Hi All Is there any way to recover a file that was accidentally saved as a binary file when it should have been saved as a standard text based source code ...
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Greg
volkl96
Oct 11, 2010 11:35 pm
We will be migrating a windows service application and a small windows forms application to Linus 1Q 2011. The service reads from many MSMQs and uploads data...
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Mike
ocean_west_2005
Oct 12, 2010 5:01 pm
Wow, MS did something I like. (Which is probably not good for MS.) I love this commercial, and it is how I see the mobile world of today, even when on the...
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Alan Baljeu
alanbaljeu
Oct 12, 2010 6:38 pm
This is the real world? " Error 500--Internal Server Error From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:10.5.1 500 Internal Server Error The server...
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Herb Warren
warren_herb
Oct 12, 2010 6:47 pm
Yeah, it's kinda how I picture the mobile world too. ... -- "Inquisition this, science dinks" - The Tick...
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Mike
ocean_west_2005
Oct 12, 2010 9:15 pm
Sorry about that. I think the link is actually valid, but apparently the servers are overloaded. You can go to YouTube and search for WP7 ad, but that is...
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Mike
ocean_west_2005
Oct 12, 2010 10:15 pm
Season of the Witch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv-fbO-_xl0...
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Walter Crosby
ihatefleet
Oct 15, 2010 2:26 am
Mono 2.8 just came out. Have you revaluated based on current capabilities? Walt Crosby _____ From: win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com ...
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Gough, Christopher
newbbrewer
Oct 15, 2010 12:37 pm
I work/wrestle quite a bit with the compact framework, and I think Microsoft still has quite a bit to learn about this space. It might be the season of the...
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John Smith
js51107@...
Oct 21, 2010 9:36 pm
Hi, Is there a way to programmatically determine the name of an instance of a class without having to hardcode the information? For example if I have a 'Cat'...
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Ryan Heath
ryan_88keys
Oct 21, 2010 9:45 pm
Interesting, I do not know the answer, but instance names can be optimized away. Lets say you have a solution for this problem, but then at runtime 'Fluffy' ...
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Shawn Wildermuth
aunyay
Oct 21, 2010 10:02 pm
Um.in what environment? Ruby? .NET? Java? C? Thanks, Shawn Wildermuth <http://wildermuth.com/> http://wildermuth.com Note: This was typed on a big ole laptop...
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Stoyan Damov
stoyan_damov
Oct 21, 2010 10:36 pm
In C, this is already solved - there are no classes :P Seriously, I don't even want to know what John is talking about. I did try to understand his question...
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Paul van Brenk
paulvanbrenk
Oct 21, 2010 10:44 pm
I think he means something like this in C#, which can't be reliably done due to compiler not caring about the name of things. public class Cat { public string...
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Stoyan Damov
stoyan_damov
Oct 22, 2010 12:02 am
It won't work in any language that I know of (except perhaps in mumps?), but I'd never ask myself if this can be done even out of curiosity :) Cheers ... It...
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Mike
ocean_west_2005
Nov 1, 2010 9:18 pm
*Lastly, there has been massive growth in the breadth and diversity of devices made by a wide variety of vendors providing both open and closed systems. *When...
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Shawn Wildermuth
aunyay
Nov 2, 2010 6:34 am
I can't understand your reticence about Silverlight. For Apps (see my post link below) I think it will continue to be a better dev experience than jQuery +...
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Shawn A. Van Ness
arithex
Nov 2, 2010 5:42 pm
I am also extremely pessimistic about HTML for building _apps_. (Indeed, this is why I quit my job at MS a couple months ago. :-) Long live XAML and C#..! -S ...
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Jeroen Frijters
jeroen_nu
Nov 3, 2010 5:03 am
Something to keep in mind about Silverlight is the support lifecycle: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean45 In particular: "Microsoft will provide 12 months...
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Mike
ocean_west_2005
Nov 3, 2010 3:19 pm
Yes, the world needs more XML, and more verbose static languages. Better yet, mix them together! :) I'm sure, like with all technologies, once you get into...
Many years ago I used this group for its original purpose. Now I just abuse it, sorry. The Canadian government has made it clear that I need to upgrade my...
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Brad Wilson
bradw_64
Nov 5, 2010 4:37 pm
Battery life will be much better with an i5 than an i7. Unless you intend to do highly compute intensive tasks, I would choose the i5....
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Mark Levison
marklevison
Nov 5, 2010 5:48 pm
... Interesting I've naively assumed for years that more is better. Perhaps its time to recalibrate. Is there any site that provides at least adequate ...
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Brad Wilson
bradw_64
Nov 5, 2010 6:32 pm
C2D is a 5 year old architecture. Power management for C2D sucks compared to all modern i-family CPUs, including the i7, IMO. There's no way I would buy a C2D...
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Marsh, Drew
drew_marsh
Nov 5, 2010 6:42 pm
Hahah, I find it funny that you say 4.5lbs is heavy. My last-gen Alienware "laptop" is something like ~8lbs, down from ~10lbs before that. Can't wait to even...
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Shawn Wildermuth
aunyay
Nov 5, 2010 7:12 pm
I have an like my Studio 17 laptop (at about 7 lbs) but their 15" line is pretty sweet. With a big rig (2 HD's and a huge screen) I am still getting about 3...
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Steve Richter
rautocoder
Nov 5, 2010 7:36 pm
for myself, I would get a laptop that has an Intel integrated graphics adapter. Any of the Arrandale processors ...
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Glenn Carr
glenncarr
Nov 5, 2010 7:59 pm
A non-tech-savvy friend is looking for company to develop an idea he has for a web application. The site would need to collect information from clients, run...
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Drew Marsh
drew_marsh
Nov 5, 2010 8:19 pm
Are you saying this tongue in cheek? The GPU matters more and more these days. You want something like nVidia Optimus so you get full discrete power when you...
