the code you wrote evaluates every possible scenario and then returns a value.. The original code disqualifies the rest of the code and returns rather than proceeding. What if isEqualDepth takes 3 seconds to run.. every method call would take 3 seconds even when they obviously didnt match after the first if Running every if and returning a combined boolean makes sense for validation but the logic doesnt translate to this situation at all..
DrewG MCSD .Net
Parted Magic is by far the best option for this sort of thing. I've used it at least 10 times to save someone's arse. Cheers http://partedmagic.com/[^]
DrewG MCSD .Net
I think the crawler got bugged. I just did a search for site:www.openoffice.org the first two pages look strange.. but page 3,4 and 5 are definitely bugged.. oh and bill gates probably deleted it too http://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Awww.openoffice.org&first=1&FORM=PERE[^]
DrewG MCSD .Net
Code is a great book!
DrewG MCSD .Net
We just dropped WebEx for Turbomeeting
DrewG MCSD .Net
8GB in my home rig (2GB dedicated to client VMs when testing) 2GB at work
DrewG MCSD .Net
Ive been using web.com[^] for a long time. Their windows accounts are asp.net(2.0 +), mssql 2k5/mysql 5, iis 7,unlimited domains and email.. and its 19.99/month with unlimited transfer and storage.. It's pretty top notch Full Feature List[^]
DrewG MCSD .Net
"When I was a child, I had a fever... My hands felt just like two balloons" -Pink Floyd Seriously though, when I was a kid I had a fever of 105.. of course I was hallucinating a great deal and had my head placed in a tub of ice as I was rushed to the ER. Mind you, I couldn't have called into work without talking about the giant ants carrying pennies everywhere, but I wasn't dead :)
DrewG MCSD .Net
This might be a little ahead but Bitlocker to Go[^] (a win 7 feature) looks pretty nice and i believe it is compatible with older os's(it has an app that uses a passkey to decrypt) you just use a "passphrase".. anyway might be an excuse to break out a Win 7 dvd if you havent already hmmm further reading leads me to believe it may just work on systems that support bitlocker :/ Heck you could just write an encryption application yourself
DrewG, MCSD .Net
I always try to study or read listening to classical music(if I learn in patterns I prefer for them to be well structured). I code/read news listening to npr or a playlist with some clutch,pink floyd, johnny cash, and beatles. But, I find myself muting EVERYTHING if I really want to visualize and think out a solution.
DrewG MCSD .Net
Agreed, I usually say it like this when someone says something about me knowing "all " about computers. "The day I know it all is the day I get left behind."
DrewG, MCSD .Net
+1 I was just going to post that. "Code The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" by Charles Petzold [^]is a great book that goes from the ground up. I would highly recommend it to any level of programmer. In the book, he consructs a binary adding machine out of telegraph relays, it is pretty informatiuve to say the least :D
DrewG, MCSD .Net
Trying to document existing apps and fend off feature hunters while I look for a better paying job in a questionable job market.
DrewG, MCSD .Net
I do my daily development work in virtual machines. Virtual PC hardware acceleration is totally sweet. I use a quad core rig with 8GB of memory and Vista x64, and couldnt imagine moving to anything else. I also use 4 hard drives in raid 1+0 to get over teh increased disk traffic from running so many OSes In fact i have a whole test virtual ecosystem that I launch for real bug hunting. 2 Win2k3 Servers(one Domain controller, one SQL Server) and 1 Xp client machine. It also makes testing for different browsers or OS's a dream. although all my learning and wpf work still gets done on my host machine, most of my other development gets moved to the vms.
DrewG, MCSD .Net
id highly recommend this as well. Full Name : Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software. ISBN: [^] It's 12$ !! I would double recommend the .net book just because it's by Petzold, the man is a genius when it comes to conveying complex ideas in simple to follow patterns.
DrewG, MCSD .Net
asp.net 2.0, ajax, and xsl are my daily grind. I like to do some WinMobile and Win Forms in my "free" time though. Ive played around with wpf(gesture recognition and the likes) and it was pretty impressively easy to get going. I've recently installed Blend and Ive been playing around with the storyboard recording and it's a lot of fun. I haven't found the best way to have the same project open in VS and blend w/o minor issues.. but it's nice to be able to quickly make a snazzy ui with animations/transformations and then be able write the backend very similar to how I would a winform/asp.net app. You just cant beat code reusability!
DrewG, MCSD .Net
Hands down best deal for your money right now is the 512MB Nvidia 8800 GT(not the gts.. the GT) This card beats out pretty much every 8 series card and a lot of the newer 9 series as well. It doesn't even flinch when using flip 3d WHILE playing games like crysis on their highest settings. Here's the kicker you can get this card for 149$ from a few different places right now and it will easily scale to 2 or 3 way sli when you finally decide to spend that extra 70-150$ for a worthwhile MB. I went through this dilemma about 6 months back when i built my latest beast of a dev box. I poured through benchmarks/reviews online as I do for most of my hardware purchases. I couldn't find a bad review on this card, and will vouch for its performance any day of the week.
DrewG, MCSD .Net
Ive been working from home for a large company for around 2 years. At times, I feel a bit reclusive, but i do get a ridiculous amount of work done(when I want to). The amount of time I save not dealing with questions unrelated to my job/role is immense. Of course, I'm not in the office to bitch about raises and such, but as long as you can show how your work has helped the business's bottom dollar come review time...
DrewG, MCSD .Net
Absolutely, one 22" wide and one 19" wide. Its super for mobile apps(emulators or remote file viewer), or when building web sites(live view of page, graphics editor, script debugger). I'm always code on the left(center), apps on the right(msn,context app, or movie/email. I use the media player toolbar so my music stays handy if im playing some music or a podcast.
DrewG, MCSD .Net