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The computer industry, especially the programming profession, has long had (at least internally) a reputation as one of the most creativity-centered disciplines of anything that’s called “engineering” (though what’s called software engineering usually isn’t). This is a very interesting study, … Continue reading →

While I’m commenting on interesting stuff on Dave Dribin’s blog, let me point out a couple things about his post on SSH proxies. The problem with this technique is DNS. One, it becomes possible to figure out which sites you’re … Continue reading →

Nope, Dave, C++ calls Super() in the following code: class Super{ public: Super() { cout

Who the fuck would catch, log, AND THEN RETHROW an exception? Dear lord. If you’re throwing it, let the top layer deal with it, dumbass. That includes logging it. Sometimes I really hate java exceptions. Update: I was referring to … Continue reading →

A few things I’ve been looking at: Glossary: FXO – Foreign Exchange Office, a device that connects to a POTS provider such as the PSTN. FXS – Foreign Exchange Station, a device that connects to a phone. Provides power. voip-info.org, … Continue reading →

1) Get New Mail 2) Read it with OWA 3) Notice that the envelope icon in the taskbar doesn’t go away, even if you double click it and see there are no new messages. You can right click on the … Continue reading →

this is so broken. I installed the Bitstream Vera fonts (download from here) on Windows XP. I rebooted, changed font display options from 120 dpi to 96 dpi (which is more appropriate anyway since I’m only running at 1280×1024, to … Continue reading →

If, for some reason, I append “.exe” to devenv, when running a command line build in a batch file, the build runs but is completely silent. If I copy and paste that same command into a regular command prompt window, … Continue reading →

Apparently (and I say only “apparently” because I’m not too big on testing this) — if I leave a process in the debug state using the MSVC.NET debugger and the screen saver kicks in, after I unlock the screen the … Continue reading →