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This is a rant! Today, I wanted to investigate a bit wheter or not to use Tidy lib in our product. I downloaded the thing including the source. I wanted to have a quick look at the source code before I try to make a little program using it... Oh my, I shouldn't have done that. Now, I won't be able to sleep at night if we decide to use it. Why? Because of code like this: Bool CheckNodeIntegrity(Node *node){ if (node->prev) { if (node->prev->next != node) return no;... The code is like that from start to finish. Sorry guys, I don't know which planet you live on, but on mine, this code is simply not acceptable, period. Now, I know this is opensource and people are doing this in their free time and everything, but come on!! If they code like that in their free time, how do they code at work? I thought the majority of C/C++ programmers were used to code at least a BIT defensively. I guess I was wrong. Maybe that's why C/C++ is untenable, common sense is too hard for most people and they ...
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I couldn't help but posting this one. I have at times referenced my blog to get people up to...
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Today, Eldora Ski resort opens. I bought my first season pass this winter. I have been building my winter outdoor gear selection. I am ready for winter....
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| 05:47:20 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Better Half |
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Mittwoch, 07.07.2004, 20:15 Uhr
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The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will host a "Back to Business" Ribbon Cutting, marking construction milestones on Redwood Rd. between 9000 S. and 10400 S., on Friday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 p.m. in the northeast corner parking lot on 10400 S. and Redwood Rd. The public is invited to attend. The event celebrates a return to business as usual for commercial businesses, and residents along the corridor following yearlong construction. "We wanted to take this opportunity, before the holidays begin, to let the public know that the roadway itself is complete and traffic is flowing smoothly in the area," said Brandon Squire, UDOT Resident Engineer. "We also want to thank the businesses and residents along the corridor for their continued patience and support during construction." Improvements in the two-mile section include a new, wider concrete roadway featuring two lanes in each direction, along with a center turn lane and wide shoulders. Miscellaneous landscaping, sidewalk ...
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This post is coming to you a couple of weeks late. After I got back from my honeymoon, there was still a week before the time changed, so Scott and I managed to get out for one more day outside...
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| 05:32:13 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Better Half |
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My life twists and turns these days, and mostly without my prior knowledge. People flit in and out, circumstances change...
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Sonntag, 11.04.2004, 17.15 Uhr
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(Realization that occurred to me during a conversation this morning with a good friend..crawford131313: in looking back over my time here at wesleyan, i think one of the most valuable lessons i ...)
Realization that occurred to me during a conversation this morning with a good friend..crawford131313: in looking back over my time here at wesleyan, i think one of the most valuable lessons i have learned is that eloquence, being able to express yourself accurately, succinctly, and tactfully, is an ability that is extremely valuable in relating to others"
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| 05:11:04 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Adam Shantz |
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Samstag, 05.02.2005, 13:15 Uhr
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Done Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was a good read, but leaves a little to be desired. I would say it's my least favourite of all HP books, mainly because it didn't really seem to have a point. There was no great mystery of sorts that Harry and his friends had to solve in order to save the day. If there was, it was far too obvious to me and there was no surprise. If I were to put together a plot summary it would go something like this: Harry Potter and his friends from Hogwarts wait for the return of Voldemort. That is all. That's all that happens really. What makes matters worse is that after it's all over there is little or no mystery left in the Potter saga. Dumbledore sits Harry down and explains it all. So what's left for the next 2 years Harry has at Hogwarts? Better be something good. Something damn good. Cause there's not much left unexplained.
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Of course I can't really surprise you this week because if you had been paying attention, I actually published the list of sites on Friday afternoon (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) just after the Friday 5. If anyone else wants to play with the (very rough) code, just let me know....
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| 04:30:00 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: G'day Mate! |
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Since the PDC I've been monitoring newsgroups. So, I diligently followed our internal guidelines for setting up and posting to newsgroups. That includes stuff like a legal disclaimer that I don't really know what I'm doing and that even if I did Microsoft would deny all knowledge of my existence. It also included a suggestion to use my real email alias (oliverf) but to modify the domain to something like online.microsoft.com. A human can figure out what my real email address is (get rid of the red "online."), but a spam scraper won't. I wish I'd followed that advice. I posted a reply to a question with my real email address in the reply-to field. I assume I was thinking, you know, I don't get any spam right now. Maybe some of it would actually be useful to me. Who knows what fabulous products I'm missing out on? And, wouldn't it be convenient if Microsoft just mailed me security updates right to my inbox as attachments? Within about 3 hours of that post, I started to get spam. I ...
