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January 2007 - Posts

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:00 AM

If you ask an author to sign a book, you have to tell him/her what to write

One of those things they don't teach you.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:00 AM

Crackpots in computer security: A complete solution to computer security

Reinventing the switch box.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:00 AM

Unusual uses for a ball-point pen: Breaking into the debugger

Ah, the ISA bus...
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Monday, January 29, 2007 7:00 AM

If vertical strips are better, why do toolbars use horizontal strips?

That's just the interchange format.
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Friday, January 26, 2007 7:00 AM

The real underground (and subway)

Overlaying the subway map and a street map
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Friday, January 26, 2007 7:00 AM

The /MAXMEM switch doesn't set the maximum amount of memory Windows will use

It caps the physical address.
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:00 AM

Not my finest hour: Where are my keys?

The start of a cascade of errors.
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:00 AM

Where did the Windows Vista wallpaper images come from?

Both professionals and amateurs.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:00 AM

Walking through packed snow and ice with a little more confidence

Strap-on chains for your shoes.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:00 AM

The undeletable Outlook folder, episode 2

Stop trying to synchronize it.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:26 AM

Unexpected consequences of writing a book: Public appearances

You have to accept this stuff now.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:00 AM

Non-psychic debugging: If you can't find something, make sure you're looking in the right place

Who's your daddy?
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Monday, January 22, 2007 7:00 AM

The cost of continuously-visible affordances with dynamic states

Keeping that state up to date.
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Friday, January 19, 2007 7:00 AM

2006 storm aftermath: A look back

A look at responses and reactions to the storm.
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Friday, January 19, 2007 7:00 AM

What does the fCreate parameter to SHCreateStreamOnFileEx mean?

It controls the behavior of STGM_FAILIFTHERE.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:00 AM

Email tip: Choose a subject line that is meaningful to the recipient, not to the sender

Presumably you want the recipient to read the message.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:00 AM

Iced-over roads + people who can't drive = very expensive (and dangerous) game of billiards

Sliding sideways down the street.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:00 AM

Should all windows appear in the taskbar?

Some follow-up discussion.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:00 AM

One Armstrong = 13.5 mph

Raymond's arbitrary metric.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:00 AM

EnumChildWindows already enumerates recursively

So don't do it again.
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Monday, January 15, 2007 7:00 AM

The wisdom of sev^H^H^Heighth graders: It was not just white people who were helped by Martin Luther King

The same, only different.
Posted by oldnewthing | 26 Comments
Monday, January 15, 2007 7:00 AM

Does Microsoft internally use MFC for writing Windows apps?

Probably.
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Friday, January 12, 2007 7:00 AM

How do I print the contents of a rich text control?

It's all about the EM_FORMATRANGE message.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:00 AM

The history of the RichEdit control from Murray Sargent

More historical tidbits.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:00 AM

How do I put more than 32,000 characters into a rich text control?

You need to raise the ceiling.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:00 AM

Ken Levine teaches us about television script writing

When he's not just riffing on stuff in general.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:00 AM

How do I load an entire file into a rich text control?

You stream it in.
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:00 AM

Article of clothing or tasty dessert?

The dictionary knows.
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:00 AM

What triggers the recall of an offline file?

Reading, writing, or mapping.
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Monday, January 08, 2007 7:00 AM

Why do property sheets sometimes take a first-chance exception?

As an accommodation to older tools.
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Friday, January 05, 2007 7:00 AM

What('s) a character!

It depends on context.
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Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:00 AM

How a bullet turns into a beep

Bangs or bells.
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:00 AM

Wait, but why can I GetProcAddress for IsDialogMessage?

Vestigial organs.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007 7:00 AM

Why can't I GetProcAddress for CreateWindow?

Because it's a macro.
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Monday, January 01, 2007 7:00 AM

The family technical support department: Everything is Outlook

Doing technical support for the relatives.
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