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"You're really not making things easier." I said to my stomach as I got up from the toilet and wiped my mouth with toilet paper as I groaned. I didn't feel any better physically, much less about the whole situation. Part of me feared I was really going to resent this baby as long as it was growing inside me.
"You know the more you keep throwing up, he's bound to figure it out sometime." Tephira suddenly said as I jumped while looking in the mirror and seeing her reflection. I rolled my eyes at her and washed my mouth.
"Shut up." I mumbled as she smiled. I still couldn't bring myself to tell Bob I was pregnant again, just too much preventing me from doing so. I didn't think he'd be angry, but this Bob I've come to know, he was unpredictable.
"Not feeling any better I see?" she smirked as I shook my head.
"Nope." I agreed as she leaned on the counter.
"Just tell him Tissa." she urged me as I sighed.
"I don't want to." I said childishly as she rolled her eyes.
"You have to! You can't honestly hide it for that much longer, you're bounding start showing soon. Besides, do you honestly think he'll be pissed or something?" she asked.
"I don't know. You know how he is, can never tell what he's feeling inside." I replied as she nodded.
"What's the worst that could happen?" she put in as I curled my lips to one side.
"Hmm...I don't know, maybe he'll say screw it and leave?!" I shouted sarcastically as she scoffed.
"You know that's not true. You don't see the way he's always looking at you. He loves you Tissa. He wouldn't leave you like that." she said softly while I nodded slowly and sighed once more.
"I know. I know he wouldn't, but there's always 'what ifs?' lingering in the air. I know I'm probably being a bitch about this, but I just want to things to be stable and not fall apart again. I just don't want this to strain all we've worked for and still trying to work for." I replied as she nodded.
"And that's understandable, but I think you're being just a little too harsh and doubtful. Just tell him." she reasoned while I looked at the rug on the floor and nodded.
"You're right."
"I always am." she said hugging me as I smiled.
"Yeah, yeah." I mumbled while she squeezed me and pulled back.
"Besides, it's not like you're going to abort it and not tell him." she offered as I looked at her and raised my eyebrows in thought.
"That's not such a bad ide-"
"Tissa!" she shouted as I rolled my eyes and punched her arm.
"Oh come on, you know I would never do that, especially after Asia." I replied as she smiled and laughed.
"Go tell him."
"What's the worst that I could say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight" was all I heard as Asia was entranced with Helena dancing on TV while she twirled around in the famous black dress. Every time Fuse would play an MCR song, she was right there glued to TV to watch her dad and uncles play.
"Daddy why does Unca' Gee look so sad?" Asia asked while he looked at her before looking at the TV.
"Well baby, that song was meant for Uncle Gerard and Mikey's grandma who passed away." he replied.
"Oh..." she replied softly. "He's not sad anymore is he?" she asked concerned as Bob smiled and picked her up into his arms.
"No he's not sweetie." he assured her as she nodded and smiled while he kissed her head before setting her down again while Harlow came to lay beside her. Little lazy lard he was, I wish he was back to the size he was when we first got him. I smiled for a second while I watched her. For a moment the thought of her being a big sister had made my smile stay on a little longer before it suddenly faded.
By the time Fuse stopped playing all the good videos, Asia was asleep on the floor. It amazed me how kids were comfortable sleeping in the awkwardest places. I scooped her up into my arms and laid her down in her bed and tucking her in. I cracked the door and finished putting away dishes before I felt hands wrap around my waist.
"Hey." Bob whispered as I turned around and half smiled at him.
"Hey." I whispered back.
"You alright? You've been looking kinda down lately." he asked as I shrugged and nodded.
"I'm fine." I replied as he raised an eyebrow and kissed my neck.
"Come on. I think I've been around you enough to know when's something up. So what is it?" he asked once more as I looked at him before looking at his shirt then back at him.
"Let's talk over there." I said getting out of his embrace and going to the living room where he sat down and looked up at me.
"Is everything okay?" he asked with a more serious tone while I clasped my hands together.
"I have to tell you something." I said softly.
"Okay."he nodded while holding his hands out while I bounced on my toes.
"Well...I'm..." I trailed off before sighing and sat on the couch.
"What?" he asked impatiently while I snapped my head up.
"I'm pregnant." I blurted out as he shrugged.
"Oh you're probably just - wait what?" he froze as I stiffened and looked at him while I stared at him.
"Again?" he asked as I glared at him while he stuttered.
"But umm...how?" he asked confused.
"One of the condoms wasn't protected, no pun intended." I mumbled. A minute of silence had passed until he shrugged.
"Oh...well that's awesome." he replied while I raised an eyebrow.
"That's awesome?" I repeated while he sat up straight and held his hands out.
"Well...yeah." he smiled as my inner child (not the other child occupying my stomach) seemed to face palm itself.
"You mean you're happy about this?" I asked confused as he narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah...shouldn't I be?"
"I thought you were going to be mad or something." I replied.
"Why I would be mad?" he asked confused this time while I shrugged.
"You don't seem too happy though." he pointed out as I lifted my gaze to him once more while he stared back.
"Were you hoping I was going to be mad?" he asked leaning on his knees as I ran a hand through my hair.
"You were hoping I was going to be mad!" he shouted while I shushed him.
"Yes there was a part of me that was hoping you were, this is a big deal Bob!" I replied.
"Tissa, it's okay." he assured me as I shook my head.
"It's not okay! Do you think we're really ready to have another kid? What about when Brian calls you and MCR has to go on tour?" I asked distressed while he held his palms open.
"Tissa, I can have the guys find a fill in until I'm able to come back, that wouldn't be a problem." he assured me while I chewed on my lip.
"I don't know if I could do it again." I whispered while he frowned and scooted closer to me.
"It'll be different this time Tissa."
"How?" I asked carefully while he smiled and pulled me into his lap.
"Cause I'll be there." he whispered softly to me while I looked into his eyes.
"Promise?" I whispered back while he kissed me and put a hand on my stomach.
"I promise."
So that's how it started. We were having this baby and that was that.
Days passed and we were able to make it work for all of us. I even broke the news to Asia and she was more then thrilled to be a big sister. We decided to keep this a secret from everyone until I was at least 3 months, for the sake of the band's plans for the new album. I continued to help them with the cover designs and well who knew five guys could be so damn picky.
However, the media was something I was not used to. Now that MCR was getting recognized, cameras were constantly taking pictures of the guys whenever we were in main parts of the city. I knew I wouldn't be to get past this when I saw myself in a Spin magazine. I began to cringe as I could only imagine if they found out I was pregnant.
I still hadn't gotten used to the idea that I was going to be having another kid. Maybe with a little more time I could, but I wasn't counting on it.
"Mommy, I want a baby sister." Asia said while she sat in my lap while I brushed her hair.
"What if it's a boy?" I asked curiously as she upturned her nose.
"Boys have cooties!" she squeaked as I smiled.
"How do you know what cooties are?" I asked with a laugh.
