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Hello to all programmers out there. Considering the growing request for practice problems by the beginners, we ( Me, Joey, Niek, Aaron..) have decided to start a sticky which will host some common practice problems which would help the beginners in understanding the programming concepts in a better way. (Did …

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EDIT: Please note, as I write this, the post is now 6 years old and might have some outdated information. I'd personally recommend beginners start with "Learn C the hard way" by Zed and this book since I have heard good things about them. Reading the FAQ put together by …

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***Please don't post "spam" or "Thank you" posts in this thread since this is meant to be used as a guide for all beginners and I am sure we would like it to be on topic. I hope you understand this.*** **» Introduction to Java «** To start off, [Java](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)) …

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All, We have some unfortunate news which was confirmed by Dani and Prit. Our good old friend, Melvin aka Ancient Dragon passed away on Aug 21, 2014. :`( His obituary can be found [here](http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Melvin-Stober&lc=4243&pid=172212890&mid=6094698) (link courtesy of Prit). Those who have been here for a long time and those who …

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Howdy folks, Winter 2014 anime is stale news now with Spring 2014 lineup just around the corner (time sure flies fast!). You can view the preview chart [here](http://i1.minus.com/igcbxHFvbhPpC.jpg) and follow the discussion on MAL [here](http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=57921). Things look pretty grim this season. All my favorite anime series are coming to an …

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Howdy folks, Apologies for missing out on the previous season (Summer 2013). Summer wasn't really good enough so it completely slipped through the cracks. But now that Fall 2013 is here and the line-up seems to be pretty awesome (I would say one of the best so far, at least …

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Howdy-ho folks! It's that time of the year again; Winter 2014 anime starts airing in a few days. The latest chart can be found at [ATX Pieces site](http://atxpieces.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/winterv6.jpg). Fall 2013 looked really promising but turned out to be not so good. The good thing is that all the "better" fall …

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Hi Dani, AFAIK OAuth 2.0 supports 3 flavours: Server side apps, client side apps and installed apps. Does Daniweb Oauth allow OOB in the redirect_uri which is part of the support for installed/standalone apps? If no, are you expecting desktop app writers to spawn a local web server and use …

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Howdy folks, Apologies for posting this a bit late than usual; normally I post this thread a few days before a new season starts so this technically isn't a preview, but oh well. Anyways, the chart showing the different anime which airs this season can be found at [Neregate](http://i7.minus.com/izBFCsZnDqjZE.jpg). Unfortunately, …

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Hi folks, Winter 2012/2013 anime season will start in a few days! [Here is a list of the anime](http://atxpieces.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/winter-v3final.jpg) which will air this coming season. As far as initial thoughts go, this season doesn't look *that* exciting. The anime which I'll be definitely following are: * [Chihayafuru S2](http://myanimelist.net/anime/14397/Chihayafuru_2) [unique anime; …

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Howdy folks, Fall 2012 season has started airing! The final draft for the series to be aired can be found at the [Neregate blog](http://neregate.com/blog/2012/07/29/fall-2012-anime/). I'll be absolutely watching the following series: * [Bakuman 3](http://myanimelist.net/anime/12365) (Awesome romance, slice of life) * [Jormungand: Perfect Order](http://myanimelist.net/anime/13331/Jormungand:_Perfect_Order) (Prequel rocked; reminds me a bit of …

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Hi folks, Spring 2012 anime is just around the corner! The chart stating the names of the anime to be aired along with their tentative dates can be found at: http://atxpieces.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/spring-v3/ I would definitely be watching the below: 1. Zetman 2. Accel World 3. Eureka 7 : Astral Ocean 4. …

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Hi folks, Please join me welcoming our two new moderators: [ardav](http://www.daniweb.com/members/ardav/120589) and [pyTony](http://www.daniweb.com/members/pyTony/734700). @pyTony & @ardav Congratulations on your new role at Daniweb. Celebrations ahoy! :)

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In case you are not not aware, Stanford has started offering free online courses (as in real courses and not just video lectures) for topics like Database design, analysis of algorithms, CS 101 etc. Classes like database class, AI class and machine learning class are already live and a host …

