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No, it cannot. You posted several definitions of the word "pretense", but you didn't look up "false pretense". As I explained to you before, this phrase has a very specific meaning. If you'd looked at the bottom of that Wikipedia article you would have noticed that its text came from the classic (in fact world-famous) 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica (almost a century old and still the standard by which all encyclopedias are judged). (An original copy of which I proudly own myself, by the way.) The quote I posted was an exact copy of what the Brittanica says. You can look it up here if you wish: http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/EUD_FAT/FALSE_PRETENCES.html Here are two more modern sources: http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/f/f0024800.html http://www.answers.com/topic/false-pretenses That second link contains a thorough review of the subject. In all cases, without exception, they indicate that the phrase can ONLY be applied when the speaker/seller/criminal has full knowledge of their deception. Regarding the use of the Wikipedia, I'm a doctoral candidate at a major university and I'm familiar with the APA guide and the use of references. This is not an academic paper, and in this forum we use Wikipedia as a pathway to investigation. I was using it in that capacity -- trying to point something out in a deliberately non-authoritative manner. I know you're new here so I can understand that you missed this subtlety, but I'd appreciate it if you'd keep it in mind in the future. Of course, in this case the Wikipedia's definition of "False Pretenses" turned out not to be wrong anyway, as is generally (but as you indicated, not always) the case.

Ah ok, sounds like you're in good shape then. Just the usual MFC DLL problem to deal with, which I'm assuming you know about. You do have to specify these days, since we've already flown past VB7, VB7.1, VB8 and are rapidly approaching VB9. (grin) Good luck with your project!

As I indicated above, you're preaching to the choir as far as I'm concerned. But if it makes you feel better to pretend I'm Rush Limbaugh in disguise, go right ahead. I'm right there with you. No, it's not. You've just admitted that it's not. False pretenses (note the emphasis on the second word) means something very specific. If you mean something else, use a different word. As I said, my beef is with people who make misleading statements in order to propagate an ideological belief. It's not a "debating tactic" in the larger issue of WMDs, because I'm not arguing with you about WMDs. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_pretenses The debate on ALL issues in this country has become overshadowed by misdirection and obfuscation by "true believers" on both sides, and the result stands directly in the path of resolution and progress. You get to decide whether you're going to fight that tendency, and seek truth regardless of agenda, or participate in it, and spin the truth to suit agenda. If you choose the latter in these forums, you get called on it.

Or just look in the bin directory of the project folder. If you didn't use any DLLs or other external files then that EXE should be all you need. Bear in mind that VB EXEs are MSIL, not native code. Meaning they won't run without the .NET framework installed on the target workstation.

False pretenses have not been established either.

As I understand it there are programmatic ways to access and utilize NTFS information. I recommend running some searches in the MSDN library at msdn.microsoft.com.

What difference does it make what I think? You believe the matter to be settled, or did I read you wrong?

That's quite a definitive conclusion for someone who's information comes from general media reporting. So confident are you in your assessment that you're even willing to pose serious questions with major consequences based on the premise that you're correct. Must be nice. Good luck with that.

How much of my extra work is caused by my personality weaknesses? I don't know... some amount of it, I suppose. What difference does it make? If I'd stopped doing my thing every time someone laughed at me or told me I couldn't do XYZ, then it would have been a very short career. I simply made a choice -- who cares if they laugh at me so long as they pay up? In the end not only did they pay, but they stopped laughing too. You need to decide what's important to you and come up with a plan to achieve those things. If you're so distracted by things that you perceive to be in your way that you can't even SET your goals, how in the world are you going to ACHIEVE them?

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense and current Harvard Kennedy School of Government professor Joseph Nye puts it well in his 2002 book "The Paradox of American Power": Anyway, it's a familiar point, but I think Nye makes it well. Our willingness to fight seems to be pretty hard to maintain. We've probably had a quarter of a million armed men pass through Iraq since 2003, and 2,500 deaths, which means we're having trouble stomaching a 1% death rate. That's a pretty tiny death rate, as far as warfare goes.

Hey guys, I have a question. France is a socialist state, right? So... when they score a goal, do they have to give one to the other team too? Just curious!