"I dunno." she said holding out her hands while I kissed her cheek. After finishing with her hair, she wanted to be rocked to sleep, something I haven't done in a long time. I guess she wanted to be closer to the baby.
Everyone was content with where we were and I couldn't deny I was too.
But I was unaware of just how quickly, that was about to change...
A/N: For the sake of the story being set back in the TBP era, the 'album' in the story won't necessarily be a reference to Danger Days, just to point that out. Next chapter : things just got more interesting...


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Looking at the code, I get the impression the idea is that the loop doesn't terminate. I can't think of any other ways to set up an endless loop in VB6, but then, it's been quite a while since I last used it.
Do Until False = True?
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 13:54 • by Heywood J (unregistered)
Ok - depending on what portion of the files are to be deleted, and how many are in the directory, this might or might not be stupid.
Why is this a problem? When a variable gets set to a new object, shouldn't the old one be garbage collected?
As far as being inside the loop or not, if the idea is that the .ini file can be changed without restarting the "service", it looks like all the code belongs in there.
Why, specifically, is it a bad idea? Leaving aside the issue of actually making it a proper service (which could have been done in VB), is there any reason not to use the most familiar and convenient tool at hand to implement this small program?
It seems that the whole "page fault" thing is really trying to imply that this was a major resource (CPU? Mem? Disk?) hog. (This might be TRWFT.)
This story is missing quite a bit of context about the size of the directory and file list, and "pseudo codes" away a lot of what's going on.
If the goal is to remove a handful of files from a directory with thousands, maybe there is a WTF here. But assuming a smallish directory to scan through, it wouldn't seem to be a problem.
Although "do while true" would be a major style improvement, it wouldn't have any bearing on performance.
Oh I get it, TRWTF is that the loop runs eternally until the flag blnLoopEternal is set to true.
Should be the other way around. Run until blnLoopEternal is false, obviously.
Ok..seems like we have Page Faults, SEGFAULTS, General Protection Faults but what we really need are My Faults and Your Faults...This one is clearly Your Fault ;-)
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 14:17 • by Kyros (unregistered)
I hope you aren't actually any sort of programmer. Let's do a quick run through:
1. There's a GoTo in there.
2. The entire thing is an infinite repeating loop.
1. GoTos are bad. Yes, even for error handling. Bad. Stop it.
2. This has got to be the worst possible way in terms of efficiency to code this, and it definitely has a very real negative performance impact. You could of *actually* made a service, or even just set it up as a windows scheduled task, but an infinite repeating loop? This isn't a PIC.
3. VB6 is slow, messy, and has terrible style. A batch script would of actually been better. Ideally a quick C or C++ program. Java at least would of been neater, even if no faster.
It takes maybe 20 minutes to write a flexible service to do something about this complex. The article notes it took the developer in question "several days".
It seems to me that the real WTF here is Windows Services.
Not to sound like a Linux bigot, but in Linux, to make a service you write a program just like any command line program, then run it just like you would run any command line program, except you add an ampersand to the end of the command line. That is, the "Linux Service API" is "type an ampersand after the program name". If you like you can create shell programs to start, stop, and restart the app. But that's purely optional.
In Windows, to create a service you have to implement an API entirely separate from what you would write for any other program. Why? It's just a ton of junk dumped on top of the Windows developer.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 14:28 • by Jay (unregistered)
I think you mean, Do Until False = FileNotFound
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 14:33 • by Jay (unregistered)
Even at that. Say the directory has 20 files that should be kept and a 1000 that should be deleted. Assuming that there is no pattern to the file names, i.e. you can't say "delete tmp*.txt" or something like that, than the only way to delete them is to identify them one by one and delete each in turn. So it's difficult to see how the program could really be made more efficient.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 14:41 • by Robert B. (unregistered)
1. GoTo's are not inherently bad on their own. Modern constructs merely mask the use of them a lot of the time. Furthermore, in VB1-6, that was the standard way of performing error handling as VB6 did not have try/catch/finally. You either do On Error GoTo (|GoSub) or there was no error handler in that function.
2. Making it a service or scheduled task doesn't fix the loop, which sleeps for a minute anyhow, releasing resources and letting other things do their thing. A basically infinite repeating loop is how the Windows message pump works in any Windows application with a UI. I suppose that's stupid, too.
3. VB6 was not slow, didn't have to be messy (this code is far from it), and style is subjective. I don't care for the overly verbose style of BASIC myself, either. If the thing were written in Java, it would probably be as fast or faster than the similar C program but wouldn't be able to (easily) run as a service. Another choice would be .net, where it would be trivial to write a service and be as fast or faster than the equivalent C program (we're talking about blocking I/O here - the speed of the actual compiled code is a barely a measurable percent of the overall speed).
The thing to do would probably have been to set up a watcher for the directory (ReadDirectoryChangesW or FileSystemWatcher in .net), see if the file (or files) matches the list that was just written, and delete it if so, otherwise do nothing.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 14:44 • by Not a windows fan (unregistered)
The default Windows app is a desktop GUI app. And while X is a joke, Windows can at least have pretty GUIs because of Microsoft's API choices and the hoops they make developers jump through.
I'll join the chorus of "what's the problem" here.
To summarize the objections raised to this program so far:
1. It uses VB6, and VB6 is an old language. Okay, so what? Is it adequate to handle the job? Yes. So if the programmer is comfortable with it, why not use it? It wouldn't be my choice, but if it does the job, who cares?
2. It has an infinite loop so there's no way to terminate the program. The article quotes the programmer as saying you could kill it by moving the ini file. I'd think a more direct way to kill it would be to use TaskManager. Clumsy and messy, but ... exactly how is it better to access Windows Services and click "stop" than to access Task Manager and click "terminate"?
3. It never frees the directory object for garbage collection. Yes it does: the next time through the loop when it reassigns the variable to a new directory object. Okay, there's the minor issue that it holds that directory object through the sleep, so it is probably using it for a couple of milliseconds, then it sits there wasting space for 60 seconds, then it destroys it and creates a new one that it used for a few milliseconds, etc. You could free up some system resources by fixing that.
4. It causes page faults. If you are using the correct terminology, then okay, that may be true: every time the sleep expires, it fires up again, and if it got swapped out of RAM, that would cause a page fault and a refresh from virtual memory. So what? That's what virtual memory is for. That's like saying that a progam is flawed because it periodically quits running for no good reason ... except that it's waiting for input from the user. If instead you made it a service or a cron job that ran every sixty seconds, then each time the timer clicked it would reload the program from disk. This way, each time the timer clicks it ... reloads the program from disk. I suspect that reloading a page from virtual memory takes less time than firing up a new process and loading an exe file, so this method is probably more time efficient. If you're constrained on virtual memory, maybe that's a problem.
So what's wrong with this program again? I don't know that I'd hold it up as a model that should be given an award, but it seems an adequate solution to the problem.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 14:48 • by Robert B. (unregistered)
Running a process in the background (which is what the ampersand does) doesn't turn a process into a daemon, which is what would be the equivalent construct in Linux.
