http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/sopa-bill-sent-back-to-the-drawing-board-in-wake-of-internet-protests.html

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/25434-lamar-smith-decides-to/ 

I’m glad people actually took a stand and spoke out, we as an internet community refuse to be steam rolled by congress and have our rights violated.  We must speak out, before it’s too late… First they came…

 ”First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak out because I was Protestant.

Then they came for me
 and there was no one left to speak out for me.”

 Credited to “first they came…” on wikipedia, link here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came…

        static string uniqueCode()
        {
            string characters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#";
            string ticks = DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks.ToString();
            var code = "";
            for (var i = 0; i < characters.Length; i += 2)
            {
                if ((i + 2) <= ticks.Length)
                {
                    var number = int.Parse(ticks.Substring(i, 2));
                    if (number > characters.Length - 1)
                    {
                        var one = double.Parse(number.ToString().Substring(0, 1));
                        var two = double.Parse(number.ToString().Substring(1, 1));
                        code += characters[Convert.ToInt32(one)];
                        code += characters[Convert.ToInt32(two)];
                    }
                    else
                        code += characters[number];
                }
            }
            return code;
        }

This code will generate a unique code / key based on universal time stamp ticks.  Thanks to Chris Newman for pointing out the DateTime.UtcNow.  Originally I had used DateTime.Now to generate the ticks which in a clustered infrastructure could’ve caused problems.  This code can be cleaned up or implemented in any way that you want, feel free to use and edit it.  This code was created because I wanted something simpler than a GUID and something that was still URL friendly for my applications, I’m sure there are other countless methods available, I just hope this one helps some of you.  

In the code behind simply fire the Recaptcha.Validate() command and then verify your page using the following:

if (!Page.IsValid || !Recaptcha.IsValid) { /* do something */ }

Mind you that the solution is not perfect but to get back up and running quickly, this works.  Hope it helps some of you out there that are having issues getting recaptcha to work with you asp.net forms.

Here’s the link, have fun:
http://www.getsharepod.com/fordevelopers/

It’s been a few days and I have to say that I am overall pleased with the operating system, not only is it fun to use but it’s obviously (and as expected) highly responsive and overall offers great functionality.  The package manager is nice and if anything you can always use apt-get which is both reliable, fast and easy to execute.

I’ll dive further into the tech specs in a later post but I felt the need to share my initial enjoyment with the online community.  Thanks for reading.

If you hold the control key while clicking this option a command prompt window will open, if you do not then the standard run dialog will be displayed (not recommended if your file type associations are not correctly functioning).

Hope you all found this post helpful =)