The Old New Thing

May 30, 2005 - The Old New Thing

Shocked (shocked!) that patronage exists in Chicago politics

May 30, 2005 May 30, 2005 05/30/05
Raymond Chen
NPR reported on a startling discovery in Chicago: That government jobs go not to those best qualified to perform them, but rather to those with the best connections. Who'd-a thunk it? Shocked by this discovery, the Daley administration vowed to end it. The City of Chicago's top lawyer Mara Georges told incredulous City Hall reporters ...

You can't simulate keyboard input with PostMessage

May 30, 2005 May 30, 2005 05/30/05
Raymond Chen
Some people attempt to simulate keyboard input to an application by posting keyboard input messages, but this is not reliable for many reasons. First of all, keyboard input is a more complicated matter than those who imprinted on the English keyboard realize. Languages with accent marks have dead keys, Far East languages have a variety of ...