In Windows, the program just has to respond to a few API calls so that the service control manager can interact with it (e.g. to start up, shut down, etc.), similar to the way a proper daemon has a few set things to do (fork a child process, etc.). It's really not complicated.
I had to maintain a FORTRAN program once (it was a long time ago in a time where such languages were commonplace) such that every error condition whose cause originated with invalid data entered by the user was directed to one single location in the code. At that location was the line:
Addendum (2012-02-16 15:11):
Sorry, should have been
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:01 • by Clark (unregistered)
Yeah! I would've used JScript.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:09 • by Ludus (unregistered)
1) I don't think VB6 was the WTF; just the poor use of its looping constructs and termination logic.
2) It "technically" is not an infinite loop, since it is designed to exit based on removing an expected file in order to terminate its process. Killing the process from the task manager is not how this was designed, yet is as effective and probably safer than using the storage media to kill the process.
3) I don't understand your point...you seem to argue with yourself...probably a "minor issue". :P
4) Call me a stickler for details, but why would I want to design an application with a known ability to cause any sort of issues with memory? I'm sure the OS can handle it, yet is that an excuse for poor programming practice?
Aha - I know what the problem is! There's no copyright header or amendment list.
And another one: the indenting is 3 spaces, when standard programming style is 4 as everybody knows.
Both issues are outrageous and require the programmer to be disciplined. Edna Krabappel in fishnets and leather basque with a whip, methinks ...
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:11 • by Yoh (unregistered)
I said it in an earlier post, but I think I'll word it more directly this time.
I think that this program should have been implemented as a scheduled task instead of an infinite loop. I do not think using an infinite loop that can only be terminated by moving a file is an elegant, efficient, or intelligent solution.
If you think about the 1 minute sleep call, clearly the developer was attempting to force it to run at specified intervals; that is, he was trying to schedule it. Wouldn't it make more sense then to manage it as a scheduled task instead of having to go into the program itself, change the sleep call, and then recompile when the intervals need to be increased or decreased? Not only would that make the program easier to manage, but it would also remove the infinite loop. Moreover, you wouldn't have to browse your way into some random directory, and then delete a file just in case you need to terminate it (or end the task for that matter). That seems like a pain in the ass to me, and avoids a much better way to handle the process.
But that's just me, I guess. Maybe there isn't really a problem with it, but it seems very sloppy to me.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:13 • by facilisis (unregistered)
I'm not sure what is more disturbing...the leather basque or that you know how to spell "Krabappel".
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:13 • by Heywood J (unregistered)
That's the way you do generic error handling in VB6. It's hardly different conceptually than wrapping the whole loop in a "try/catch". If the thing blows up, drop to the cleanup code at the bottom. Granted it gets messy when you're only trapping errors over a few lines. VB's shortcoming, not the programmer's.
How is this inefficient? How would a service be any different? They both do something, wait, and do it again. If you made it a task, what do you think happens inside the scheduler? And, AFAIK, the scheduler would have the overhead of starting a new process evey pass through.
Definitely lazy to not have a proper exit to the loop. But I wouldn't call it a WTF - the thing really isn't intended to ever stop.
VB6 was slow when there are controls being used. Sometimes painfully slow. When it is just straight code doing some processing, it is as fast as anything else that's compiled. Definitely faster than anything interpreted, provided the program isn't constantly being restarted, and maybe even then.
As far as messy and terrible style, that's in the eye of the beholder. I would argue that all the memory managment, pointers for a "byref" call, and hoop-jumping to deal with strings in C is much more messy, but C would be acceptable to programming snobs. The use of C and C++ for general application programming instead of something much more sane caused a decade of shitty software quality.
Granted, he's as slow as molasses going uphill in January, but I'm looking at the end result.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:17 • by mh (unregistered)
VB6 is 14 years old, no longer supported, gets no security updates, and VB6 applications will not work on Windows 8. That, in addition to VB6 being a crappy language that encourages programmers to write dangerous and/or unmaintainable code. Like "on error resume next".
Properly writing a Linux daemon is far more complicated than just running something in the background. For one thing, how does the ampersand solution cause the service to be run automatically at boot time? Requiring somebody to do a bunch of things every time they reboot (rather than have them be handled automatically) is definitely a WTF.
Linux is somewhat scattered on services, there being several mechanisms for running and controlling them (the rc scripts, /etc/inittab, or /etc/xinetd come to mind), plus you can roll your own like DJB has done.
Even writing the daemon itself requires nontrivial subtleties such as process group leaders and control terminals that you won't ever get right if you think that ampersand is all that's required to start a service.
I don't care for the Win32 services API much, but it's consistent, robust, and secure, and it's even remotable; assuming I have proper permissions, I can control services on remote systems. Linux pretty much requires that you grant shell access to do this remotely unless you want to roll your own service control mechanism.
Bashing Win32 for this is a WTF.
~~~ Steve (who's written many services and daemons)
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:26 • by PedanticCurmudgeon
Two problems with that: 1) he might like it; 2) we want something of a longer duration - as I mentioned earlier, he knows how to get to the Windows API and therefore could be dangerous if not stopped.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:33 • by aptent (unregistered)
How do you figure it is conceptually the same? With a try/catch block you can determine scope and logically capture any possible errors within that section of code. Granted VB6 is old, yet I would not conceptually compare it with anything, except an old language that needs to be replaced.
Besides, you have On Error Resume Next which solves all pesky VB6 errors!
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:39 • by Is that a suppository up my ass or are you just happy to see me? (unregistered)
Indeed, no one should have access to Google. It will dutifully retrieve some things you just won't believe.
Like "nailing tits to wooden board". Apparently a German thing. I didn't care for it. Mine started leaking. I was born the wrong sex, you see...
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 15:40 • by venio (unregistered)
So is this code one of your many services? :P
Re: 42 posts and no one has been able to explain
2012-02-16 15:45 • by LANMind (unregistered)
Still, it's entertaining to watch people blame a trainwreck on <insert lang here>, when trwtf is the retard behind the code.
Re: 42 posts and no one has been able to explain
2012-02-16 16:00 • by Bob (unregistered)
Please attempt some sensitivity. I had a son who was retarded, and let me assure you: it is no laughing matter.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 16:02 • by Heywood J (unregistered)
It's the exactly same in the sense that a for loop is an assignment, a test, an increment, and a goto.
But I was more thinking in an appearance sort of way. You have a block of code that starts with {on error goto/try}, does it's normal stuff, then has {exit & label/catch}, and then some error handling. When you use try/catch, or on error goto around and entire procedure, I don't think there is a lot of difference in readabily. And you do have access to the error code and can "re-raise" it in the error handler in VB6.
I know VB6 has it's shortcomings, but it has an undeserved bad reputation that I think is 90% based on the fact that it superficially resembles something from the Commodore-64 (never mind that structually it's more like Pascal) rather than having curly-braces like the cool kids were using on their UNIX boxes.
