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• Every Problem Looks Like A Nail

  I wish all the questions I got were this straightforward: “I need to compare two strings for non-culture-sensitive equality. I notice that there are methods String.Equals and String.Compare which can both do that. What is the guideline on which one I Read More... Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 8:10 AM by Eric Lippert | 14 Comments Filed under: Code Quality, bad jokes

• Aargh! Part Eight, plus Boring Metablogging

  Q: What's a pirate's second favourite mode of transportation? A: A caaaaargh! Preferably a Jaguaaaaargh, but an early Oldsmobile Cutlass will do. Q: Very amusing -- but what's a pirate's favourite mode of transportation? A: A pirate ship, silly. Gripe Read More... Posted Friday, July 23, 2004 11:51 AM by Eric Lippert | 9 Comments Filed under: Security, COM Programming, Performance, Aargh!, Metablogging, bad jokes

• Aargh! Part Seven

  Q: How do pirates keep their socks from falling down? A: Thumbtacks. I am insanely busy with bug fixing and performance testing today, so once more I'll dip into my endless archive of rants about irksome coding practices I've seen one time too many. Gripe Read More... Posted Friday, June 04, 2004 10:17 AM by Eric Lippert | 23 Comments Filed under: COM Programming, Rants, Aargh!, bad jokes

• Aaargh! Part Three

  I'm still at VSLive. Both my talks are done, so its just booth duty from here on in. The talks went... OK. Running VSTO on top of Virtual PC on a laptop was too slow; we'll have to devirtualize that for the next time. Unfortunately they put me in the Read More... Posted Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:45 PM by Eric Lippert | 8 Comments Filed under: COM Programming, Rants, Aargh!, bad jokes

• Aaargh! Part Two

  I'm insanely busy prepping for VSLive! today, so, once more, I complain about coding practice that are drivin' me nuts . But first: why do pirates dislike Johnny Depp's Oscar-nominated performance in "Pirates of the Caribbean"? Because it wasn't AAAAAARRRR-rated. Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:58 AM by Eric Lippert | 12 Comments Filed under: COM Programming, Rants, Aargh!, bad jokes

• Aargh, Part One: A Pirate Walks Into A Bar…

  One of my former housemates was fond of pirate jokes, as am I . My personal favourite of his was: A pirate walks into a bar, and the barkeep says " Excuse me, cap'n, but did you know that you've got your ship's wheel stuck in your pantaloons ?" " Aye Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:20 AM by Eric Lippert | 15 Comments Filed under: COM Programming, Rants, Aargh!, bad jokes