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    July 2007 | Page 4 of 5 | The Old New Thing

    That leaves more hot German babes for me!
    That leaves more hot German babes for me!
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 10, 2007Jul 10, 200707/10/07
    Controversial new German law requires non-EU members to be able to speak German before they can move to the country to join their spouse...

    Comments are closed.0Non-Computer
    The forgotten common controls: The ShowHideMenuCtl function
    The forgotten common controls: The ShowHideMenuCtl function
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 10, 2007Jul 10, 200707/10/07
    The ShowHideMenuCtl function is one of those functions everybody tries to pretend doesn't exist. You thought MenuHelp was bad; ShowHideMenuCtl is even worse. The idea behind ShowHideMenuCtl was that you had a window with a menu as well as controls, and some of the menu items were checkable, indicating whether the corresponding control ...

    Comments are closed.0Code
    A modest proposal: Solving the problem of traffic in Seattle caused by sporting events
    A modest proposal: Solving the problem of traffic in Seattle caused by sporting events
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 9, 2007Jul 9, 200707/9/07
    Whenever there is a sporting event in Seattle, traffic is reduced to gridlock for hours both before and after the event. This affects not only the people attending the sporting event in question, but also people who get caught up in the traffic as a side-effect. To resolve this issue, I present this modest proposal. In Berlin, a large ...

    Comments are closed.0A modest proposalNon-Computer
    It's not enough to say that something is bad; you have to say what would be better
    It's not enough to say that something is bad; you have to say what would be better
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 9, 2007Jul 9, 200707/9/07
    I see a lot of feedback that says (roughly), "X is bad," and leaves it at that. That's not useful feedback. It's not enough to say that something is bad. you have to say what would be better. (Another example. Another...

    Comments are closed.0Non-Computer
    Redmond Derby Days 2007 this weekend
    Redmond Derby Days 2007 this weekend
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 6, 2007Jul 6, 200707/6/07
    Every summer, the city of Redmond stages Derby Days, an annual celebration of... I'm not sure what. But what it does mean is that roads will be closed in the downtown Redmond area, so if you need to get around, you'll have to plan ahead. Several years ago, one of my colleagues asked a City of Redmond employee, "What is Derby Days?" He ...

    Comments are closed.0Non-Computer
    It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: If they can run code, then they can run code
    It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: If they can run code, then they can run code
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 6, 2007Jul 6, 200707/6/07
    Some people can't get over the initial burst of adrenaline when they think they've found a security vulnerability and rush to file a report with Microsoft so they can get credit for it and add it to their "security vulnerability portfolio" to show that they are so wicked cool. Learning that what they found isn't a security vulnerability isn't...

    Comments are closed.0Other
    Raymond's tips on selecting a memorable greeting card
    Raymond's tips on selecting a memorable greeting card
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 5, 2007Jul 5, 200707/5/07
    My favorite greeting card is one I got from :: Wendy ::. It was a Christmas card with a picture of kids running around while snow fell all around them. Wendy added the message, "Watch out for that 'rogue' snowball from midfield..." I still have that card on my windowsill years later. My recommendation for choosing a memorable ...

    Comments are closed.0Non-Computer
    QueryPerformanceCounter is not a source for unique identifiers
    QueryPerformanceCounter is not a source for unique identifiers
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 5, 2007Jul 5, 200707/5/07
    This article happened to catch my eye: I needed to generate some unique number in my application. I could use GUID, but it was too large for me (I need to keep lots of unique identifiers). I found something like this: This code generates Int64 (long) unique number (at least I hope it is unique). The uniqueness is in the scope of ...

    Comments are closed.0Code
    Holidays for fireworks (and generally blowing up stuff) from around the world
    Holidays for fireworks (and generally blowing up stuff) from around the world
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 4, 2007Jul 4, 200707/4/07
    Today is Independence Day in the United States, known informally as "The Fourth of July", thereby making it the only holiday◊ to be named after its own date. (The next closest candidate is New Year's Day, but nobody calls it "January 1st".) The original purpose of this Independence Day holiday have been lost to the mists of time.° ...

    Comments are closed.0Non-Computer
    The audacity of selling things that don't belong to you
    The audacity of selling things that don't belong to you
    Raymond ChenRaymond ChenJuly 3, 2007Jul 3, 200707/3/07
    NPR some time ago reported on a most audacious scam: Selling someone else's property out from under them. But this guy was small potatoes, selling properties owned by churches and other non-profit organizations. The king in this category of fraud is Victor Lustig, the man who sold the Eiffel Tower... twice...

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