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İn tıtlıng thıs ınclusıon ın re: the ınterests of Turkısh İSVs, am İ just tryıng to buıld İ's and ı's ınto the tıtle of thıs daıly contrıbutıon to SİAO (SıaO), amıgo?

It is a commonly reported issue in Windows and many components that run upon it, a recent one can be seen on the Connect site, here : Description : There is a conversion problem in the c/c++ runtime library. Turkish characters ı/I and i/İ are converted Read More...
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 1 Comments

Support of Holi^h^h^^hDAZE, in Outlook (aka Situations when competition might help customers)

Before I forget, here is what the top of the day looks like in Outlook right now: Now I am not going to try and tell anyone that holidays are easy. Because they aren't. And anyone who tries to tell you that they are is probably trying to sell you something. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments

Four exceptions to prove the rule

As a general rule, once a sort has been added to Windows, it cannot ever be removed. But you have probably heard the expression that every rule has an exception, right? Well this rule is so freaking important that it has four exceptions! They are: #1: Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 0 Comments

Who bells the cat when it comes to glyph substitution?

Over in the Suggestion Box, AJB asked: I am curious about the division of labor between Uniscribe (or any other rendering\layout engine) and the OpenType font, with regards to glyph substitution. I've been poking around parsing the OpenType font data Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 04, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 0 Comments

Much ado about zero, aka These zeroes won't ever amount to anything

The weirdness is easily noted if you try the following code in both .NET <= 1.1 and .NET >= 2.0: static void Main(string[] args) { Decimal val1 = 0m; Decimal val2 = 0.0m; Decimal val3 = 0.00m; Decimal val4 = 1m; Decimal val5 = 1.0m; Decimal val6 Read More...
Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 12:11 PM by Michael S. Kaplan | 0 Comments

THANK GOD IT'S FROODAY?

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... The Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments

The torrents of mistranslation

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... As Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 1 Comments

Vowel DISharmony?, aka The case of the missing dot

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... Randy Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 4 Comments

The pros and cons of context, aka CONTEXT is a four-letter-word

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... It Read More...
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 6:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 0 Comments

Alphabetically inappropriate emergencies

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... If Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:31 PM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments

To hai6 or not to xì? 係 is the question!

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... I Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 2 Comments

Not an International GFE and not providing an International GFE, sorry!

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... So Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:36 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 1 Comments

Kind of ironic how Germany seems so okay with Capital *Letter* punishment, huh?

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Note that this post is entirely offtopic and if that kind of thing bothers you then you re invited to get out right now.... Over in the Suggestion Box, mpz asked: Suggestion: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 12 Comments

Fight the Future? (#12 of ??), aka Backf-rmati-n of deity?

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... If Read More...
Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 1 Comments
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Fight the Future? (#11 of ??), aka Microsoft is giving this character nada weight but lotsa importance

Content of Michael Kaplan's personal blog not approved by Microsoft (see disclaimer )! Regular readers should keep in mind that all I said in The End? still applies; the allusion to the X-Files continues for people who understand such references.... There Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:01 AM by Michael S. Kaplan | 1 Comments
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