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  • Subject : Developers that are happily employed.
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    Atlassian?

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  • .NET Source....
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    I thought this was common knowledge, surely there are other people who have debugged using the .Net source code?!

    The Lounge csharp asp-net dotnet wpf wcf

  • Weird things you do when you're coding?
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    I sometimes talk to myself (ie tell myself the solution in code) - one time I talked out loud and a colleague said "oh thats how you do it" while a manager walked past. The manager gave us a strange look as if he thought we were using mental telepathy to communicate.

    The Lounge com question

  • Firefox 5 vs IE9 on MSDN
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    So let me get this straight, if I created an AutoIT script to simulate clicking the msdn subscription renew button using IE9 a million times (> 3 times appears to be a bit lenient... so I'm assuming there is no limit), I'll have a million dollars in my bank account?

    The Lounge visual-studio help csharp

  • SSD's, what's the latest word?
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    The Hot Crazy Solid State Drive Scale[^] The picture of Barney pointing out "Hot vs Crazy" sums it up perfectly! And the video is hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zADosF3XoQ[^]

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  • Step Right Up, Get Yer Session 'ere
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    I cant overlook that it would have been so much easier to keep the datatable in the session rather than mangle it as a colon csv, there must have been a good reason... then again we see this stuff on DailyWTF.com all the time

    The Weird and The Wonderful asp-net csharp javascript database com

  • Help fix performance problems in VS
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    To be fair, not all problems are Microsofts fault. Take for example: vs2010-rtm-crashes-when-unlocking-xp[^] - from the memory dump wesaw the video driver was the culprit, not a Microsoft problem. I too have had my fair share of Connect issues rejected, marked as designed, or wont fix. Half the time I think its due to all the hoops and quality checks to get releases out the door at Microsoft, eg: DebugDiag - The Saga to RTM[^]

    The Lounge visual-studio help csharp css com

  • Visual Studio(.NET) on mac os x
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    if there is any mac version of visual studio ?? No If there is mac version of sql server ?? No IIS to run locally for testing etc etc ? No there isn't a version of VS that runs on Mac, the closest is Mono. Or use a VM.

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  • Small Basic - Success Story [modified]
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    I'm teaching my nephew to program, he gets confused assigning to the right as in math but its amazing how quick these kids can pick it up. About 5yrs ago I was told they learn Visual Studio in year 10!

    The Lounge question csharp asp-net com performance

  • Any Animator Wannabees?
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    If your going to invest time learning 3D Animation go with a top product like Maya, 3D Studio Max, LightWave or etc

    The Lounge html com question

  • Try b4efore you buy software that stops working when you pay for it!!!
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    Thats the very first troubleshooting step I ask, offering to accommodate her in UK time (I'm in Oz) - she refused.

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  • Try b4efore you buy software that stops working when you pay for it!!!
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    Over the years a handful of customers have complained to Paypal after they purchased. In all instances Paypal was on our side and told us to advertise the software as "Non-Tangible" because they said a lot of people try and get free software this way. I've already replied: Can you please tell me the steps so I can reproduce this issue? Do I install the program, put in a serial and then am I suppose to get prompted about a missing ocx file?

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  • Try b4efore you buy software that stops working when you pay for it!!!
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    Cheers Damian (5), just trying to think of a name for what this is called, it could be a huge market!!! Non-Free Ware Rort Ware Serial Bomb Ware

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  • Try b4efore you buy software that stops working when you pay for it!!!
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    To put this in perspective. We've been in business since 2004. We've sold over 1000 copies with admittedly 60 support cases. It makes me grumpy that non-technical people think they can spin technical BS, that makes no senxe and expect us to fix it!

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  • Try b4efore you buy software that stops working when you pay for it!!!
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    A new support case came in the other day, woman complaining about a error message "missing richtx32.ocx" I think to myself *no problem* - I'll reply with some regsvr loving... A couple of emails to and fro and she ends up saying "if it doesn't work I want a refund" I reply with more troubleshooting steps and asking her to answer my questions to aid troubleshooting. And I repeated the message plastered all across our website -> our software is sold on a Try-Before-You-Buy basis. She must think I'm stupid or something, look at this: "I did try it before I purchased it and the demo worked fine the problems only occurred after I paid for it which makes us very concerned about the product as a whole as to wether it is a scam."

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  • Execute code only if query successful
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    Joe follow Paw Jershauge's advice.. look at the inner exception

    C# database help question

  • As useful as a COBOL programmer
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    Thanks for pointing that out. I hope it wasn't in the code project news letter - I atleast didn't see it, a colleague sent this to me, thought I would share.

    The Lounge sysadmin help question

  • This is weird
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    Well then my message should cheer you up Marc...

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  • As useful as a COBOL programmer
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    Jack was a COBOL programmer in the mid to late 1990s. After years of being taken for granted and treated as a technological dinosaur by all the Client/Server programmers, PC repair technicians and website developers, he was finally getting some respect. He’d become a private consultant specializing in Year 2000 conversions. Several years of this relentless, mind-numbing work had taken its toll on Jack. He began having anxiety dreams about the Year 2000. All he could think about was how he could avoid the year 2000 and all that came with it. Jack decided to contact a company that specialized in cryogenics. He made a deal to have himself frozen until March 15th, 2000. The next thing he would know is he’d wake up in the year 2000; after the New Year celebrations and computer debacles; after the leap day. Nothing else to worry about except getting on with his life. He was put into his cryogenic receptacle, the technicians set the revive date, he was given injections to slow his heartbeat to a bare minimum, and that was that. The next thing that Jack saw was an enormous and very modern room filled with excited people. They were all shouting “I can’t believe it!” and “It’s a miracle” and “He’s alive!”. There were cameras (unlike any he’d ever seen) and equipment that looked like it came out of a science fiction movie. Someone who was obviously a spokesperson for the group stepped forward. Jack couldn’t contain his enthusiasm. “Is it over?” he asked. “Is the year 2000 already here? Are all the millennial parties and promotions and crises all over and done with?” The spokesman explained that there had been a problem with the programming of the timer on Jack’s cryogenic receptacle, it hadn’t been year 2000 compliant. It was actually eight thousand years later, not the year 2000. Technology had advanced to such a degree that everyone had virtual reality interfaces which allowed them to contact anyone else on the planet. “That sounds terrific,” said Jack. “But I’m curious. Why is everybody so interested in me?” “Well,” said the spokesman. “The year 10000 is just around the corner, and it says in your files that you know COBOL”.

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  • what data type use in String concatination function in vc++ DLL?
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    I agree, Excel had its own C compiler so even for speed advantages I cant see the point of calling to vc++ to concatenate two strings! If it was another datatype that would be a different story.

    C / C++ / MFC c++ question
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