It's not, /clr:pure isn't what I thought it was (doh!). Teaches me to read more before I post.

Found this nugget on the msdn2 website. If /clr:pure is what I think it is, I'm a little scared. Libraries not Supported by Pure Mode Compilation In Visual C++ 2005, the ATL and MFC libraries are not supported by pure mode compilation (/clr:pure). http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y8bt6w34

I was just reading on http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista\_editions.asp that the Home Basic Edition of Vista will not support the Aero user interface. Has anyone else heard about this?

I took a quick look at the media player properties and methods and found a property CurrentPosition. Just write a simple application with the Media Player ActiveX control. Set a timer that goes off every 5 seconds or so, and get CurrentPostion. When your app exits, save that somewhere. Next time you start up, just set the CurrentPosition with your saved value. One gotcha I noticed is that you can't set CurrentPostion immediately after calling Open on the MediaPlayer object. You have to wait a few seconds.

2 Weeks ago I got a cell phone/Palm PDA. Cost 100 bucks but it was well worth it. Kinda big for a phone, but to be able to use Graffiti, or virtual Keyboard interface is nice. Also it has a full text web browser, not just WML browser. I keep it more for portable internet, with it being a cell phone as an added bonus. This is the route the internet enabled cell phones should go. -Ric

Do you work for Microsoft or something?

I don't think so, but I really don't know for sure -Ric

Thanks for the advice, but still a no-go. I got in about an hour ago, but Visual Studio .NET was no longer listed. This is driving me crazy. I downloaded it last night, and it sits useless on my computer. -Ric

I got the same problem. I downloaded it last night, but I can't get in to get the key. -Ric

I've been playing it for a little bit. The graphics are great and the story is pretty good too. But the game is linear and it's starting to get very repetitive. I'd say buy it, but I think FFIX is better. -Ric

Well it depends what part of the US. In New England it would be about the same, but extremely hard to buy that house.

Man that's nothing. Last week I got an infection in my prostate and I'm only 27. God knows how a prostate gets infected! And let me tell you I'd rather have my leg in a brace then have to take a leak every 5 seconds with this damn prostate!

Sorry I meant I'm willing to bet C# is not compiled to native code. As for .NET runtime not being an interpreter, we'll just have to see. I'm really skeptical about the whole converted to native code at install time, but if anyone can do this, it's Microsoft. -Ric

We'll still have to wait for the final release of Visual Studio, but I'm willing to bet C# is not compiled. I'm also willing to bet a well written C++ windows application (non-MFC) will always beat a well written C# application. Don't forget C#'s API call the win32 API. Which results in more overhead. (Of course the same could be said for MFC). But Microsoft has been able to pull a few rabbits out of their hat, so we'll just have to see. -Ric

I agree alot of people copy software. When I was first getting started in programming I had some illegal copies myself, but once I started making money I started paying for all my software. However not everyone can afford it. Now I don't think it's right to burn copies and give them to everyone. But I certainly think I should be able to install any of my software on all of my computers if I'm the only one using them. I think a big problem is that fact that you can spend hundreds of dollars for a license. You don't even buy the software. You have no rights to it. You can only use it as they say. Not to mention the all bugs in software recently. Not to say I don't have bugs in my software, but some software seems to be finished after it has been on sale for awhile. Companies automatically assume you will just download patches, which you now have to do. But the fact is you HAVE to download patches for almost everything now. It use to be the exception, but now it's the rule. Is it even still legal to sell your used software? Why don't we own a copy of the software we buy. Almost anything else I buy is mine. Whay is software different. Sorry I guess I started rambling on.... -Ric