I think joel[^] does a good job covering the highlights of what makes a good software development shop. There is process, and it is very important that it is there, but it exists for only one reason, to produce high quality software. I think CMM breaks down because it has one solution for every problem, create a document. It enforces process and communication through documentation and that is very unnatural and slow. Many problems have better solutions. I had a manager that was all into CMM. Every time we had a problem, he added a section to a document or another document to prevent it from happening again. So when the team wanted to create an automated install to reduce launch problems and get us out of the office before 2AM, he fought it because it elmininated the 8 page launch document and all the launch drills that we had to endure, even though most problems during launch could be linked to the admins missing steps outlined in the launch doc. I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

I told you I needed a good writing reference :) nay

I don't recall every reading the book, but he sure invented a yummy sandwich :laugh: QRZ? de WAØTTN

See the FAQ 8.2 A program I've written doesn't load when it's run on a computer without Visual C++ installed. Why?[^] --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- Actual sign at the laundromat I go to: "No tinting or dying."

Yeah that didn't work either. I appreciate the reply, though! nay

Chris Maunder wrote: - missing data points Jay: Hey look! A mountain Bob: Hmmm, not in our poorly-formatted-ASCII-data file Jay: Ahh, ok, no problem then. The mountain does not exist then, data file says so ... ... Bob: Jay... Jay: Bob? Bob: I think we are flying upside down Jay: What makes you think that, Bob? Bob: Just reached the EOF and it has a disclaimer "All co-ords in reverse notation" Jay: Ahh Bob: Shit... Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson

Ewwwww! :eek:

Windows is a preemptive multi-tasker. It will periodically suspend your process to allow other things to run. If that isn't good enough for the thread in question, then force the priority of the thread to a lower level. Thus, if the use tries to work with practically any other window, they will be responsive. There just isn't any justification for using Sleep on a real multi-tasking operating system. It causes excessive kernel transitions to do something that the OS is already designed to do for you. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

nay wrote: My employer doesn't mind because I'm working at a mid-level programming position for co-op pay. I feel for you - I did the same thing. They had me managing engineers before I graduated, doing all the requirements analysis and conceptual design before handing the pieces out to my team. When I finally graduated, they gave me a 5% raise, while newbies that graduated at the same time but lacked any experience they paid 20% more than I was making. I should have left then, but I stuck it out another three years. Hang in there, and practice, practice, practice... You'll make it!:-D "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)

i thought that's what i said...(it's what i meant to say, anyway) :) my current amp is a hybrid, but the best i ever had was an all-tube Fender 4x10. the louder it got, the better it sounded. mm.mm.good. -c I'm not the droid you're looking for. ThumbNailer

Are you by any chance using the WndTabs IDE extension? WndTabs opens some ports and listens for other copies of WndTabs and compares serial numbers to make sure you're not using multiple copies with one serial. -- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?

You can definitely consume a web service without IIS, as to providing a web service I beleive they provide xml/soap messages via http, that is why they are so popular, distributed over a common protocol like http. So you are probably going to need a http server, it doesn't necessarily have to be IIS, I don't think. Soliant | email   "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." -Albert E.

yeah i get this one too.. this happens when i try to add a button to a dialog i tried to add a class for.. basicly currently i cannot add a class to any new dialog i create.. it acts like it makes the class, but it doesnt.. and if i try to add a message handler i get this error you mentioned.. -dz

Many of those mentioned are good but at very different levels of detail and coverage. I have many of them. Take the list and go to the store and look to see. To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

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This schema allows the attribute of the Group element names Type to be either LineGroup or BitGroup. To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately the code is at work so I cannot check it to see if that's what I did. I was sure I put the / on the end but who knows. It is the weekend so I'll worry about it on monday.:) nay