The desire to be hip and use something based on C was a tremendous waste of time/source of errors for many, many applications written when VB6 was a current product. I think the switch to Java and C# bears this out.
There are a lot of things they have that VB6 didn't, but I maintain that the major improvement is not having to incessantly deal with memory and pointers - which is a feature that VB, and a lot of other languages, had for a long time.
I just like to call people on "VB6 is teh sux0r" and make them defend it.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 16:12 • by hewioe (unregistered)
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, like a file_not_found?
Actually, VB6 apps should run on Windows 8:
Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows 8
That said, I agree that it's a good idea to convert those apps into a newer language.
The comment about the page faults is retarded. Let other people said a page fault has to do with virtual memory. When a attempt is made to access a virtual memory address and the required data is not loaded in physical memory then a page fault interrupt occurs. There is some "trap" which is an address of some code that gets executed when a page fault occurs.
It is a normal thing that happens all the time especially if the machine does not have a lot of memory. Despite fault being in the name it is not an error but just how virtual memory works.
A proper observation would be "this application uses a ton of memory" or something like that. Looking at the code it doesnt really appear to be the case.
The true WTF in this article is this comment.
No. Please return to your bridge.
Also I missed the number "50". Got to understand there are hundreds of page faults occuring every second. This number 50
On the machine I am using right now I launched firefox a few hours ago and it has had over 1.3 million page faults. Time to switch browsers I guess....
Also memory manager in windows is lazy so first time many things are access a page fault occurs. Things like memory mapped files (loading of any dll or exe into memory) will page fault like crazy until they are loaded.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 18:59 • by Fedaykin (unregistered)
This post is the WTF.
A script that does a lot of I/O was "pulled" for generating page faults?
Really? Is it the poster or the editor that apparently has no idea what a page fault is?
The real and only WTF here is the fact that this thing does not work. The fact that it's written in VB6, or isn't a true "service", or doesn't use System.Noob.MyFavoriteTimer (or whatever) as its scheduling mechanism, does not matter. If this thing would collect its garbage properly (and do whatever else it needs to do correctly- I don't have the whole code) then it would be OK. People picking out little nits like that are missing the point and, frankly, are calling their own skills (at least, in a real world sense) into question.
Services are also a WTF in their own right. The debugging experience in Visual Studio is hacked, they have to be specially installed, and so on. I would only develop a service if some kind of heavy-handed IT department requirement made me, and clearly that was not the case in this example.
Finally, this thread really points out how far this website has fallen. I tried to raise the hurricane warning... this place is turning into a bunch of semiqualified .NET proponents making fun of what amounts to .NET done slightly wrong.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 19:45 • by Hellbrook (unregistered)
So I shouldn't be using the regular windows I/O API when dealing with ini files? Here I am treating them like a regular text file input like a sucker!
Re: 42 posts and no one has been able to explain
2012-02-16 20:15 • by anon (unregistered)
Where did this meme come from? I can't find it anywhere else but here.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 21:31 • by The Real Paula (unregistered)
Know any other way to do an error handler in VB6????
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 22:29 • by enim (unregistered)
On Error Resume Next!
Except for something like this, a simple script (without an infinite loop) is enough. Just hand it to cron.
Re: The Sceduled task
2012-02-16 23:37 • by Sleep (unregistered)
Right. Lets split the program logic up into two places, the code and the OS scheduler. That way when you've found the code, you have to searching around for the code that runs the code. Fortunately, you've put script to add the scheduler task into version control, so all you have to do is go searching around your version control database to find...
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-16 23:54 • by Gibbon1 (unregistered)
Page faults happen all the time, code asks for memory that isn't there because it's be swapped out, interrupt occurs, process suspended until the OS gets around to swapping it back in, then the offending instruction is restarted.
Now a double page fault. But that's not an app developers problem.
You stupid prick. You look it up in the documentation, don't you, pissbrain?
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-17 01:37 • by Old timer (unregistered)
Funny thing: no comments here yet saying "what does that code do?" Must be because VB6 is a crappy language compared to C# or Java. Or some language more than 14 years old like ... C ... or ... Say, how old are you?
BTW, 'on error resume next' is a neccessary construct for writing scripting languages. It is the reason you can build a scripting language in BASIC, but not in PYTHON. Yes, it is dangerous to write computer programs, but somebody's got to do it.
Re: The Lemming Switch
2012-02-17 01:45 • by BASIC (unregistered)
Let's do a quick run through:
1) That is not a GoTo. That is an Exception Handler. The language is different because it a different language.
-1) It takes "serveral days" to do the meetings and the documentation. The code only takes minutes. If you think that programming is just coding...I hope you aren't actually any sort of programmer.
At some point, 'services' at our place were Java programs with a GUI. One of them had a little dog, which ran about when the service was running, and sat down when the service has halted.
Cute as it was, when I had to upgrade the program, I decided to make it into a headless application.
Because that's the way VB error handlers work: the GoTo is simply part of the statement. If this is a WTF, it's one with the language instead of by the programmer.
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2012-02-17 03:41 • by Anonymous (unregistered)
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Have you ever wondered about the things we tell ourselves before we fall asleep? We whisper the words in the dark, telling ourselves that we're happy, or that he's happy, that people will change their minds. We persuade ourselves that we can live without the people who have left. Each night before we fall asleep we lie to ourselves in a desperate hope that come morning, it will all be true.
1) Fine
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
2) Five Minutes
If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
3) Nothing
This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
4) Go Ahead
This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
5) Loud Sigh
This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot
and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
6) That's Okay
This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before
deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
7) Thanks
A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here – This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' – that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' . that will bring on a 'whatever').
8 ) Whatever
Is a woman's way of saying F– YOU!
9) Don't worry about it, I got it
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will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to #3
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Clare smiles. "How could you lose me? I'm not going anywhere."
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I believe that marketing is a key element for any business. The success of events or sales of products are heavily dependent on how promotions are done. It is important to achieve the objective of reaching as many people as possible. But at the same time, it is also important to influence the people's minds effectively. Sometimes, the best way for promotion is face-to-face, which does not sound fascinating, but when marketing something, it is good to try all possibilities.
Most of what I was involved in associated with Social Network Services (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. We are all familiar with these SNS and that is why they can be a very effective tool to promote events or information. People check e-mail on a daily basis, but when it comes to SNS, our generation especially checks this more frequently than an hourly basis. The Office of Career Development had slightly below 300 likes on the Facebook page when I started to work, and the number has increased by about 50 in the last 8 weeks. Because of the increase in likes, when promoting events such as the Student Professional Development Day and the Senior Social, I was able to increase awareness of the events effectively.
Some of my friends tell me that they are planning to get part-time jobs during the summer. My answer for them is always "Get an internship if you have opportunities rather than a part-time job!!" An internship is not only appealing on a resume or your LinkedIn profile, but also prepares you for real business work while in college. In order to have one step further advance in your career than your friends, I strongly recommend getting an internship while you can.
