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Actually, this information is incorrect. One program manager did say this, but was immediate reversed by a higher up program manager. WTL will stay unsupported, but it will get improvements. I hear the next version of the Platform SDK may well have a number of improvements to it. But, Microsofts primary direction is .NET.

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Hello! I second with this. Chris Sells would be very good. Slavo.

It works OK until your program relies on more memory than is physically available. After that point every pass the garbage collector makes of your memory you swap every page in the programs memory space. Performance suffers, badly. Its the one thing the vendors don't comment on. Its one reason why large programs (such as CAD and GIS programs) will never get done in C# or Java. Re: All the fuss about should I go .Net or not? Depends on if you are writing very large apps or not. If you are, then beware garbage collection. Stephen

Thanks for the URL. I think it should be: http://www.eudora.com/email/features/ART\_moodwatch.ht

Wow, people in the states started crying for relief when gas prices hit $1.50 a gallon. I'm amazed there isn't wholesale cheating going on to beat the taxman. People converting their cars to run on LP and petrol, station owners selling "under the table", etc

"Selecting Blendolini Causes Choco-Banana Shake Hang" - oh that's hilarious

Uhh.. my computer is emmiting a whining noise and the clock on my wall is turning backwards. :~

This is true but you're missing the point. Most text containing hyperlinks contains a description of what the link is for. In this case, the link's description didn't say much about it except that it was for those with "LD relationships". It said nothing about it containing sexual material, which to most (if not all) companies is highly objectionable. So what Jamie is asking for is just a warning message for any links that may be considered objectionable by corporate "big brothers". I don't think he personally had anything against the link itself but his superiors may have thought differently and he just didn't want to deal with such an issue. Personally, I agree with him. Regards, Alvaro

>> Again, none of this will prevent a determined cracker, or even a half-good one. Agreed, but what you suggest is cracked in 10 minutes, using RegSnap, RegMon and Regedit. (We use a third party copy protection scheme, which I eh... tested). It uses encrypted keys which also contain some of the information about the type of the license (time/user limited - trial or full version, etc...). Althoug I did not remove the key's encryption protection, I was always able to fool the program in extending (renewing) the evaluation time/license. I do not have an adequate answer to this problem, but maybe it is still worthwile to invest in a good third party protection program (And try to break the security yourself when you are evaluating the product so you have an idea how difficult it is for a thief to rob you from your bread and butter)

After having spent the last couple weeks working with Linux, I can now say with some authority that people will NOT be switching from Windows to Linux anytime soon. It is NOT as stable as people claim! The user interface is REALLY bad (both KDE and GNOME.....they just don't feel anywhere near as good as Windows or Mac OS). The only decent IDE I have found is something called KDevelop (see www.KDevelop.org) which is GREAT for a free software package (better than what Code Warrior has to offer!), but isn't as good as Dev Studio....given time it might make it there, but its not there today. With all this, the only thing I can see that you get with Linux is stability (maybe its better than Windows 2000, but from what I hear Win 2000 is very very very stable) and security.....great for a web server, but not something I think the average person needs...

I drink cheap wine. I find it allows me to focus more clearly on my task and provide insight. Also, being drunk allows me the luxury of not really caring to much about whether or not my task gets finished. BTW Anybody know where I can find a job

Well, actually it was tougher than one might imagine. Yes, the three guys were from Wintellect, but one of them has almost nothing about him posted on the web site. He's not listed in any of the course materials, nor does he appear to have a picture there. So there really were two tough names to come up with, not just one.

Thank you!!! Regardz -Rya

Wow This shows the depth of knowledge here in the Lounge ! Thanx again Regardz Coli