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July 2008 - Posts

Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:00 AM

Don't be helpless: You can put things together, it doesn't have to be a single command

That's why our species invented tools.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:00 AM

What does each country claim for its own?

Some things are claimed by everyone.
Posted by oldnewthing | 202 Comments
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:00 AM

When I double-click an Excel spreadsheet, Excel opens but the document doesn't

You disabled DDE.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:00 AM

The sign that a trend is over: It shows up in a movie

According to George Mannes.
Posted by oldnewthing | 12 Comments
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:00 AM

Be careful what you name your mailing list

Don't let it be a word in the dictionary.
Posted by oldnewthing | 17 Comments
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Monday, July 28, 2008 7:00 AM

How can SIGINT be safely delivered on the main thread?

I have no idea.
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Friday, July 25, 2008 7:00 AM

Why seventh grade students want to go to weddings

It's all about the party.
Posted by oldnewthing | 22 Comments
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Friday, July 25, 2008 7:00 AM

Simulating a drop, part two

Managing the process reference.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:00 AM

Reading a contract from the other side: Simulating a drop

Driving the IDropTarget.
Posted by oldnewthing | 8 Comments
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:00 AM

Things other people have written that have amused me

Various types of spam.
Posted by oldnewthing | 9 Comments
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:00 AM

Theorize if you want, but if the problem is right there in front of you, why not go for the facts?

Just dig in.
Posted by oldnewthing | 29 Comments
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:00 AM

The Microsoft Company Picnic has as a side effect a demonstration of Microsoft's rich cultural diversity

The languages you hear.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:00 AM

Windows could not properly load the XYZ keyboard layout

Try reinstalling it.
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Monday, July 21, 2008 7:00 AM

A modest proposal: Getting people to stop buying SUVs

Looks like gas prices took care of that.
Posted by oldnewthing | 91 Comments
Monday, July 21, 2008 7:00 AM

MessageBoxIndirect loads the icon itself; you can't hand it a pre-loaded icon

You can't think of everything.
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Friday, July 18, 2008 7:00 AM

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, available online for a short time only

Get it while it's hot.
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Friday, July 18, 2008 7:00 AM

A new record for the shortest amount of time between an email message and its resend

17 minutes.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:00 AM

The best building name on the University of Washington campus

The computer science building.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Well, actually management-speak

A language similar to but not entirely English.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:00 AM

News flash: Online drug sales are shady!

What, you can't believe those online ads?
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:00 AM

The evolution of menu templates: 32-bit extended menus

The culmination of the evolving series.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:00 AM

The evolution of menu templates: 16-bit extended menus

The short form of the long form.
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Monday, July 14, 2008 7:00 AM

When companies make it hard for you to pay money they are owed

Elissa Ely runs into a bureaucratic wall.
Posted by oldnewthing | 22 Comments
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Monday, July 14, 2008 7:00 AM

Why does the "Install Font" dialog look so old-school?

Because changing it would take work, and nobody installs fonts that way any more.
Posted by oldnewthing | 51 Comments
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Friday, July 11, 2008 7:00 AM

Crazy ideas at the lunch table: The ice cream bicycle

Making the STP a bit more interesting, or maybe profitable.
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Friday, July 11, 2008 7:00 AM

The evolution of menu templates: 32-bit classic menus

Bringing 16-bit classic menus into the 32-bit world.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:00 AM

News flash: Car salesmen are sneaky and underhanded

The sales pitch.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:00 AM

What's the deal with that alternate form for menu item template separators?

For compatibility with an older version of the menu APIs.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:00 AM

Warning: This cereal may contain traces of spiders

Raymond misreads cereal box warnings.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:00 AM

The evolution of menu templates: 16-bit classic menus

The start of something big.
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:00 AM

Wikipedia has created its own reactionary subculture

The non-encyclopedias.
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:00 AM

The evolution of menu templates: Introduction

From the beginning.
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Monday, July 07, 2008 7:00 AM

Why is the LOADPARMS32 structure so messed up?

It goes back to CP/M.
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Friday, July 04, 2008 7:00 AM

Double the usual number of fire alarms today

Firefighters hate today.
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Friday, July 04, 2008 7:00 AM

When anybody can look up your name in the company directory and pay a visit

Weirded me out.
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Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:00 AM

How did the invalid floating point operand exception get raised when I disabled it?

When it changes behind your back.
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:00 AM

Raymond misreads newspaper head... no wait, I didn't!

That's really what it said.
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:00 AM

Uninitialized floating point variables can be deadly

The dreaded sNaN exception.
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:00 AM

András Schiff 2006 lectures on the Beethoven piano sonatas

Riveting, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:00 AM

Windows Vista changed the Alt+Tab order slightly

Based on design feedback.
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