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You hit the nail bang on the head. Ive been organizing FL PUGs for the past few weeks, and initially i was liberal, i would let people in pvp gear in , i would let ppl in 346s and just 359s in , i would let ppl without enchants in. And guess what the pugs wipes a bunch of times.
I find PUGs have a very low tolerance for patience, if there are too may wipes or the loot they wanted didn't drops , people start leaving. So Ive become one on of those picky PUGers , i ask how many 365s or 378s they have, i see if they r using any pvp pieces, i check for gems and enchants. If they havn't done any one of them , i don't invite them because they r the ones that yell "u guys r noobs , i outta here"
Your last comment is so descriptive of the typical issue in WoW PUGs.
Not a raid but in a recent troll heroic tanking on my alliance side DK after a few wipes and chat starting to light up with the usual 'fail tank' I look around me and at recount and notice that I'm the -only- person of 5 with PvE gear on, except for the one who was in greens (who I could not figure out - I guess they had enough other gear in bags to queue in).
For a raid, I'm surprised you'd let in -anyone- with any PvP gear on.
A little low on gear I can understand, but PvP is a big red flag for itemization...
noel mcleod said...
Ah, yet another elitist jerk. Ilvl 378 PvP gear is better than ilvl 346 JP rewards (probably about lvl 352) that Zulroics were originally meant to be run in. They are NOT always a bad choice.
This has been talked to death in the forums and in comments, zero the resilience and use the remaining stats to figure the value of the item. Rule-of-thumb, primary stat counts twice as much as a secondary. Usually if you're a successfull PuG PvPer, you're in full Vicious anyway so you end up balancing off one or two pieces.
Compare Spiritshield Mask iLvl 353 vs Vicious Glad's DP Helm:
Mask gives you 352 more armor, 59 LESS str, 89 LESS stam, the mastery vs dodge is about a wash so you end up with 159 parry and 352 armor at the cost of 59 str and 89 stam. If what you have in the slot is less than iLvl 353 (the Mask), you are better off with the PvP piece. This example (both pieces) are from a pally toon, I replaced the PvP piece when I got the mask but until then it was my best choice.


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Stocks look too good to be true
The charts show too many stocks in too many sectors looking ready to break out. Almost every time that has happened, there's been something lurking that turns things around.
Sometimes too many charts look too good for the market's health. Sometimes you just get a feeling that everything looks like a breakout and there's no way anything can go wrong.
That's how I feel going into the week after looking through the chart book. There are just too many stocks, too many kinds of stocks -- oil, minerals, telecom, health care (excluding pharma), high-growth tech, and even a lot of banks -- for my comfort.
Many times I have sat here before the market opened on a Monday thinking that it looks like the monster breakout week, when in reality we'd been rallying for some time. You look, for example, at the fetching charts of Noble Energy (NBL), Nabors (NBR), National Oilwell Varco (NOV) or of Bard (BCR), Cerner (CERN), Laboratory Corp. of America (LH) and DaVita (DVA) and say, "These are total breakouts about to happen" -- and then it turns out that was as good as it got.
Of course, not everything is looking all that healthy. Anything PC-related looks sick as a dog. Anything networking-related looks terrible. This is that conundrum of a lack of upward movement from Apple (AAPL), plus relentless pressure down from Cisco (CSCO), Intel (INTC) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). I continue to think that the semiconductor stocks have peaked short term.
I see no reason to say "own them," except that I don't want to be ridiculed by people who already own them and are digging in their heels, and that's not enough to sway me.
I would feel better if oil stopped this nonsense already and if we had more clarity on the budget deficit reductions -- meaning are they real? I also would like to see some cessation of the troublesome reactor problem, because the Japanese can't get that reconstruction under way without an end to the radiation leaks.
So I am adopting a too-good-to-be-true approach to this session, as the charts are all just too good. Because almost every time that has happened, there's been something lurking that turns things around, and we are the most overbought since last summer's late swoon before the election shifted things so much to the positive.
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The office of German President Joachim Gauck announced on Sunday that the president won't be attending the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
While initial reports are claiming that Gauck's decision is an act of protest against the controversial law banning "homosexual propaganda" passed in Russia earlier this year, Michael Vesper, the general secretary of the German Olympic Sports Federation, downplayed the connection and cautioned against the use of the word "boycott":
Just because somebody doesn't travel somewhere doesn't make it a boycott. As far as we know, there was never a plan for Mr. Gauck to visit Sochi (Deutsche Welle).
Vesper's comments did not deter Markus Loening, the German government's human rights commissioner, from celebrating Gauck's decision, calling it a "wonderful gesture of support for all Russian citizens, who fight for freedom of opinion, democracy and citizens' rights." Loening continued:
It is important that the world watches and realizes the things that are happening in Russia and what a great disappointment to democracy and human rights Russia is (Reuters).
Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the idea of an all-out boycott earlier this year, saying that such a political tactic would only harm the athletes.
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"...but I'll defend to the death your right to say it… Really?"
Voltaire once said "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" Would I? Really? While maybe not dead, civility is definitely paralyzed in our country, in our communities, and in our homes. At what point did it become easier to antagonize, patronize, and vilify the "other" instead of conducting a reasoned discussion about the perplexing issues that surround us? Well into the machinations of the most recent elections it was being reported by various media sources that Americans were more divided than during any other time in history. There is simply something that does not sound quite right about that statement. Is it possible to have an honest and reasoned discussion? Is it possible to objectively consider an opposing point of view? Do we even agree on what the problems are? Disagreements are inevitable but being disagreeable is not. What do you think?
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Nov 15 2012: Greg, I think your post touched on the conflict that exists. I agree. I believe that a good bit of discussion is happening behind the scenes. How often have we heard that governing is like sausage making. The results, for the most part, are good [depending on who you ask of course], but the process is not very pleasant. The thing that grinds me is that it appears the sausage making has increasingly more to do with personal attacks and less to do with the feasibility of the issue(s). the reason I appreciate these comments is when I ask myself the question no matter how hard I've try I have not been able to argue the opposing viewpoint with sufficient passion. So there it is...a work in process.
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Device Rids Buses of Dangerous PathogensThe best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice Univ. students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis (TB), flu and pneumonia.The CityBusters – Joseph Spinella, Jerry Lue, Sundeep Mandava, Grace Ching and Shidong Chen, all seniors – have installed a $500 device on a METRO bus in Houston that has proven effective at killing 99.8 percent of the pathogens that circulate through the air-filtering system. The device, called FluProof, incorporates high-powered ultraviolet lamps that sterilize the air on the fly.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Device-Rids-Busses-of-Dangerous-Pathogens-043012.aspx
Woo whoo no flue
Depends, what is the mechanism for UV resistance? if something has selected for UV resistance, are any of the other...
MRSA, VRSA, etc.. what can go wrong?
Good idea but you're just positively selecting bacteria with resistance to high levels of UV radiation. Of course it's...
As someone who uses mass transit, and being a bit of a germaphobe, I am really excited about this. And I like the idea...