No, not everyone can be a "upper class worker making tons of money", but what does that really mean? Does it mean you don't get to put food on the table, or does it mean that you just don't get to drive the latest BMW or Mercedes Benz? If it's the former, we may need to do something about that. If it's the latter, then I really don't see a problem. The things that stop people from being an "upper class worker making tons of money" are SELF-imposed, not societal or dictatorial. If you want to make choices in your life that result in your not becoming an "upper class worker making tons of money", that's your choice. But as I said, if we do reach a point where the incomes are creating situations where you literally cannot put food on the table, then sure, I'm all for holding out a helping hand. Just don't expect me to hand you a pile of food so you can spend more time with your X-Box 360. No, it's your choice. Always. Yes, much of the IT market is pretty stressful, and it's where a lot of folks spend their time, that's certainly true. But that was their choice. They could have made other choices, but they want that BMW and that X-Box 360 and that's the easiest way they know to get them. You can actually have that X-Box 360 and BMW AND avoid working in a shoebox and doing The Man's bidding, but most people who go that route (such as myself) actually find that you have to do more work rather than less. But I like it because I work for myself. My choices are more direct, and I have more flexibility. Like I said, if you don't like it, do something else. No, nobody is forcing you to do that. Nobody is holding a gun to your head. You want out? Get out. I did it. I had no special knowledge, no great luck, and NO help whatsoever. Is there some particular reason why you cannot? Are you disabled or handicapped in some way? What's a "normal human"? Someone who sits around on their duff all day and can't understand why they're not driving a BMW? No, there's infinite opportunity for infinite income. Let me get to something more meaningful than YASCA (Yet Another Socialism-Capitalism Argument) if I could. I think it's true that the nature of the IT marketplace has changed. Operating systems are more sophisticated and easier to use. That means you can't get a job sitting on your derrier setting and monitoring user permissions and take home wild incomes anymore just because Joe Bozo the Boss doesn't know a mouse from a monitor. That's right, those jobs aren't available anymore. Tough noogies. Would you prefer that we were all still using Windows 3.1 or MS-DOS? So yeah, now you need a little more knowledge to be a "knowledge worker". What a shocker. So get out there and LEARN it. Make yourself valuable. Learn what it is that employers need people to know. And stop crying about it. I earned my money, I didn't cry for it or beg for it or whine for it. And you can TAKE it from me when you can pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

Some of that stuff is just flat-out wrong. For example: Nonsense. I teach people with exactly that kind of profile, and they're having no trouble landing appropriate jobs. Over the last couple of years Monster ads for IT jobs have gone through the roof. It's INSANE how much opportunity is out there. As for the stress level, like I said, if you don't like it, do something else. In ten thousand years of human history people have not had the kinds of opportunities they have today, to get ahead in the world, to make something of themselves, to have those things be based on THEIR choices and not the dictates of others. There are ups and downs, I agree, but blaming your problems on others is not the way to improve society or your lot.

By the way, I think World Cup TV coverage is actually beating coverage of the basketball and hockey finals that are also taking place right now, except in the markets that host the competing teams.

Thanks Cap'n!

Thanks Cap'n. Is this the board you're talking about? I went over there but I had a hard time finding an obvious place to look for help on this.

That US-Italy game today was really exciting. I had no idea soccer could be so interesting! The Italians are a lot of fun to watch. If they win our division I think I'll "root" for them the rest of the way. No offense against our UK friends -- I'll root for you guys too.

For months now I've been getting spammed by password notices in email that are telling me that someone ("probably me" it says) is trying to change my password. The email gives me a new password, and tells me that I can use it or keep using the old one. What do you guys think? Is someone trying to steal my user ID?

If you don't like the system, don't participate in it. The gun you perceive at your head was put there by your own need to keep up with the Joneses, not your need to eat and breathe.

Yes.

Well... sure. The thing is, if you only have one server then the main advantage of AD is somewhat moot. It's when you grow to larger numbers that it starts to get useful. For single servers and less than, say, 50 users, a solution involving AD is usually not indicated. See, look at it this way. Let's say you build a network with ten workstations and one central server to store files in shared directories, give everyone access to a printer, and so forth. You put a bunch of user accounts on it using the standard Users and Groups tool, and you're all set. You don't need AD for this. Then a few years go by, and your company grows, and one day you realize that your old server can't handle the file-serving load anymore -- you've got 75 users and they're all complaining about how slow it is. So you decide to buy a second server. Well now you have a significant problem: You have to create a whole new set of user accounts on that new server -- the exact same accounts that you already have on the original server. That's a lot of duplicated effort! And there are long-term issues to consider. For example, if you change someone's password on one server then you have to remember to change it on the other one too. Now imagine if you have 50 servers. Get the picture? AD solves this by centralizing your user accounts so that this is no longer an issue. It's a very highly automated and specialized SQL database, spreading the workload between participating servers and managing all kinds of disparate information (like those pesky user accounts) all around your network. There are other approaches, of course, and not all of them work like this. But to answer your question, it really only helps you if you have multiple servers. Make sense?

It's network server technology. It basically involves a specialized (SQL-based) database running on the server which maintains (amongst other things) all the usernames and passwords, so that your login credentials are carried with you from one computer to the next. In other words, you don't have to create individual accounts on each server or workstation -- they come from a centralized administrative location. In order to participate in AD you have to "join the domain", which is something that they just blocked XP Home from doing so that businesses would have to buy the more expensive version.

Examples of the opposite seem to abound as well, though, don't they? Products like fen-phen, silicon breast implants, Alar, etc, removed or withdrawn based on initial scares that subsequently turned out to be false. But still we have lawsuits and regulations flying around based on the assumption that the scare was true. How can we stop the initial scare from wiping out a product before we get a chance to follow-up with an in-depth study? While at the same time providing cautionary information to the public in such a way as to take advantage of the warning without panicing and destroying a useful product?