bruceboughton

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by bruceboughton 12y ago
If you have a Mac with more than one hard drive, one of which is an SSD, you probably know how to set up symlinks.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Everyone should ignore my advice.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Will patches be installed on servers that have never run the application but have it deployed, such as DR servers? The mechanism describes seems to imply they won't as Microsoft Update won't know the vulnerable assembly is sitting
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
WPF and .NET are not different runtimes.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
In the UK, there isn't a day that goes by without me muttering something about killing one of my colleagues. Thankfully in the UK, I do not really have the means to do this so it is obviously interpreted as an exagerated expression of
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
I'm not sure they do have a reputation for providing a bad service. BT Infinity blows the competition out of the water, has no bandwidth limits at the £26/mo option and is very reliable.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
CEO of forex trading site: Michael Sterling Nominative determinism hits again.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
I don't think so. That is another naming abomination.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Nullable is the perfect solution for TryParse. The InvalidOperationException on null is the equivalent of the NullPointerException you would expect for a reference class TryParse method. I have implemented TryParse methods on many reference
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
What a terrible advert. I couldn't focus on the features being demoed because they were on screen so fleetingly and the background scenes were so distracting. They're trying to imitate Apple's adverts but completely blow it b
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
It would be interesting to now how Firefox performs with regard to battery usage. Apple in particular seems to be focussing on battery life as much as performance, given that the codebase is shared across iOS and OS X.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
>> I dread to think about how it would have been to design something that doesn't just look like a plain vanilla app in one of the native frameworks I dread to think about how it would be to design something that does just look l
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Other monthly plans are available.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Not a snowball's chance in hell. Apple's whole play for Apple Pay is security. They will not be allowing third party cards to receive credential info.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
In the UK we have recently standardised on PayM for mobile transfers keyed by phone number. It's actually pretty good. Barclays PingIt was the earlier player here.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
No but iOS shares a lot of code and APIs with OS X, which simplifies Apple's development. Apple understands that different devices need different UIs but can share code and core APIs. Microsoft thinks that different devices should have
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Why does their logo depict a full-bike?
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Password fields are not the only sensitive data inputs.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Clear as mud!
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
It's strange to see FUD deployed against Microsoft for once!
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
You're not-holding it wrong.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
But they can get your fingerprints without your co-operation? Faster than you can lock the device from iCloud/Find my iPhone?
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Your accountant is not going to vote for simpler tax laws.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
Perhaps because there are plenty of countries whose populations aren't armed, yet still capable of hosting a BBQ?
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
>> murdering the rich in their sleep Well, you're a pleasant fellow.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
It does show that dialog. Unfortunately, most users click 'Yes'.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
You're at the wrong event then.
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
I'm surprised that someone like IKEA has gone for this. These sort of mock ads usually come across as quite petty, especially for big organisations. It seems more appropriate for something like the Somersby Cider commercial (www.youtub
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
This does not address my comment. Is the 6 times: 6 parliaments or 6 years? Is the 68: 68 parliaments or 68 years? Are units being mixed for exaggeration?
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by bruceboughton 12y ago
>> out of the last 68 years, Scotland has voted Conservative 6 times, but has had Conservative governments for 38 of those years Do you mean that Scotland has voted Conservative in 6 general elections? If so, with a maximum of 5 years

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