Don't be a tease, where is the setting ? ...cmk The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying. - John Carmack

As I recall, the Biltmore isn't bad, though it is expensive. If you have to be in downtown LA, better to stay close to where the meeting will be hosted. "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

http://www.techinsurance.com/sample_quotesIC.aspx[^] ...cmk The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying. - John Carmack

I saw that the other day and the question is why. But I guess if it had some shelf life and you were going to on a month excursion in the desert or some remote place that would be great.. John

Based on their bug response i'm not too surprised. Thanks for checking, i really didn't want to install VC 2008 Express just to check. ...cmk The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying. - John Carmack

Paper clip: I see that you want to work without assistance, would you like me to help you with that?

This is supposedly the facts[^]. Judging by that article, there is most likely something wrong with your driver. FYI, I had to switch to DirectX drivers for UT99 (the first Unreal Tournament game). The OpenGL driver crashes way too often.

I used to love the song but haven't been able to remember the name for years. I have the Galaxie music channel on the TV while i'm coding: http://www.galaxie.ca/en/0/[^] Right now i'm listening to RockandRoll (Ch.719 in Toronto): http://www.galaxie.ca/en/1/cequijoue.php?channel_id=21[^] They played the original by the The Chips, quick google found the YouTube BB version - sweet. ...cmk The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying. - John Carmack

Rocky Moore wrote: you do not have to buy them again next year unless a new versions comes out My point exactly, with a subscription you are paying and paying over and over again. I think if you are doing even halfway decent in your profession, particularly as a small shop it's *because* you are spending money wisely. The old msdn was costing us thousands of dollars a year that we put into 3rd party components instead which saved a *lot* of time and development costs which in turn means faster time to market etc etc. A positive cashflow feedback loop. Once you have the basic tools you need the single most important area to spend money on for a small shop is pre-made components. The subscription made more sense a while ago when new products were coming out left right and center at a furious pace but Microsoft isn't releasing significantly new products anywhere near as often as they used to. Rocky Moore wrote: I think they just might make a ton of money on them now I don't think they are actually which is why they are so expensive and getting more expensive all the time, but I could be wrong. I bet they are making a lot more money on the stuff destined for the typical end user, not the developer. Time will tell but I wouldn't be at all surprised if they change their business model towards developers. "I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon

I guess we differ on what 'specifics' means. Anyways ... Mercedes: I did not know that, nor could i find any information on it, so i can't really make any argument for or against what you are saying. Adobe: Didn't know you were waiting for me. I looked it up and admit i was rather surprised - you are correct, it is a good example. Not only was there a patent for a control design, but the judge upheld the patent (to the surprise of more than a few people). http://www.turdhead.com/2005/11/09/patently-absurd-no-tab-panel-dragging-in-flash-8/[^] The search also lead me to the following site: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/[^] in particular the Adobe patent: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5546528.html?s_id=aca40fb214c57100da635d87bd61e137[^] I also followed some of the related patents and was horrified at what has been patented. The patent office is even more out of control than i had thought. This was also a good site contrasting the different types of intellectual property: http://patent-faq.com/types.htm[^] http://patent-faq.com/design.htm[^] All that aside, i still have some comments. The design patents, that i expect these control/UI patents fall under, are based on making something that looks the same. I find the following quotes relevant: There is little breadth of protection provided by design patents. In the US, ever since 1878, the question of whether or not an accused product infringes a design patent is put in the terms "would a consumer who wanted to buy the patented product and who saw the accused product and the patented product next to each other on a shelf pick up the wrong one?". Only if the consumer can’t readily tell the

dan neely wrote: They'll want humanities majors as being more easily duped by such tactics. doesn't always work. Logic is believed easily fooled with reason. Any lawyer with an ego (read: all of them) believe they can out-reason anyone else. However, playing up the right or left works better. several lawyers hate me now. :-D which is good too, although you have to be in the system for a time, then they want you out. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

looks like it's related to something i posted here a while back. -c image processing toolkits | batch image processing | blogging

Yeah.. very clever animation. I saw this a couple of weeks ago; was just waiting for another CG metal thread to post it to :) "For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.

The bit field specifiers aren't ignored if it can fit on byte's length : byte month : 4; // 1 - 12 byte day : 4; // 1 - 16 This will fits in a byte ! To be sure everything to be in your uint, always stuff things like you done with 'res' to fill everything... Kochise In Code we trust !

Chris Maunder wrote: Articles new enough to appear in the latest 10 haven't been there (in general) long enough to get a representative sample of unbiased votes. I'd rather present them on their own merits, unencumbered by a rating. At least for the 12 hrs they appear in that list. A good point, however the 'Latest Best Picks' shows the number of votes. I'm suggesting you leave it to the user to determine if a score of 2 with 3 votes has any meaning. To me showing the score and number of votes _is_ unbiased. From what i've seen, articles that receive a 1 or 2, or a 4 or 5 with only a couple of votes generally aren't too far off the mark. I made the suggestion based on that observation; having gone in to look at many articles over the years, only to see they were useless and noticed they would have a 1 or 2. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

Thanks Mike, your remarks are in line with what i was thinking. I'll take a look a the blog page sign-in. The only reason this is an issue as some C++/ODBC code broke (a couple queries) moving from SQL Srv 2000 to Sql Srv 2005. It turns out some cursors that were being silently degraded aren't anymore. As such i want to get a better handle on what they sould be to start with. Again, thanks cmk [EDIT] FYI, Just fuond: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190641.aspx[^] [/EDIT] -- modified at 18:53 Monday 24th July, 2006

Much more reasonable price, thanks. I didn't see them when i looked at the list of ICANN accredited registrars. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set