Try using something like Blueprint CSS[^], it's a CSS framework and I've found it makes life a hell of a lot easier, especially using the grid test as you can quite clearly see how everything lines up. Paul.

Nope, it just means you can use Reflector to decompile the code and get hold of the missing source easier, which is something I had to do recently! :-D

I'll second that! I've got the cheaper 525 model as I wasn't sure about dropping such a large amount of cash on a remote control, but having been using it for over a year now I can say that I'd never go back to multiple remotes, it's just so easy to use and if mine ever broke I wouldn't think twice about buying the more expensive model.

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As of April '05 DirectShow was moved to the Platform SDK though you still need the DirectX SDK to be able to build the samples.....

How about using all those slots for a USB bbq instead?? :-D

Beat me my 2 mins!! :-D

Well, you're talking about RAM, which is volatile memory, therefore to maintain its contents you need to supply it with power, on a Pocket PC switching it off isn't actually switching it off as everything in RAM is still there when you power back on, so the simple answer is the more RAM you put in a Pocket PC the more of a drain on the battery it becomes, which is why you tend to only see PPCs with either 64 or 128 megs. Those watches your talking of have flash memory, which doesn't require a constant supply of power to maintain its state, which is the same as the storage cards you can buy for your Pocket PC. Windows Mobile 5 has introduced some new power saving features whereby the contents of RAM, I believe, are stored to ROM when you switch the device off and even when the device is on it can use the ROM as additional memory, I guess a bit like swap files on a desktop pc, this means that you may very well see new pocket pcs with more memory as its not such a drain on the battery as it used to be.

Have you tried Autoruns from Sysinternals? It enumerates everything that's set to run automatically on your machine when you boot up including shell extensions and allows you to delete anything quite painlessly, I've used it a number of times now, if anything it saves labourously going through the registry!

Vikram Shannon wrote:

WOW!

Oh yeh! :cool:

Vikram Shannon wrote:

Thanks, Paul! I've bookmarked it.

You've just reminded me to bookmark it myself :)

A work colleague gave me this link to a really cool online Ruby tutorial, even if you're not that bothered about learning Ruby, it's well worth a visit! :-D

Ah, didn't realise that, read somewhere else that it was part 2, but makes sense considering season 1 was only 10 episodes or so... Actually, I really enjoyed the latest series of the 4400, Atlantis is reasonable, haven't watched Threshold, but you're right BSG is the best of the bunch right now. To be fair, I'm not bothered when they air them, if I really want to watch something like BSG I'll download each episode as it airs in the states, I'll always maintain my Sky subscription and heck I'll probably watch them again when they're on Sky anyway :-D

I believe it's actually part 2 of season 2 as the US seems to have a mid-season hiatus over the Christmas period... The reason we got to see season 1 first is that Sky co-funded the series and part of the deal was that they'd get the worldwide premier, from what I've heard the reason Sky haven't shown season 2 yet (starts this month by the way) is because they've got too many sci-fi shows running at the moment (Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, 4400, Threshold to name a few), I couldn't wait and downloaded it and I can tell you it is excellent, much better than the first season! :-D Can't wait for the second part now.....

Hi, We're running Crystal reports XI on ASP.NET and we get the following error when trying to run our report through the crystal web viewer. We have a main report with dynamic parameters being pulled from a view (also tried with just a plain table) on an SQL server and then these are linked to parameters in a sub-report. Our code is enumerating all the table objects in the main report and sub-reports updating the datasource information, however it appears that the datasource of the dynamic params is not being updated (at least that's what I'm guessing) since if we remove the dynamic params from the main report everything works. Any help would be greatfully received. :) Here's the full error we receive: The parameter is incorrect. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The parameter is incorrect. Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [COMException (0x80004005): The parameter is incorrect. ] CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Prompting.IPromptEngine.startPrompting(PromptingUnits units, CRPromptingInfoProvider infoProvider, PromptingOption option) +0 CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.EromReportSourceBase.DoParameterPrompting(PromptingRequestContext reqContext) +286 CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.FormatEngine.DoParameterPrompting(PromptingRequestContext reqContext) +25 CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.LocalReportSourceBase.DoParameterPrompting(PromptingRequestContext reqContext) +148 CrystalDecisions.Web.ReportAgentBase.
)(PromptingHTMLRenderOption r) +153 CrystalDecisions.Web.CrystalReportViewer.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) +678 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +62 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +125 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +125 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +1499

The banks I use in the UK always ask for a few characters of your password, so they may ask for chars 3,7, and 9, the idea being that the information is no good to a hacker as each time you log in they ask for different chars which I think works quite well.

I've used monster and totaljobs in the past, what I've found is that you need to taylor your c.v. so that it gets picked up by the searches that the recruiting agencies use. For instance if you know Visual C++, make sure you include 'Visual C++' and 'VC++' in your c.v. because if a recruiter was to put 'VC++' in the search and you only had the former it would not show up. Additionally make sure you upload your c.v. to the job sites on a regular basis, you don't have to actually make any changes, but this means that your c.v. will always appear to be recent and a recruiter may only search for cv's that have been uploaded in the past day or so. Most importantly find a good recruiter, get to know them and stick with them. If they know you well and know they can make money from selling your skills, they'll put more effort in to finding the job you want, and if looking for contracting work like yourself, you know you can keep going back to them again and again.

I make sure I install virus checkers and firewalls on family and friends pcs, set them up correctly so they are always up to date with all the latest definitions, but in the end it makes no difference. As with most things, virus checkers and firewalls are only as good as the person using them, if they open up that dodgy email out of curiosity or just always click yes when the firewall prompts them then it's pointless having them. To back this up I was taking a look at a friends machine last night and thought I better run the virus checker just in case and it turned up 20 viruses!! I then run Ad-Aware and it came up with 100s of reg keys, files, cookies etc. I only built the machine fresh for him a month or so ago :omg:

I never could do the Rubik's cube although I never actually owned my own one so this probably didn't help :laugh: I did and still have a Rubik's magic which I can still complete in about 5 seconds, probably not as hard as the Rubik's cube though.

Would it have not been easier and cheaper to just buy a card that supported dual monitors in the first place? I've just had a quick look around and it looks like you would have been better off getting a Radeon 9250 with a DVI out and VGA out (using a DVI to VGA connector if need be) for a small amount more. HTH.

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