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June 2008 - Posts

Monday, June 30, 2008 7:00 AM

2008 mid-year link clearance

Solstice clearance.
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Monday, June 30, 2008 7:00 AM

You don't need that 90 byte whereis program any more

It's included with Windows Vista.
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Friday, June 27, 2008 7:00 AM

GUIDs are globally unique, but substrings of GUIDs aren't

Half of a GUID is worse than none.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:00 AM

The mystery of the garbage lady

Where's that trash coming from?
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:00 AM

The disappointment of people who need to have their hand held from beginning to end

I know I have to call this function, but can it be done in code?
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:00 AM

The difference between a junior and senior position at a video card company

The new guy gets to write the drivers.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:00 AM

Don't require your users to have a degree in philosophy, episode 3

Marketing is all about making users ask for something they don't want.
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Monday, June 23, 2008 7:00 AM

Raymond misreads acronyms: MSPP-PVP

Partner versus partner?
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Monday, June 23, 2008 7:00 AM

Just because you're using a smart pointer class doesn't mean you can abdicate understanding what it does

Proper use.
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Friday, June 20, 2008 7:00 AM

Donations to the Microsoft Archives: Pens, CDs, and paperweights

Recording Microsoft history.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:00 AM

Why is there a menu show delay, anyway?

So you don't lose a big menu because you lost a mouse dexterity game.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:00 AM

MSDN-speak: What does it mean when a parameter contains a value?

It means that it has or is that value.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Pricing uplift

Also known as profit.
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Monday, June 16, 2008 7:00 AM

Blinding bank robbers with kindness

Confrontation through overwhelming pleasantness
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Monday, June 16, 2008 7:00 AM

How do the common controls convert between ANSI and Unicode?

It goes through CP_ACP.
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Friday, June 13, 2008 7:00 AM

Sometimes it's easier just to let the native speaker win

Okay, you got me.
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Friday, June 13, 2008 7:00 AM

Don't be helpless: You can find information, too, if you try

Don't be scared.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:00 AM

Email tip: Pronouns in the subject line are in the eye of the beholder

Where is "my office"?
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:00 AM

If you say that you don't care about something, you shouldn't be upset that it contains garbage

Because you said you didn't care.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:00 AM

Simply attach a piano to the end of the trebuchet

And off it goes.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:00 AM

There are only twelve function keys, and who says there's somebody there to push them?

And they're starting to run out.
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Monday, June 09, 2008 7:00 AM

Money: The new plagiarism

There's no room for footnotes.
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Monday, June 09, 2008 7:00 AM

Why are DLLs uninitialized in the "wrong" order?

The same reason they unload in the "wrong" order.
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Friday, June 06, 2008 7:00 AM

Million Dollar Password: At least it shares a name with the original

Modernizing a classic.
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Friday, June 06, 2008 7:00 AM

Why does OpenProcess succeed even when I add three to the process ID?

An artifact of the implementation, not contractual.
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 7:00 AM

Portugal TechDays 2008: A report

From the speaker side.
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:00 AM

Isn't the Learning Annex for total losers?

Cash Peters investigates.
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:00 AM

Why has my clipboard stopped working?

Some program opened the clipboard and forgot to close it.
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:00 AM

Food products that are offenses against nature: Bisquick Shake 'n Pour

Because cracking an egg is so time-consuming.
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:00 AM

Dlaczego Microsoft zatopił Polskę?

Front page news, apparently.
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Monday, June 02, 2008 7:00 AM

Raymond misreads newspaper headlines, episode 3

First lady to speak at Ala. school hit by tornado
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Monday, June 02, 2008 7:00 AM

Why are accelerators for hidden controls still active?

Accessibility.
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