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Why is there even an option of "Need" or "Greed" for Frozen Orbs? Everyone can use them, even before this patch goes live, and now everyone will want them. The only options for such items should be "Take" or "Pass". This is one time where I feel Blizz just didn't think it through. I have always been one that greeded due to it not mattering that much to me as I wasn't interested in taking the time to sell them via the AH. Even so, there should have never been a third option from the beggining. After hearing that we will be able to use them for the purchase of Frost Lotus I decided to just make a macro and inform pug groups of the situation. While I don't even have a toon that can use Frost Lotus for anything, my guild still needs flask for raids. This should help with the supply. I will now just need them, if people can't take the time to pay attention to their chat, I feel no pity for them.
Agreed. Trade and guild chat are already lighting up with reports. The corollary to increasing the value of a Frozen Orb tenfold is removing the opportunity for unscrupulous players to need on a item typically greeded, as well as preventing confusion or acrimony over proper etiquette. Blizzard must award Frozen Orbs via RNG rolls.
Due to difference server cultures some people needed and greeded, I just got used to which server did what based on who was in my group but I really wished everyone needed on the orbs in the first place. I used them regularly for icey prisms so I didn't like being needed from when everyone greeded.
I am so glad WoW.com is now advocating to just need on the orbs instead of greed. It solves a lot of drama just having everyone need.
scherbaddie said...
Why is there even debate over this anymore? My whole server (who used to greed) learned to click need within 2 weeks of the dungeon finder & being put in groups with people from other servers who need.


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Originally designed as married student housing, Mayer Hall features apartments with larger kitchens and multiple bedrooms. Students interested in cooking and large apartments gravitate to Mayer Hall, and student leaders there recognized an opportunity to investigate composting as a waste minimization strategy.
The composting program was officially launched in Spring 2011 after determining project logistics and ideal locations for composting bins. Ten rooms participated in the pilot during the Spring 2011 semester and the program was rolled out to additional apartments in Fall 2011. Compost generated from Mayer Hall residences will be used at Mill Creek Farm and the Penn Garden as needed.
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Voting rights for prisoners are long overdue
Two cheers for David Cameron, who has done the right thing by giving prisoners the vote, albeit with deep reluctance. The PM was said to be "exasperated" and "furious" about a decision reportedly forced by the threat of litigation.
In legal terms, the turnround is long overdue. Six years have passed since the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the blanket ban imposed by Britain was discriminatory. Since then, Labour and the Tories have dragged their feet disgracefully.
Today's news fits in with Ken Clarke's hope for a rehabilitation revolution. Prisoners lose their liberty, not their citizenship. If the object is to punish them, protect the public and equip offenders to rejoin the community, then they should work, pay taxes – and vote.
Creating a disenfranchised and idle sub-class merely encourages re-offending. There's no question of all prisoners getting the franchise. Very serious offenders will certainly remain barred.
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We understand perfectly well that the phone in your pocket tells the time. That's cool and all, but we still think you should strap on a watch. A watch is the one piece of man jewelry (yeah, we just said "man jewelry") that we can fully get behind. Not only does it punctuate an outfit; it also says something about who you are—or, at least, who you aspire to be. So forget about technological advances for a moment. Think of a watch as you would a tie: Who cares if it's not purely functional? It still plays an integral role in what it means to be a man.
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Any ideas how to attempt data recovery on a hard disk that the BIOS can no longer detect?
The disk detection shows about half of the disk's model name, but not all of it, and it doesn't actually get the settings or work!
I know it's a long shot, but I have come across at least one linux-based thing (NASLite) which can access drives without them showing in BIOS and I'm holding out a vain hope of being able to get something off.
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Facebook may be giving people a false sense of self-esteem, leading to overspending and gluttonous behavior, according to new research.
Facebook may be giving people a false sense of self-esteem, leading to overspending and gluttonous behavior, according to new research.
The American family is becoming a cash-only business.
The latest statistics indicates that while there has been a substantial increase in the amount of available consumer credit, people are simply not utilizing the convenience of credit cards to make their purchases.
Holiday spending is expected to increase this year, as a new report indicates that more Americans are finally seeing a little reprieve from the last four years of economic anxiety.
The price of turkey is going to be cheaper than expected this year, largely because many retailers were able to lock in the cost of the birds before the summer's drought sent feed prices way, way up.
In a possible sign of further economic recovery, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that wages are making a steady recovery across the board, with a great number of companies now offering higher paying jobs.
It is that time of year again, the time of year when auto dealers are desperately trying to rid themselves of the previous year's models still taking up space on their lots so that they can make room for the new and improved editions on their way in from the manufacturers.
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The season of giving could lead to a year of financial distress, as a recent survey indicates that holiday generosity is making more Americans bro-ho-ho-ho-ke by the beginning of the new year.
Regardless of the American economy's checkered enthusiasm, it appears as if consumers are currently aboard the fast track to higher taxes and rising prices on things like health care and grocery items scheduled to come around at the turn of the new year.
The chances of gas prices falling below the $3 mark anytime in the near future might seem unlikely, but analysts say that it could come close. Fuel costs, already dropping, are expected to continue to do so for the rest of the year.
The people at Wealth-X recently put some of the wealthiest people in the United States under their discriminating microscope in an attempt to flush out the richest people in each state. In order to qualify for their glorified rich list, individuals must be worth at least $30 million, a requirement easily met by all of the people on this year's list.
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WB sanctions against waste management company, import of fake drugs reported in Ghana
05 october 2013 07:44:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
- Stiff sanctions against a Ghanaian waste management company by the World Bank for its involvement in a bribery scandal in Liberia, import of fake drugs from India by a Ghanaian pharmaceutical company and criticisms of tariff hikes in utilities were some of the stories that dominated the Ghanaian media this week.
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Nigeria civil society to resist govt's attempt to censor social media
29 september 2013 09:29:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- A Nigerian non-governmental organisation has urged the Nigerian government to drop its threat to censor social media, warning that such threat ''can only continue to strangle freedom of expression and limit the accountability of government."
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©-Panapress-29 september 2013 09:29:08-thread Society (208words)
Abuja killings, lingering ASUU strike, the nation at 53 highlighted in Nigeria
28 september 2013 09:25:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The killing, on 20 September in Abuja, of young men purported to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the lingering strike by university teachers, and the state of the nation 53 years after independence were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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©-Panapress-28 september 2013 09:25:56-thread Press Review (1787words)
Terrorist attack on Kenyan mall dominates Tanzanian dailies
28 september 2013 09:21:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)
– Last weekend's terrorist attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, not only sent shock waves to residents of neighbouring Tanzania but also raised fears about public gatherings that are likely to be easy targets of terrorism, local newspapers said this week.
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Nairobi mall terror attack, Mahama's UN speech played up in Ghana media
28 september 2013 09:07:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– The 21 September attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, by the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorist group and President John Dramani Mahama's speech at the 68th UN General Assembly in New York were some of the stories highlighted by the media in Ghana this week.
