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November 2008 - Posts

Friday, November 28, 2008 7:00 AM

The Ballard Locks will be empty this week

For annual maintenance.
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Friday, November 28, 2008 7:00 AM

Just because a method is called Refresh doesn't mean that it refreshes what you want

There's more to a function than just its name.
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:00 AM

Welcome to the 2008 holiday shopping season

But let's be careful out there.
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:00 AM

Not my finest hour: Getting instructions on doing something I've already done

Follow the pattern of that other idiot.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 7:00 AM

The cost-benefit analysis of bitfields for a collection of booleans

How many of them are there?
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:00 AM

Yes, I filed an expense report for a hair dryer, why do you ask?

It's for a valid business purpose.
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Monday, November 24, 2008 7:00 AM

When you're walking around a city, you usually forget to look up

Looking up in Seattle.
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Monday, November 24, 2008 7:00 AM

Consequences of the Explorer view model: If you create a view, then you succeeded, even if you'd rather fail

Success means success.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 7:00 AM

Rachmaninov had big hands: An illustration

Classical music comedy.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 7:00 AM

The great thing about priorities is that you can always go one higher

Not going to run out of integers.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:00 AM

If everything is top priority, then nothing is top priority

Everything is top priority.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:00 AM

Adventures in product testing: This phone's so hot, it'll set your head on fire

Jabra GN 9120.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:00 AM

If you wait long enough, everything is our top priority

Just one thing at a time.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:00 AM

Is second-hand advice better than no advice at all?

At least you know it's second-hand.
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Monday, November 17, 2008 7:00 AM

You'd think this sort of disclaimer on children's modeling clay would not be necessary

Artistic talent may play a factor.
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Monday, November 17, 2008 7:00 AM

Why bother with RegisterWaitForSingleObject when you have MsgWaitForMultipleObjects?

Greater separation of independent components.
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Friday, November 14, 2008 7:00 AM

Email tip: If you ask a question that can be answered in only one way, but that's not the answer, don't be surprised that nobody responds at all

The question for proof of the negative.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:00 AM

Rearranging the cities into a much more visually pleasing arrangement

Maps are also not as forgiving.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:00 AM

Why is the maximum boot.ini delay 11 million seconds?

Nothing particularly nefarious.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:00 AM

Doesn't matter what your marketing technique is for your compiler if nobody actually writes code in your language any more

The sad story of FORTRAN.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:00 AM

Now it's like people buy sneakers to make money out of them

Sneakers as investment?
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:00 AM

You can't fight in here; this is the War Room!

Now known as the Ship Room.
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Monday, November 10, 2008 7:00 AM

What do these topics have in common?

A Wikipedia quiz.
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Monday, November 10, 2008 7:00 AM

How slow do you have to slow-double-click for it to be a rename?

Slow enough that it's not a regular double-click.
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Friday, November 07, 2008 7:00 AM

What I don't get about bank robbers

Change of venue.
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Friday, November 07, 2008 7:00 AM

Self-esteem gone overboard: The perils of a global namespace

Why some items have such generic names.
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:00 AM

What seventh grade students want to be when they grow up, an analysis

Disappointment lurks.
Posted by oldnewthing | 32 Comments
Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:00 AM

Does version 6 of the common controls support ANSI or not?

Yes but no.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Represent

I think it comes from urban speak but I'm not sure.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:00 AM

Quite possibly my last in-person ballot for a long time

All mail all the time.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:00 AM

How did Spicy Hot V-8 vegetable juice get added to the complimentary beverages in Microsoft kitchens?

Let's put it to a vote!
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Monday, November 03, 2008 7:00 AM

Sensor development kits were flying off the shelves

And other notes from the 2008 PDC.
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Monday, November 03, 2008 7:00 AM

If there's already a bug, it's not surprising that there's a possibility for error

If your caller has a race condition already, there's a limit to what you can do about it.
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