After waiting for quite some time for the upgrade, I called the toll-free number to check on the status and was routed to a Microsoft marketing person who wanted to ask me a "few questions" first. After I told her that it would not be OK for someone to call me at home, she routed my call to the order status person. This person said my order was in the warehouse ready to be shipped. I wonder if my call to check status initiated the shipment (after the interview)? Maybe just a coincidence.

João Paulo Figueira wrote: I believe that neither country ever lost its identity or "nationality" But the "edge" was taken off of their local traditions. I seem to remember it was General MacArthur who gave Japanese women the right to vote. I think a modern occupation would be more culturally sensitive.

theRealCondor wrote: ..\..\keyfilename.snk AssemblyKeyFile("..\\..\\mykey.snk") Is it that simple a problem?

Vitaliy Vorontsov wrote: My application requires global variables BTW the politically correct name for a global variable is "Well Known Object" ;P

Christian Graus wrote: And Charlton Heston is a moron. That much is certainly clear. "Moron" is a little harsh. He's an old man with Alzheimer's disease. He was exploited by Moore. Senior abuse is more like it.

I went out a bought a headset and microphone for the Microsoft webcasts: http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/1584.asp[^] Does someone have a URL where you can just go and talk to people on various subjects? A multiple access shared voice line like the old rural telephones had.

Funny. I get my best programming ideas running on the treadmill at the gym. And debugging problems are solved after about three miles.

He needs to clean his fingernails! Personal hygiene is at the root of the relationship problem I suspect.

Brian Delahunty wrote: *or could it all be just a type ... sniff sniff.. Nope. Brain it is. In an e-mail from my boss he mistyped bob and got bobo! Thanks BRIAN.

Brian Delahunty wrote: Did you look in the Article Suggestion forums??? Brain, Good Grief! How did I miss that. I'm there. Thanks.

Daniel, I hope you get around to writing that article. As you say, it's a little beyond my alloted time. But you have given me a great idea. I'd like to download that Mono code and see what's going on there. I had forgotten about that and it's on my "todo" list. Thanks, Bob H.

T.Wilson wrote: How about some code to automatically generate neat code, submit it, and hit Vote 5 automatically every 10 seconds? I'm on it!

I have one week off from work and I'm looking for a coding project. Why not, it's cold here and It's what I do. C# and .NET. How about .NET remoting (not web services). Does anybody care about that? :zzz: Thanks, Bob H.