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  1. Re:He does have some good points on Ballmer Slams Android As Cheap and Overcomplicated · · Score: 1
    You say you don't like .NET, but then you mostly just talk about bad coding practices you've seen.

    You mention making "forms". Do you mean programming in WinForms, or WPF, or?

  2. Re:DirectX on Doom Creator Says Direct3D Is Now Better Than OpenGL · · Score: 1

    You haven't used Visual Studio in 13 years (VS 6.0 came out in 1998), but you feel like you know what problems it still has?

  3. Isn't this what Google does? on The Future of OpenSolaris Revealed · · Score: 1

    How does this differ than what Google does with the Android OS? Or Apple with WebKit?

  4. Re:Business as usual on Microsoft's Ad Team Trumps IE Developers' Privacy Aims · · Score: 1

    If the icon is pinned to the taskbar in Windows 7, you just right click and select "Start InPrivate Browsing"

  5. Re:But you'll still only be able to find southwest on Google Acquires ITA Software, Regulators May Balk · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I have a daughter with a peanut allergy you insensitive clod!

    But seriously, since Southwest doesn't clean up between flights (only once in the morning), we can no longer take Southwest anymore. Even if they ban peanuts on our flight, there is too much old peanuts on the seats, floor, and air. Last time my daughter started getting a bad reaction and we had to douse her with medicine to keep it from getting life-threatening.

    People don't realize that just a little bit of peanuts around can cause those with allegeries to stop breathing.

  6. Re:XP is the 90's? on Time To Dump XP? · · Score: 1

    There are reasons the progress bar dialogs don't show all the work being done. Reporting takes time. Would you rather have more information over having it complete quicker?

  7. Re:Google vs Microsoft on Microsoft Accuses Google Docs of Data Infidelity · · Score: 1, Informative

    This isn't only OOXML documentation. This is the current versions used by Office 2007, and also documents the older binary versions.

  8. Re:Google vs Microsoft on Microsoft Accuses Google Docs of Data Infidelity · · Score: 2, Informative

    Microsoft has documented all the binary and XML file formats used by office: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313118(office.12).aspx

  9. Re:XNA is not perfect on Devs Finally Finding Success With Xbox Indie Games · · Score: 1

    It only rules out RPGs where the authors "documented" the language so that it could be translated. Most fantasy languages aren't fully fleshed out like the one in "Lord of the Rings" or "Star Trek".

  10. Re:XNA is not perfect on Devs Finally Finding Success With Xbox Indie Games · · Score: 2, Informative
    That's only partially, true, and the sound is issue is being resolved:
  11. Re:I wonder on Microsoft Steals Code From Microblogging Startup · · Score: 1

    Here is the official press release with the answer: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/dec09/12-15statement.mspx

  12. Re:Google on Mozilla Exec Urges Switch From Google To Bing · · Score: 1

    Responding to a Subpoena is not "volunteering".

  13. Re:First sale doctrine on Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month · · Score: 1
    From the linked article in the summary:

    To get them on board, studios probably would have to offer them a lower wholesale price than that paid by retailers, currently $18 for most standard DVDs and $25 for high-definition Blu-ray discs.

  14. Re:Can someone explain.. on Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month · · Score: 1
    From the linked article:

    To get them on board, studios probably would have to offer them a lower wholesale price than that paid by retailers, currently $18 for most standard DVDs and $25 for high-definition Blu-ray discs.

  15. Re:Not for desktop pc's, but on 10/GUI — an Interface For Multi-Touch Input · · Score: 1

    In Windows 7 (not sure about Vista), as long as you keep holding ALT after pressing ALT+TAB, you can use the mouse or keyboard to select the window you want.

  16. Re:This is great news if on Cracking Open the SharePoint Fortress · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if the parent is being sarcastic, but I can pay for gmail by paying for Google Apps. Something that's being advertised very heavily recently.

  17. Re:We DO need another desktop OS. on Shuttleworth Suggests 1-Way Valve For User Experience Testing · · Score: 2, Informative

    For corporate networks, the network administrator can make programs available for download from the network. That interface is what one would use to install them. In Vista, now there is a seperate icon to "Install programs from the network."

  18. Re:Microsoft Is the Epitome of Evil on Microsoft Tax Dodge At Issue In Washington State · · Score: 1

    Leaving the whole argument of whether the bridge benefits the city aside, Microsoft is paying 17 million of the 30 million cost of that bridge. Considering that this road is a public road, that seems quite generous to me.

  19. Re:Almost competing on Windows 7 Upgrade Can Take Nearly a Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Windows has a handicap here in that sometimes it doesn't matter how experienced you are, the only way of fixing some stuff is with magic voodoo steps or a complete reinstall (under Linux, you usually can dig around enough to find the root cause and fix it).

    I think the problem is that there is a big difference between "experienced" Linux users, and "experienced" Windows users. If people who think they were an "experienced" Windows user really were, they would know how to use various tools available to diagnose problems on Windows.

    Mark Russinovich's blog contains many examples of how one can find the root cause of those odd problems using free tools.

  20. Re:It has begun... on Safari 3.1 For Windows Violates Its Own EULA, Vulnerable To Hacks · · Score: 1

    Zune?

  21. Re:At least... on Microsoft Internal Emails Show Dismay With Vista · · Score: 1

    Link for that claim? The only thing that comes close was that Microsoft had, on a beta version of Windows 3.1, disabled Windows from running on a non-MS base OS.

  22. Re:The Candidates don't matter on McCain, Clinton Win New Hampshire · · Score: 1

    For those curious, Ron Paul's response is here.

  23. Re:Comparison to DirectX on OpenGL Programming Guide 6th Ed. · · Score: 1
    DirectX is a nightmare of ActiveX/COM objects.

    When was the last time you've used DirectX? COM is nicely hidden (See the code below).

    // initialize DirectX

    m_D3D = Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION);

    // uninitialize DirectX

    SAFE_RELEASE(m_D3D);

    It's anything but pretty to look at it. It takes a lot of code to get started before you can do anything. There's a very steep learning curve to fight through before you can do anything at all with it. It gets easier once you've managed to get it going, but it still isn't pretty.

    I don't know what code you've been looking at, but I've worked with both OpenGL and DirectX, and both allow for clean code. Both have a learning curve.

  24. Re:Oblig Futurama Reference on German Physicists Claim Speed of Light Broken · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's why we don't use the metric system in the US!

  25. Re:Extensions on Microsoft Drops Hints on IE8 · · Score: 1

    Good point, but I think that the difference is that only one person, or a team, has to know how to program COM to make a plugin.