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Hi folks, When browsing technical sub-forums, I noticed that there are a few threads which end with the OP replying "Thanks, it's solved/working now!" or something to that effect and are still not marked solved. Similar is the case with one-shot-posters who post a query which is duly answered but …

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[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Cr0EWwaTk&feature=player_embedded#!"]An Oracle produced song to promote Java; fun stuff[/URL]. ;-) Lyrics at: [url]http://www.adam-bien.com/roller/abien/entry/code_hard_with_java[/url]

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If anyone out there is interested in Indian / Pakistani music but wondered what to search for or where to look for it, I would be posting some links. To start of here is [I]Ek din aayega(a day will come) - by JAL. [/I][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz-D1R4nUUo[/url] If you like the song just …

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Hello to all Gamedevelopers out there. Many of your have already wanted to get into game development but came to a stand still due to the lack of resources. [B]Please don't post Spam or Thank you posts in this thread since this is meant to be used as a guide …

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Hi Dani, For some reason, I'm always getting the cached or old version of a given page. E.g. clicking on the CP link shows me a thread which was recently bumped in the C++ forum. After I added code tags to the post and moved it to a separate thread, …

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Hi folks, The new anime season is just around the corner (hats off to Japan!) and it seems to be a pretty busy season with around "42" new shows! The preview can be found at [URL="http://randomc.net/2011/03/18/spring-2011-preview/"]'random curiosity'[/URL]. As always, I'll be picking up anything related to romance and harem. The …

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I know this is kind of late but in case you folks didn't know, Japan is still trying to recover from the aftereffects of the calamity which struck it few days back. In these horrid times, every bit of sentiment and help counts. No help given with good intentions is …

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Here is wishing all the members of Daniweb (spammers included) a Happy New Year! :-)

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Not sure if any of you have [URL="http://gizmodo.com/5726667/the-agonizing-last-words-of-bill-zeller"]read this[/URL], but heavy stuff there. It's so sad that someone had to go through so much his entire life. The note, yet again, shows us an unseen facet of this world we live in. RIP Bill Zeller :`( [B]PS:[/B] For those who …

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A new anime season is just around the corner; [URL="http://moetron.com/uploads/20101204_winterlistv3.jpg"]preview here[/URL]! Kimi No Todoke 2nd season and Mitsudomoe 2nd season are on my must watch list but all in all this new season looks depressing. :-(

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Thats it.. Are you married or not ? If not then what are your views on marriage, how do you people see marriage as ? If yes then what did marriage change in your life, are the new found responsibilities burdening you or making you a better person ? Regards, …

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A new anime season is just round the corner; preview [URL="http://projectgenesis.kokidokom.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/0013cd4h.jpg"]here[/URL]. My favorites would be: [LIST] [*]Angel Beats (My type -- romance, action, harem) [*]Arakawa Under the Bridge (crazy work by Shaft) [*]Mayoi Neko Overrun (Neko-chan!) [*]Working! (Interesting Slice of life) [*]Ichiban Ushiro No Dai Maou (reminds me of ZNT) …

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[URL="http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/285"]Learning the craft[/URL]; though a nice article on learning the crafts of programming, it draws on some of the finer points like needing a mentor and reading good books. Even though the article is about software development, the concept more or less applies to almost all professions out there. Reading …

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The 2009 Summer Anime Preview is [URL="http://www.animevice.com/news/the-long-hot-anime-summer-2009-summer-anime-preview/1586/"]here[/URL]! Sadly, not many of these look promising to me except: - Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Itekureta Koto~ - Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - Spice and Wolf II - Princess Lover! From the ones mentioned, I've seen the first episode of Princess Lover and it …

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The 2009 Spring Preview is [URL="http://www.animevice.com/news/2009-spring-anime-preview-30-new-anime/814/"]here[/URL]! There are around 30 anime this time as opposed to around 23 in the previous season. As always, I'll try my best to watch everything, though Romance, Comedy and Action anime will be my first preference. :-) Anime FTW!