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Abuja gun battle, "fighting" parliamentarians highlighted in Nigeria
21 september 2013 09:44:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Friday's fierce gun battle between the State Security Service (SSS) and elements, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Sect, the fisticuffs involving parliamentarians and moves to guard oil installations across the country were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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Missing documents on sale of drill ship, football highlighted by Ghana media
21 september 2013 07:28:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– The frantic search for documents on the sale of an oil drill ship, the pairing for the playoffs of the final qualifying matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup and the car crash involving the visiting Russian Chief Justice were some of the stories highlighted by the Ghanaian media this week.
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©-Panapress-21 september 2013 07:28:47-thread Press Review (1027words)
World Editors' Forum tasks Zuma on Protection of State Information Bill
17 september 2013 11:52:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)
- The World Editors' Forum (WEF) has urged South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to re-consider the Protection of State Information Bill, which has sparked controversy.
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©-Panapress-17 september 2013 11:52:30-thread Society (299words)
Ghana media again flooded with validation of President Mahama's poll victory
07 september 2013 07:12:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– Discussions on the 29 August verdict of the Supreme Court, that upheld the victory of Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama in the December 2012 election, continued to dominate the media this week with lawyers, politicians and the public being reminded not to stoke trouble.
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©-Panapress-07 september 2013 07:12:11-thread Press Review (946words)
Nigerian newspaper publisher arraigned over alleged extortion, blackmail, libel
05 september 2013 17:53:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)
- Mr. Tukur Mamu, Publisher of the Desert Herald newspaper based in the Northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, was Thursday arraigned in court here over alleged attempt to defraud the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to the tune of 15 million naira (US$1 = 160 naira).
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©-Panapress-05 september 2013 17:53:04-thread Society (305words)
University teachers' strike, weakened Boko Haram, epileptic power supply reported in Nigeria
31 august 2013 09:26:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The two-month-old university teachers' strike, for which no resolution is in sight, government's declaration that the dreaded Boko Haram sect had been extensively weakened and unstable electricity supply were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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©-Panapress-31 august 2013 09:26:40-thread Press Review (1079words)
Ghanaian newspapers awash with confirmation of President Mahama's poll victory
31 august 2013 07:50:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– Thursday's judgement of the Supreme that dismissed a petition by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) against the victory of President John Dramani Mahama in the December 2012 election was the main story in the Ghanaian media this week.
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©-Panapress-31 august 2013 07:50:38-thread Press Review (1038words)
SA week-old news channel ridiculed by viewers
27 august 2013 12:23:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)
- South Africa's week-old television news channel, African News Network 7 (ANN7), has been ridiculed by viewers for its numerous on-air mistakes.
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©-Panapress-27 august 2013 12:23:16-thread Society (164words)
US travel alert, strike threat by court workers reported by Ghana media
24 august 2013 06:10:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– A travel alert by the US to its citizens on the possibility of violence when Ghana's Supreme Court delivers judgement on 29 August in the petition filed by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) against last December's election victory by President John Dramani Mahama was one of the stories that dominated the media this week.
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©-Panapress-24 august 2013 06:10:04-thread Press Review (887words)
Pledge on Boko Haram, continuing ASUU strike, Bakassi ownership reported in Nigeria
17 august 2013 08:46:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The pledge by government to hand over Boko Haram suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the lingering strike by university teachers and the formal handover of the Bakassi peninsular to Cameroon were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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Ghana media highlight proceedings at Supreme Court on election petition
17 august 2013 08:14:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– Ghana's media this week focused on proceedings at the Supreme Court where the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is challenging the election of President John Dramani Mahama last December.
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MFWA criticises Gambia over restrictive online freedom
15 august 2013 18:25:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
– The Ghana-based media advocacy group, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Thursday criticised the Gambian government, saying Banjul had indicated its intention to massively crack down on online freedom.
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©-Panapress-15 august 2013 18:25:43-thread Society (319words)
Challenges of new salary structure, Eid-el-Fitr, election petition played up in Ghana
10 august 2013 09:48:56
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– A challenging new salary structure which government says is gobbling about two-thirds of state revenue, the closing stages of the opposition's challenge to the election of President John Dramani Mahama and the celebration of Eid-el-Fitr were some of the major stories played up in the Ghanaian media this week.
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Jonathan's pledge to keep the nation united reported in Nigeria
10 august 2013 04:42:49
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- President GoodLuck Jonathan's assurance that the nation will not break up in 2015 was the major story in Nigeria this week.
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'Imprisonment' of children, petition against President Mahama's election reported in Ghana
03 august 2013 06:26:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– The "imprisonment" of three children by their parents and the continuing court case on the petition of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) against President John Dramani Mahama's victory in last December's polls were some of the stories reported in Ghana during the week.
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©-Panapress-03 august 2013 06:26:32-thread Press Review (801words)
Emergence of strong opposition party, university teachers' strike highlighted in Nigeria
03 august 2013 06:24:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The registration of a new opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the failure of government and university lecturers to reach an agreement following their lingering strike were the main stories in Nigeria this week.
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©-Panapress-03 august 2013 06:24:40-thread Press Review (1567words)
Lingering university teachers' strike highlighted in Nigeria
27 july 2013 09:22:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The Nigerian media were awash this week with stories on the lingering university lecturers' strike which began 1 July, 2013.
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©-Panapress-27 july 2013 09:22:19-thread Press Review (823words)
Anniversary of President Mills' death, taxing of private universities reported in Ghana
27 july 2013 09:13:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– Ghanaian newspapers were this week dominated by activities marking the first anniversary of the death of President John Evans Atta Mills and the decision of the Ghana Revenue Authority to tax private universities.
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©-Panapress-27 july 2013 09:13:08-thread Press Review (824words)
UN rights office 'concerned' over draft law on press freedom in Somalia
20 july 2013 19:12:28
New York, US (PANA)
- The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed concern over a draft law in Somalia that would require journalists to reveal their sources and prevent them from disseminating information against Islam or Somali traditions.
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©-Panapress-20 july 2013 19:12:28-thread Social (280words)
Suggestion to increase marriage age, challenge to election results reported in Ghana
20 july 2013 08:28:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– A controversial suggestion to increase the legal marriage age from 18 to 23 years and the end of evidence in the Supreme Court on the opposition New Patriotic Party's challenge of the December 2012 election results were some of the stories reported in the Ghanaian media this week.
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©-Panapress-20 july 2013 08:28:39-thread Press Review (789words)
Mali troops, lingering ASUU strike, Mandela's birthday bash reported in Nigeria
20 july 2013 08:01:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Government's intention to withdraw its troops from Mali, the lingering university teachers' strike, low inflation figures and celebrations marking Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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©-Panapress-20 july 2013 08:01:07-thread Press Review (1974words)
Mandela Day: Nigerian media salute Nelson Mandela at 95
18 july 2013 15:45:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Almost all Nigerian newspapers devoted their front pages to the ailing former South African president, Nelson Mandela, who celebrated his 95th birthday Thursday.
