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March 2007 - Posts

Friday, March 30, 2007 7:00 AM

What do the colors in the elevation dialog mean?

Various degrees of trustworthiness.
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Friday, March 30, 2007 7:00 AM

On the effect of dandruff on climate

Unexpected consequences.
Posted by oldnewthing | 4 Comments
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:00 AM

How to talk like Marketing: The awareness space

Awareness space.
Posted by oldnewthing | 13 Comments
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:00 AM

The buffer size parameter to GetFileVersionInfo is the size of your buffer, no really

No really.
Posted by oldnewthing | 30 Comments
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:00 AM

The social skills of a thermonuclear device, part 4

At least it's not biting.
Posted by oldnewthing | 27 Comments
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:00 AM

Why are there both TBSTYLE_EX_VERTICAL and CCS_VERT?

Because we messed up.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Calibration

Do not attempt to adjust the picture.
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Monday, March 26, 2007 7:00 AM

The publicity machine continues: A chat with Scott Hanselman and Hanselminutes

More book yammering.
Posted by oldnewthing | 11 Comments
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Monday, March 26, 2007 7:00 AM

Passing by address versus passing by reference, a puzzle

You knew this already.
Posted by oldnewthing | 29 Comments
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Friday, March 23, 2007 7:00 AM

The wisdom of seventh graders and you: Design a course

What would it be?
Posted by oldnewthing | 70 Comments
Friday, March 23, 2007 7:00 AM

Excursions in composition: Adding rewind support to a sequential stream

An example of composition.
Posted by oldnewthing | 15 Comments
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Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:00 AM

Excursions in composition: Sequential stream concatenation

Concatenating two streams into one.
Posted by oldnewthing | 18 Comments
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:00 AM

You don't know what you do until you know what you don't do

Without boundaries you are undefined.
Posted by oldnewthing | 45 Comments
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:00 AM

The early stages of Joshua Roman groupie-dom

Let the groupie-ification commence.
Posted by oldnewthing | 6 Comments
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:00 AM

I bet somebody is looking to get a really nice bonus for that feature: Uninstall

Search and destroy.
Posted by oldnewthing | 59 Comments
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Monday, March 19, 2007 7:00 AM

How do the menu functions find items?

When searching by command, they search the menu hierarchy.
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Friday, March 16, 2007 7:00 AM

Verizon backs down on made-up fees and then adds them anyway

Hoping nobody notices the second time.
Posted by oldnewthing | 31 Comments
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Friday, March 16, 2007 7:00 AM

The format of accelerator table resources

Pretty much just an array of ACCEL structures, almost
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Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:00 AM

Email tip: Don't forget to ask your question

Sometimes you may get distracted.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:00 AM

News flash: Snacks at the theater concession stand are not good for you

We try to make them as healthy as possible, as healthy as sixteen inches of deep-fried dough, covered in sugar, and stuffed with caramel can be.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:00 AM

Don't require your users to have a degree in philosophy, episode 2

Dialog boxes are not the place to put logic puzzles.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:00 AM

Out there gathering map data, one intersection at a time

Driving around.
Posted by oldnewthing | 20 Comments
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:00 AM

The only thing you can do with display names is display them

That's why they're called display names.
Posted by oldnewthing | 23 Comments
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Monday, March 12, 2007 7:00 AM

Raymond's highly scientific predictions for the 2007 NCAA men's basketball tournament

Based on arena size.
Posted by oldnewthing | 17 Comments
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Monday, March 12, 2007 7:00 AM

What is a SM_SLOWMACHINE?

Well, it was slow once.
Posted by oldnewthing | 26 Comments
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Friday, March 09, 2007 7:00 AM

This American Life: What I Learned From Television, Seattle edition

Ira Glass groupies.
Posted by oldnewthing | 4 Comments
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Friday, March 09, 2007 7:00 AM

Don't be so fast to discount those oddball time zones

One out of every six people lives in an oddball time zone.
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Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:00 AM

Just what the world has been wishing for: Surströmming ice cream

Don't hold your breath.
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Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:00 AM

The GETDISPINFO notifications tell you what information they want

Don't change the mask; it just confuses the caller.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:00 AM

The wisdom of seventh graders: John Locke and influential persons

Not the guy on Lost.
Posted by oldnewthing | 17 Comments
Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:00 AM

Microspeak: Sit in it!

It sits heavily.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:00 AM

What was the first parameter to CoInitialize used for?

Larry Osterman explains.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:00 AM

Things I've written that have amused other people, Episode 3

BlogHim?
Posted by oldnewthing | 9 Comments
Monday, March 05, 2007 7:00 AM

It's official, it's the Hannukah Eve Storm of 2006

But what is Hannukah Eve?
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Monday, March 05, 2007 7:00 AM

Hiding files is not the same as protecting them

They may be hiding even when they aren't protected.
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Friday, March 02, 2007 7:00 AM

Public service announcement for Seattle area taxpayers: Some transit taxes can be itemized and deducted

Another overlooked deduction.
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Friday, March 02, 2007 7:00 AM

The .Default user is not the default user

A poorly-chosen name.
Posted by oldnewthing | 30 Comments
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Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:00 AM

West Bank Story, the movie that sells itself in five seconds

Instant gold.
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Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:00 AM

If you have to ask, you're probably doing something wrong

You're not supposed to come anywhere near the limits.
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