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Hello to alll programmers out there. Here i am trying to design a custom pascal triangle where the user can specify the TOP ELEMENT as well as both the CORNER elements. The problem i am facing is that the prog works well till the 3rd row but starts giving rubbish …

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The 2009 Winter Preview is [URL="http://www.animevice.com/news/the-2009-winter-preview/145/"]here[/URL]! Though I would be shameful enough watching each one them, eagerly awaited would be: [LIST] [*]Akikan [since I am a harem/romance lover at heart] [*]Asu no Yoichi! [*]Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 [*]Tower of Druaga ~Sword of Uruk~ [/LIST] ...and the best of them all …

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...and don't let anyone convince you otherwise; we have got [URL="http://67.19.222.106/humor/graphics/idiots.jpg"]prooof[/URL] [sic]. ;-)

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I just couldn't wait to share this masterpiece with you; [URL="http://www.itcontractor.com/Articles_IR35_News_Advice/view_article.asp?id_no=4842"]The IT Contract from Hell[/URL] Hope it makes you all go LOL! ;-)

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I think it would be a handy feature to show the user the offending post he is about to report under the 'Report a bad post' text area. The purpose here would be to let the user know which post exactly he is trying to report [for posts close to …

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Hope you have gone through enough S.H.I.T. in humor to understand this one. :-)

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Hello, The 'Mark this forum read' link present in the 'Forum Tools' drop down menu on each page doesn't work for me i.e. is non-clickable. On viewing the source code I came across this: [code=html] <tr><td class="thead">Forum Tools<a name="goto_forumtools"></a></td></tr> <tr><td style="cursor: default;" class="vbmenu_option vbmenu_option_alink"><a href="newthread.php?do=newthread&amp;f=29">Post a New Thread</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="cursor: …

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Err.. hello though i am not new to this forum, i thought since i had originally not introduced myself thought this was the time for doing it:lol: BTW I am a student from India, who likes getting involved in technical discussions, helping other people out etc. etc. Hope I do …

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I was just wondering what are "Referrals" and "User Notes" used for. For eg. most of the people on this forum have zero referral but Miss Dani has many of them. Also what is the concept behind, member groups ??

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Hmm its strange but the spell checker which was working 6 hours back is no longer working for me. I am using Firefox 2.0 on Win 2003. Maybe its the changes you made recently. Also the spell checker works on other sites like Devshed and the likes so I guess …

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Considering that the new reputation feature of displaying the name of the repper is out, its quite interesting to skim through some old threads and see what some people think about others. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread76625.html"]Here[/URL] is one interesting thread which has a lot of 'interesting' rep activity. I just thought you would …

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If you will notice, code tags behave differently in Java and C++ forums. Why can't we have a consistent formatting across forums? Personally I like the C++ one...

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Hey there my friend, welcome to Daniweb. :D I have requested the thread be moved to the appropriate forum for quick response. ;)

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As you all must have heard, Saddam Hussain was hanged on 30th of December at 8.30 AM (Indian standard time). Very much like Hitler, killing innocent people was what brought him down. But yes, a end of another fine man like Hitler, who believed in what he wanted but used …

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Hello Miss Dani. Has the layout for "IRC Chat Network" page being changed wherein the names of the people in the channel are no longer displayed ? I would really like to know why the change in the layout has been brought about, since I can no longer view the …

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What exactly is Group membership which appears in the control panel? Can custom Public Groups be created?

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I dont know but I get all sort of issues which no one has experienced while browsing Daniweb. Here is a new one which I am attaching right now. It occurs sometimes not frequently, but nonetheless thought would let you know. Hope you can find what is causing such things.

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Hey I was wondering why isnt there a notification by PM policy whenever someone comments or whenever your code snippet is modified. This way it would be easier for me to fix bugs if someone comments on my code saying it doesnt work for so and so condition. Also it …

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Dont know if anyone else is having this problem but most of the images of Daniweb on my web page are chopped off?

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Hello to all geeks out there, i was just wondering which scripting language out there is capable of achieving everything a scripting language is supposed to do. I know there is no such thing as "best" in software development circles but just wanted to know from all the experienced people …

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