Cool Programming

Programmers in Outer Space?

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:08:03 GMT

Physorg.com: A leading US programmer who helped develop Microsoft programmes has signed up for a mission to space in 2007, the Russian space agency said Monday. [cut] In 2002, Forbes magazine ranked him the 445th richest person in the world with a net worth of one billion dollars (824.1 million euros).

http://www.physorg.com/news63294814.html

Coding4Fun April Fools' Day Special!

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:52:16 GMT

It's a little late, but check out this set of pranks you can play on your cow-orkers next April 1st. Or tomorrow!

http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/april-fools/default.aspx

IE and Firefox

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:47:48 GMT

Something that always floors me is people who test their Web-based application in only one of IE or Firefox, or even worse only in Safari or some other little used browser. Then you view their Website in IE or Firefox and it looks like somebody thru-up on your monitor.

C# new string[] Initializer

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:30:23 GMT

Today, I had to Google how to do an array initializer in C#. I'm losing it.

new string[] { "basketball", "nba", "losangeles", "lakers" }

Download Microsoft Virtual Server for Free

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:29:54 GMT

The full software [Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2] for 32-bit and 64-bit versions is available as a free download.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/software/default.mspx

Understanding Patents

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:18:12 GMT

U.S. patent law is simply screwed. Let me tell you why. Patents were originally about sharing ideas and giving the author a bonus in royalties for having shared those ideas. Now, patents are about protecting ideas and cashing in big time when companies infringe on them. A small change to existing patent law will return the balance in the patent process. All patents should require to be available for a reasonable royalty and if you challenge a patent in court, then you are solely liable for that reasonable royalty plus a reasonable court cost. Of course, people that see the problem in the patent process have only one idealistic goal in mind and that's the end of patent protection. Start fighting for a realistic goal and maybe you'll get there. And now you have a realistic goal.