: List Question

2006-06-26 Thread Ken Kixmoeller (j/s)
On Jun 26, 2006, at 3:57 PM, Frank Burcaw wrote: profox@leafe.com - is that the correct address? Yup ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [WC] Becks!

2006-06-26 Thread Jerry Wolper
However, unlike American football, basketball, or nearly every other sport, you cannot simply blow a whistle when you see something: you have to process the entire context, and make split-second decisions as to whether the thing you saw was trifling, in which case you swallow the

RE: [OT] 15 People Who Make America Great

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
They all hate us, so why are we giving money to them? I think instead of giving money to Guatemalan schools, they should be giving it to American schools, where at least most of them don't hate us. --- Bill Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does giving money to Guatamalla make America

RE: [OT] 15 People Who Make America Great

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
They all hate us, so why are we giving money to them? I think instead of giving money to Guatemalan schools, they should be giving it to American schools, where at least most of them don't hate us. I know you're not stupid, and sometimes you really get me laughing, but for the life of

RE: [NF] Amateur Radio Enthusiasts

2006-06-26 Thread Jeff Johnson
Tristan: I am an Extra Class “ham”. My call sign is KJ7LO. I communicate with both phone (microphone) and Morse Code. I also specialize in something called QRP, where I never use more than 5 watts and talk to people all over the world. Although I am joined at the hip with the Internet, I

RE: [OT] 15 People Who Make America Great

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
Seriously, no kidding, helping people who hate us makes no sense at all. There are plenty of deserving Americans who need the help just as much. With all the illiteracy, drugs, violence, illigitimacy, etc. in the inner city schools, seems to me we should be spending our money there. ---

RE: [OT] 15 People Who Make America Great

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Arnold
Seriously, no kidding, helping people who hate us makes no sense at all. If you peel the onion, you'll get to the foreign policies layer, and then if you keep going, you'll get to the attitude layer at the center. There are plenty of deserving Americans who need the help just as

Re: ProfoxTech Digest, Vol 37, Issue 128

2006-06-26 Thread Mike yearwood
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:51:05 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Strong parameter checking To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII From: Mike yearwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally I find it easiest to check

Re: Strong parameter checking

2006-06-26 Thread Mike yearwood
Hi Kevin Message: 2 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:01:21 -0400 From: Kevin Cully [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Strong parameter checking To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I would guess that it's a matter of preference

[OT] Some interesting Google trends

2006-06-26 Thread Helio W.
**http://tinyurl.com/k2zpg http://tinyurl.com/qw9om http://tinyurl.com/pgyta * ** * * * --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

RE: [NF] Amateur Radio Enthusiasts

2006-06-26 Thread Neal Sulmeyer
Tristan, I have been into amateur radio for over 30 years now (since I was a teenager). I am very active in several aspects of the hobby especially in on the air competitions called contests. Perhaps I can help you. Neal Sulmeyer, K4EA Third Normal Firm, Inc. -Original Message- From:

Re: From the Adverts: New VFP9 HowTo Book Available

2006-06-26 Thread jeff
At 08:45 AM 6/26/2006, you wrote: I recommended this book last week, but it's not available. Does anyone have some insights where the author can be reached or notified of the problem on lulu.com? Thanks, Tracy New VFP9 HowTo Book Available http://www.lulu.com/content/106787 Visual FoxPro

[OT] ooops

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
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[OT] This is a joke, right?

2006-06-26 Thread Michael Madigan
http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/uptotheminute.cfm?recid=4912userID=0referer=dailyUpdate New Lower Prices * Horse Racing Photos at http://www.HorseRacingPix.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [OT] Some interesting Google trends

2006-06-26 Thread Profox
http://tinyurl.com/k2zpg http://tinyurl.com/qw9om http://tinyurl.com/pgyta If you include Visual FoxPro with Foxpro it's the most popular language in China. Too bad they don't buy any. Australians are sexed crazed. Jim Eddins ___ Post Messages

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