The Gump Factor

"Stupid is as stupid does"- folksy wisdom or just a trite phrase?.  Many entries I write are in the spirit of the moment, and I take pains to be honest about the associated emotions, so my most recent posts may seem a bit over-wrought.  No need to pay that much attention- those emotions are fleeting and ephemeral.  Best idea is to take them as a sign that I take my work seriously [perhaps overmuch at times, but I eventually compensate accordingly].

The day after I posted this, I found myself investigating a failure in the same test in a recent automation pass.  It turned out to be a bug in a tool we all know and love [can't name it [no permission], and it's being fixed, of course].  So even a fool such as I can be effective in improving quality.

Sure, I got lucky.  But perhaps Master Chief John-117 suggests that lucky is good...

More bits and pieces

Do catch Ilias in his recent article on techniques for debugging a UMDF driver with the kernel debugger and Patrick in his awesome how-to for using Intellisense from WDK headers.

Also, (I'm sure many posts on this subject, so I won't push the news)- the 6001 RTM WDK is now available on Connect.  So WDF 1.7 is at last official, and I can quit pretending I don't know how soon it will arrive...

I finally noticed the location of a handy sniper rifle in the Sierra 117 level on Halo 3 [in the wreckage of the Pelican the Sergeant was shot down in].  Even one as incompetent as I suddenly found the hammer wielding brute chieftain guarding Sergeant Johnson to be no threat- even took out all the blasted Jackal snipers and wreaked general mayhem on the remaining Covenant troops from a nice safe distance [until I ran out of ammo].  But the Arbiter managed to get himself killed in the process [of course he came back after I got rid of the first wave of troops].  I have yet to complete campaign on Normal [pathetic, I know], but I'm making progress, bit by bit- and it is enjoyable...

L8r, d00dz!