The Old New Thing

April 19, 2006 - The Old New Thing

The 2006/2007 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance

April 19, 2006 Apr 19, 2006 04/19/06
Raymond Chen
I put together this little pocket guide to the 2006/2007 Seattle Symphony subscription season for my symphony friends to help them decide which ticket package they wanted. Maybe it'll help you, too. Maybe not. But since I already put it together, I may as well post it. Explanatory notes follow the table. Notes: This chart doesn't include "...

Adding a new flag to enable behavior that previously was on by default

April 19, 2006 Apr 19, 2006 04/19/06
Raymond Chen
One of the suggestions for addressing the network compatibility problem was to give up on fast mode and have a new "fast mode 2". (Equivalently, add a flag to the server capabilities that means "I support fast mode, and I'm not buggy.") This is another example of changing the rules after the game is over, by adding a flag to work ...