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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:00 AM

2009 Q3 link clearance: Microsoft blogger edition

From elsewhere in the collective.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:00 AM

Why do messages posted by PostThreadMessage disappear?

The only thread message you can meaningfully post to a thread displaying UI is WM_NULL.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Net net

The short summary.
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Monday, September 28, 2009 7:00 AM

Why doesn't Explorer have an interface for creating hard links?

Here have some more rope.
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Friday, September 25, 2009 7:00 AM

The ways people mess up IUnknown::QueryInterface, episode 2

Sure, we do that.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:00 AM

Don't panic, it's just H1N1

Just can't resist a good panic story.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:00 AM

When people ask for security holes as features: Privileged execution

It's just a few instructions.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:00 AM

We've got your hotel surrounded (on one side) (and not even the entire side)

A curious definition of "surrounded."
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:00 AM

The COM marshaller uses the COM task allocator to allocate and free memory

If you are allocating memory for COM to free, you need to use the COM task allocator.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:00 AM

Things I've written that have amused other people, Episode 5

You need to contact the author.
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Monday, September 21, 2009 7:00 AM

We accept cash, credit cards, and Microsoft cardkeys

Welcome to Spitfire at The Commons.
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Monday, September 21, 2009 7:00 AM

What is the logic behind the thumb size and position calculation in scroll bars?

It's just proportional, up to a point.
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Friday, September 18, 2009 7:00 AM

Windows 95's ticking death

Tick tick tick.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:00 AM

Should I fix the spelling in the United States Constitution?

That's not an eff.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:00 AM

Rentonites concerned about Hooters opening in their town, but not for the reason you think

Too hoity-toity.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:00 AM

Whoa there, logging on awful fast now are we?

What happens when you log on too quickly.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:00 AM

Crazy Eddie: His prices were insane because it was all a criminal operation

Sam Antar explains.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:00 AM

Why does the Start menu search box autoselect some items but not others?

It depends on the type of item.
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Monday, September 14, 2009 7:00 AM

A complex family calculus

Whom to wake up?
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Monday, September 14, 2009 7:00 AM

Can you create an information context for the display?

Why bother?
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Friday, September 11, 2009 7:00 AM

Most people who go to an open house aren't actually interested in buying it

The rest are just looky-loos.
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Friday, September 11, 2009 7:00 AM

If you're handling an out of memory exception, you probably shouldn't allocate memory

Encountering the same problem you're trying to report.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:00 AM

Start with a $50,000 grant, hold a fundraiser, lose $47,000

Phase three: Not profit.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:00 AM

Management-speak: Focus

How can you focus on more than one thing?
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:00 AM

Hey, you look Chinese, we have a class for people like you

Except I don't need it.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:00 AM

When you agree to write to a particular length, make sure your content is actually that length

Your editor has a magazine to fill.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:00 AM

Why are developer tools orange?

An odd pattern.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:00 AM

Things other people have written that have amused me, Episode 2

Counting nostrils.
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Monday, September 07, 2009 7:00 AM

Thanks for identifying the good programmers for us

The ones who can't make it are the good ones.
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Friday, September 04, 2009 7:00 AM

Two-year-old as finite state machine

I did it!
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Friday, September 04, 2009 7:00 AM

Reading the error message carefully can help you see how the computer misinterpreted what you typed

Look carefully at what the error message complaining about; it may not be what you expect.
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:00 AM

Grown in the middle of some very respectable Seattle suburbs, such as Renton

Changing fortunes.
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:00 AM

Woe unto PROGMAN.INI

A file format once documented becomes an API.
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:00 AM

Welcome to the 11th annual Mid-Atlantic Road-E-O

Beep beep beep.
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:00 AM

The wheels of government bureaucracy turn slowly: Green cards

Just too late.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:00 AM

Walt Mosspuppet: The return of the fake blog

Or in this case, video blog.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:00 AM

One way to make sure nobody sends you feedback

A little misdirection.
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