Post Race!

[Shaggy Hiker]

That seemed to be the only one, though.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Now to try a bit more of a code sample:

If This Is SomeCode() Then
 Duplicate()
End If

[Shaggy Hiker]

And again:

If This Is SomeCode() Then
 Duplicate()
End If

[Shaggy Hiker]

And again:

If This Is SomeCode() Then
 Duplicate()
End If

[Shaggy Hiker]

So, no duplication with the # tag, but duplication with the VB tag.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Here's a second attempt:

Dim bulb As CoWorker
 
bulb = Nothing
bulb.SetBrightness = 0

[Shaggy Hiker]

Here's a second attempt:

Dim bulb As CoWorker
 
bulb = Nothing
bulb.SetBrightness = 0

[Shaggy Hiker]

And one final test:

Dim bulb As CoWorker

bulb = Nothing
bulb.SetBrightness = 0

[Shaggy Hiker]

Thus you see: The VB tag gives you TWICE as much, even if your code is sure to fail.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Another tag:

This is my quote.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Almost Recursion

This is not a Rick Roll.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Looks like it is the VB tag that is causing issues, but not all posts that duplicate use that tag. Very odd.

[QUOTE]Quoted Code[/QUOTE]

[Shaggy Hiker]

Looks like it is the VB tag that is causing issues, but not all posts that duplicate use that tag. Very odd.

[QUOTE]Quoted Code[/QUOTE]

[Shaggy Hiker]

Dim bulb As CoWorker

Code in a quote.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Dim bulb As CoWorker

Code in a quote.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Time to stop abusing Post Race...more than normal.

[passel]

We tried a few of those scenarios back in July. http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...=1#post5306199
Didn't try the vb code tag then, though.

I wonder if it helps at all though since it is so easy to get double posts in the "regular code" forums without having to resort to vb code tags. Sometimes it seems to be how much time you took thinking about a response with the Reply window partially filled in, as opposed to just embedded quotes, or code snippet windows. Could it be tied to the "hidden" auto-save feature, kicking off in the background? Does adding a quote or code snippet window trigger an auto-save buffer collection?

[dday9]

$php = "sucks";

Truth ^

[dday9]

No duplicate.

[dday9]

$knowledge = true; 

I forgot we had a dedicated php tag.

[dday9]

[php][/php]

Funny, the [noparse] tag doesn't count towards the 4 char minimum.

[Shaggy Hiker]

So, the VB button with PHP didn't cause a duplicate?

If ThisBLove Then

[Shaggy Hiker]

So, the VB button with PHP didn't cause a duplicate?

If ThisBLove Then

[Shaggy Hiker]

Well, no. I guess it's the VB button.

Still, while this is suggestive, it really doesn't apply to the other forums. However, the fact that Chit-Chat seems to be alone in the fact that you don't get duplicates should be a pretty solid clue.

[dday9]

Considering that posts don't count in the Chit-Chat, it should give us a clue.

[dday9]

duplicate?

????

[dday9]

duplicate?

????

[dday9]

it worked!

[Shaggy Hiker]

In at least one way, I do appear to have poisoned the Post Race. Perhaps somebody else can confirm this:

I am now seeing a very large number of those PHP error lines at the top of the page when I go to Post Race. More than I see on any other thread. I also note that all the duplicates in this thread have been retained. What I'm thinking is that the PHP error lines are not a separate issue from the duplication, but are part of the issue. The fact that there are now several duplicate posts in this thread, and the fact that they have not been cleaned up, is the reason for all the PHP error lines.

However, if nobody else is seeing the PHP error lines, then I may be off track on that. I don't remember seeing any before I started messing with this duplicate thing. Now there are 12 lines permanently visible at the top of the page.

[Shaggy Hiker]

HA! There are six duplicate posts on the page I'm seeing for the Post Race, which starts with post #63401. There are 12 PHP error lines. When I go back to the last page, there is only one duplicate, and that page has only 2 PHP error lines. Therefore, there are twice as many PHP error lines as the number of duplicate posts (in case any of you are math challenged).

I believe we can fill the page with PHP errors by getting enough duplicates onto the page, but somebody has to confirm the observation of the PHP errors at the top of the page.

[szlamany]

I also see 12 PHP errors. And I have noticed the number of those errors is not stable.

[Shaggy Hiker]

So, if I am right, then this should result in 14 PHP errors:

Dim bulb As Null

[Shaggy Hiker]

So, if I am right, then this should result in 14 PHP errors:

Dim bulb As Null

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yep, there are now 14!!

[szlamany]

omg - Post Race showed a true purpose just now. This is historic - I simply am in awe!

[dday9]

Funny how we can debug the website issues by using the Post-Race!

[FunkyDexter]

Post race having a purpose?! We're living in a post post race world.

[passel]

omg - Post Race showed a true purpose just now. This is historic - I simply am in awe!

Well, you know what they say about an infinite number of monkeys typing on a typewriter will accomplish, so it was actually inevitable.

p.s. I guess it was one monkey for an infinite amount of time. Oh well, I guess I was thinking an infinite number of monkeys on an infinite number of typewriters would make it faster, but I guess in my transposition of the theory there wouldn't be any space left so the universe would end as we know it.

[szlamany]

That is truly Planet of the Apes!

And here I always thought that most theories of the universe end with 42!

[passel]

Well, looking a little further down the page, I saw a few hits did say infinite number of monkeys, so that is probably the way I heard it 50 years ago when I was just a kid. Didn't have the presence of mind then to think that an infinite amount of any substance would by definition fill all space so is an illogical supposition. One monkey with an infinite amount of time would be all you need, and would be sustainable.