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People who can measure their application data's locality of reference using the CPU'S L2 cache scare me :) Personally, I find the biggest single performance improvement tactic is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) which includes things such as using existing .NET library classes instead of writing your own (I am constantly suprised by how many people rewrite things just because they aren't familiar with the .NET BCL), and aiming to write the least amount of code possible- more code means more maintenance, more debugging, often also more CPU cycles in execution. Finding the simplest solution takes a bit more effort (since simple != obvious) but usually results in a smaller, faster and more stable system. And even if you still find yourself in CLRProfiler, at least you may have shortened your stay there! Oh yeah, there is a new release of the CLRProfiler as well which includes a ~100 page tutorial. Coolness!
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| 04:21:00 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Santomania |
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i saved this conversation i had with jason huang like two days ago on my desktop, have fun reading...
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| 04:16:28 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Panda |
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This Forbes article discussed several ways to mitigate inflation risk: TIPS (Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) Pro: Interest and principal track inflation Con: Phantom tax CPI Futures (from Chicago Mercantile Exchange) Pro: Most direct bet on inflation Con: Most vulnerable to...
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(Evening Plaza Yoko, Mariko and Noriko joined us tonight, so now everyone has been to class at least once. Miho mentioned that she had read Noriko's comment in last week's posting, but didn't leave ...)
Evening Plaza Yoko, Mariko and Noriko joined us tonight, so now everyone has been to class at least once. Miho mentioned that she had read Noriko's comment in last week's posting, but didn't leave a comment herself. Remember to visit the site and leave a message. Using the comment section is a great way to practice your English! The homework for next week is to do the Solo exercise and the writing exercises on page 88. Also listen to the CD and see if you can catch what Joshua likes to have on his pizza.
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Well, Microsoft have put the kibosh on my plans for world domination, being as they have declined to hire me for reason unspecified. Very nice call from my recruiter but very little actual information. Sigh. You never get real feedback from these people. Oh well. The Indigo team will be at a loss without me and there are two or three books that need writing. As consolation have installed PDC Longhorn build on a spare partition and started playing with the code that way instead.
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The Gorilla Package- Iberostar Quetzal
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I love Napster. And now they have The Doors. :)
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| 03:28:35 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Why Try? |
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This article from The Onion is hilarious and dead on the money. I don't think any of my friends read this blog (it's too boring anyway) but what if they did ? ? ? ?...
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| 03:05:24 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Bridawg Blog |
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Managed LDAP binding for Mono and .NET Sunil Kumar at Novell has announced the availability of a fully managed implementation of LDAP for Mono and the .NET Framework. You can obtain the library from Novell Forge's CSharpLDAP module. [via Mono Project News]
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Dear Mr Blue Ford Puma driver, I know you think it's fun to stick your bonnet under the exhaust of my motorbike as we're both driving along the North Circular. I know you don't like it when i drop a...
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| 02:07:30 November 14, 2003, Friday (PST) |
Source: Heppyworld |
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notes from somewhere bizzare: Grid blogging (an invitation) Grid blogging aims to investigate the potentials of a distributed media production model spread across blogosphere nodes. It seeks to ignite attention on specific topics at set times through variegated voices. A kind of decentralised flash ...
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LOAF is getting mainstream, and Matthew and Bertrand, very aware of new technological trends, already noticed it.There are some implementations in Java, Perl, C, C++, Python and even Word Basic. But LOAF can also be implemented in less traditional programming languages like XSLT.So here it is: the first XSLT implementation of LOAF! Download it here: loaf.xsltThis implementation is covered by the Apache license.
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Dienstag, 06.07.2004, 15:35 Uhr
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The public BETA of FireStorm/DAO 2.0 Enterprise Edition is now available to download. This edition offers DAO, JDBC, JDO, EJB, and JSP code generation from your FireStorm project. Supported platforms include the JDO Reference Implementation, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, JBoss,...
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