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©-Panapress-18 july 2013 15:45:59-thread Press Review (715words)
Damning report on corruption, debate on economy highlighted in Ghanaian media
13 july 2013 07:56:22
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– A damning report of anti-corruption agency, Transparency International, and claims and counter-claims on the actual health of Ghana's ailing economy were some of the stories that dominated the media this week.
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©-Panapress-13 july 2013 07:56:22-thread Press Review (946words)
CPJ condemns Gambia's amended Information, Communication law
11 july 2013 16:11:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
– The New York-based press freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has condemned Gambia for amending its information and communication law, PANA reports from here Thursday.
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©-Panapress-11 july 2013 16:11:37-thread Society (212words)
Mali newspapers highlight controversy about election date
06 july 2013 07:01:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA)
- The Malian newspapers this week were dominated by the controversy surrounding the date for the presidential election scheduled for 28 July.
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Jailing of two persons for contempt of court dominates Ghanaian media
06 july 2013 07:00:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– The Supreme Court's jailing of two persons last Tuesday for criminal contempt, following their comments on the ongoing suit filed by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) against the electoral victory of President John Dramani Mahama in December last year, dominated the Ghanaian media this week.
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©-Panapress-06 july 2013 07:00:03-thread Press Review (962words)
Gambia's Information, Communications Act amended
04 july 2013 13:48:26
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
– Gambian parliamentarians on Wednesday amended the country's Information and Communications Act, prescribing long-jail sentences and heavy fines for the spread of false news about the government and its officials over the internet.
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©-Panapress-04 july 2013 13:48:26-thread Society (240words)
Forbes tasks Africa on media investment, as African entertainment TV network opens
04 july 2013 11:24:16
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Mr Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of American business magazine, Forbes, has said it is crucial for Africans to invest more in the media industry if the continent must develop.
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PANA DG in Angola to launch Portuguese Desk
03 july 2013 19:06:44
Luanda, Angola (PANA)
- The Director-General of the Pan African News Agency (PANA), Mr. Babacar Fall, arrived in the Angolan capital, Luanda, Wednesday for a working visit during which he will inaugurate the agency's Portuguese Desk.
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UK's new visa requirements, Abacha loot, oil find in Lagos highlighted in Nigeria
29 june 2013 09:36:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The new UK visa policy, newly-recovered Abacha loot, Nelson Mandela's health status and oil find in Lagos were the major stories in Nigeria this week.
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Ghana media highlight UK visa requirement, Supreme Court's disciplinary action
29 june 2013 09:27:41
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– The Ghanaian media this week highlighted public anger at news that the United Kingdom intends to demand a 3,000-pound deposit for visa applications.
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Parliament's newly-found powers, Egypt and the Nile river reported in Ethiopia
29 june 2013 09:16:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)
– Ethiopia's parliament, officially known as the House of Peoples' Representatives, is showing signs of teething, a local weekly wrote this week, observing that the legislature has started exercising authority over the executive branch of the government.
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©-Panapress-29 june 2013 09:16:33-thread Press Review (851words)
MFWA says reporter attacked in Sierra Leone
26 june 2013 17:58:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
– The Accra-based rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Tuesday said, in a statement, that Alie Mozart Sesay, a Sierra Leonean journalist, was attacked by workers of the Sierra Leonean Water Company (SALWACO).
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©-Panapress-26 june 2013 17:58:14-thread Society (336words)
Jonathan's optimism of "victory" over terrorism reported in Nigeria
22 june 2013 07:42:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration that the nation was winning the war against terrorism and revelations that the elites have stolen US$ 600 billion since independence in 1960 were the two major stories in Nigeria this week.
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©-Panapress-22 june 2013 07:42:46-thread Press Review (921words)
Ethiopian weeklies focus on Nile waters, war on corruption
22 june 2013 07:30:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)
– "Ethiopia and Egypt cannot afford to go to war over the Nile," wrote The Reporter this week, commenting on a diplomatic wrangle that in recent days filled Ethiopian air waves and newspapers as Egypt voiced opposition to the construction of a giant hydro-power dam on the Blue Nile river.
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©-Panapress-22 june 2013 07:30:12-thread Press Review (752words)
Tanzanian dailies awash with stories on tax loopholes
22 june 2013 07:27:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)
– Tax payment, tax evasion and transparency in government spending caught the attention of Tanzanian dailies this week as the National Assembly debated the government's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, staring 1 July, 2013.
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©-Panapress-22 june 2013 07:27:35-thread Press Review (679words)
Clampdown on illegal mining, market fires continue to dominate Ghanaian newspapers
22 june 2013 07:22:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– The continuing action against illegal mining that has affected scores of Chinese nationals and investigations into fires that have razed down markets were some of the stories that dominated Ghanaian newspapers this week.
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Ugandan journalist stabbed to death in Kampala
17 june 2013 20:57:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)
– Thomas Pere, a Ugandan journalist working for the government daily newspaper, The New Vision, died on Monday after he was stabbed in a slum in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, the local media reported Ugandan security sources.
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©-Panapress-17 june 2013 20:57:06-thread Society (92words)
Annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election dominates Nigerian media
15 june 2013 08:38:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- The 20th anniversary of the June 12 presidential election, won by businessman M.K.O. Abiola in 1993 but annulled by military President Ibrahim Babangida and the resultant death of the winner, overshadowed all other stories in Nigeria this week.
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Crackdown on illegal miners, 'killer' gas reported in Ghana
15 june 2013 07:25:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
– The clampdown on illegal miners, "killer" gas in Accra and arrival of US fire experts to unravel causes of devastating fires were some of the stories reported in Ghana this week.
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Tanzanian dailies highlight public debate on proposed constitution
15 june 2013 07:00:21
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)
– Views, praises and criticism related to Tanzania's draft constitution, made public two weeks ago, continued to flow in the country's newspapers this week.
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Ethiopian weekly focuses on Egypt-Ethiopia tension over Nile waters
15 june 2013 06:59:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)
– "Clouds over the Nile waters have become denser," Ethiopia's weekly Fortune wrote this week, referring to renewed military threats by Egypt in its opposition to the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River.
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Mauritanian private press editors condemn attack against newspaper offices
12 june 2013 18:52:28
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)
– The Association of Mauritanian Press (RPM), a body of private press editors, has strongly condemned the attack against the offices of the weekly magazine "Biladi", perpetrated on Sunday by unknown persons.
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Burundian journalist summoned by public prosecutor
10 june 2013 20:29:15
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)
– A Burundian journalist has been ordered to appear before the public prosecutor in Makamba, southern Burundi, only days after a stiff press law was passed by the government.
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Ethiopian papers shed light on African youth empowerment
08 june 2013 09:47:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)
– Africa's challenge of deepening the involvement of youth in governance structures and enhancing their intellectual capacity so that they could assume responsibilities was the focus of two Ethiopian newspapers this week.
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