New UI... meh. I'm not excited. Looks like the Metro design team got a hold of Visual Studio. What I want to know is if they fixed C++/CLI intellisense. However, now that I've gotten used to working without it, I'm really not certain I want it back.

So true. I can't even browse work items or builds while recompiling. I have to open another instance of VS to do those things while waiting for the compile to finish. Very frustrating.

Exactly, so all the lip service for the last X number of years about gradients and a rich, colorful UI are out the door? We just had an interface change in VS2010. Stick with something for more than one version please.

Coming from the perspective of one who targets .NET and Mono with a WinForms app... it works, mostly. The UI itself doesn't render nearly the same under Mono. Close, but not the same. Not really unexpected... but. I've even had to change the way I lay things out in Windows to appease Mono on occasion. Seems like it was a TableLayoutPanel that caused me trouble. In a few spots I've also had to write some code paths specifically for Mono because it just doesn't work like the .NET runtime. Not a huge deal. If you're experience is anything like mine then you shouldn't have too much trouble converting your application under the assumption that MonoTouch has a completely different control set and the UI will need reworked anyway.

I'm not sure I'd call it the Mac version of SharpDevelop. To my knowledge they forked a long time ago.

Bend them to your will! :) Your way is the "right" way IMO... which doesn't count for anything, but...

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Well... I guess I'm in the minority with you then because I also have a CS degree. I like to think of myself primarily as a programmer due to the fact that I enjoy just sitting at my machine with my headphones on and working on code. However, I work in a small shop (4 people) that services internal customer requirements... so I'm the developer and the programmer in most cases. Regarding CS vs. Software Engineering... when I was at university the difference in the degrees was a total of 5~6 classes. Don't recall exactly what they were but advanced assembly comes to mind. Those 'Engineering' guys can have it. :)

Although they're all good... here's my favorite. :) Start off by wrapping nearly every tiny piece of functionality in a try / catch phrase. Then… inside the catch… put a comment, like “// It borked lawl.” Unfortunately I have seen this exact situation more often than I want to admit. I think their thought when writing such is, "Exception handling is evil... I want my On Error Goto!"

I find lack of documentation to be a problem across the board when it comes to most things in the HTPC domain. I got into it a couple (three or four) years ago and at that time Media Portal wasn't even 1.0, although I did try it... so I ponied up for SageTV. Yeah... I know, Java. I was just looking for something that worked. ;) To this day I'm still running it with minimal issues. Upgrades have even been relatively pain free. Although, as with anything HTPC related, I do not enjoy the task ahead when it comes time to upgrade.

Agreed - I spent a lot of time in mathematics courses as well. I'm really not sure where I was supposed to use all that calculus in day-to-day coding. Likewise, early programming courses focused on data structures and algorithms, not application implementation. Although I really do enjoy understanding an avs binary search tree implementation, having coded one, I'm really not sure the price paid to get that (n log n) sort overhead is worth it. List<T>.Sort() works great for me. ;)

DVDFab for ripping... MagicDisc (less invasive than DeamonTools IMO) for ISO mount support.

Another vote for Tortoise... but I may have to give AnkhSVN a look.

It may not be the newest kid on the block... but I'm a fan of Unison. I tried SyncToy and it never gave me a 1:1 replica. When Unison is done with two replicas they are always equal. Folder for folder, file for file, total byte length to total byte length. I've been using it for all my backups for years. To answer the questions: 1) Yes 2) Yes 3-6) No I backup to several external drives (USB/eSATA) on an irregular basis and also to my file server running RAID-5 on a nightly basis (not technically a dedicated NAS but the machine does little else than serve files and run Folding@Home).

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Marc Clifton wrote:

I find this sloppy work everywhere. I've worked with people that feel that getting one task done a day is sufficient to make management happy, even if that task took 10 minutes. It befuddles the imagination. I'm not sure it even has to do with common sense. I think it's more an issue of pride and interest in doing a good job.

Agreed. In my shop I have to go behind folks all the time fixing "fixes". It gets really old after a while- to the point that I've begun letting them fail so they will (maybe) see the err of their ways, mostly due to a lack of attention to detail. I, on the other hand, have an interest and desire to ship a good product, call me crazy.

Code 'em by day... Build 'em, clock 'em & Fold 'em by night. :) http://folding.stanford.edu[^] http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21[^] I'm also a drummer and still play kit from time to time, with extensive time in between. ;)

It's called Plug & Play because no one has to manually configure hex addresses and IRQs anymore. Of course in those days a device was a device and didn't need drivers to interact with a bloated OS.

7-Zip

- Check the psu voltage rails (3.3v, 5v, 12v) in BIOS. They should be +/- 5%. - CPU Temps in BIOS? If it's into the 60s... might be trouble. - Any visibly bulging capacitors on the motherboard? - Lastly, have you tried to run a bit of Memtest (www.memtest.org)?