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SetRantMode(RantMode.On);
1) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I press F5 to start my app, that it should come up wherever my mouse is, you sir are an idiot!.
2) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I drag a window around that it should automatically dock itself, you sir are an idiot!
3) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I do that thing where all my windows minimize, you sir are an idiot!
SetRantMode(RantMode.Off);
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: 1) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I press F5 to start my app, that it should come up wherever my mouse is
It does? That does sound annoying, especially if the pointer is somewhere at the edge of the screen. It's been a while since I used VS, which version does this, or was it always like that?
The other ones, I've got used to them, I don't even notice it happens.
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1. Are you sure that's Microsoft's fault; never happened to me (C++ or C# projects)?
2. One of the more useful features of Windows, I use it all the time.
3. Another useful feature of Windows, although I use it less often.
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I use feature 3 the most of 2 and 3.
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Hate to say it, but this all sounds like PEBKAC. Features 2 and 3 were based off feedback - I was one of said "jackasses" who asked for feature 2 because this is incredibly useful and I have never seen 1, having used every version of Visual Studio since VS97.
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You have my 5 for feature 2.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I have never seen 1, having used every version of Visual Studio since VS97
One of our apps at work makes this behavior pretty obvious--it takes a while to load (lots of slow initialization to do, including connecting to a database), so I tend to mouse around while it's loading. Eventually the splash screen comes up on whichever monitor the mouse happens to be on when it's ready to show itself.
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Kevin Marois wrote: 2) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I drag a window around that it should automatically dock itself, you sir are an idiot!
"Aero Snap" can be disabled from the Control Panel (the proper one, not the "don't-call-it-Metro" Windows 8 one).
Ease of Access -> Make the mouse easier to use -> Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen
(In W8.1, the label is "Change how your mouse works".)
Kevin Marois wrote: 3) To the jackass at Microsoft who decide that when I do that thing where all my windows minimize, you sir are an idiot!
"Aero Shake" can be disabled through Group Policy[^], or by setting a registry key[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks. I turned this "feature" off.
Not sure how everyone got Visual Studio off of this because I never mentioned VS
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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My favorite map site is no more.
CNET had the STORY[^] way before I did.
They (meaining Yahoo) ANNOUNCED[^] it (3rd bullet point) weeks ago (which I also missed) and today I see that they were telling the truth.
Some guy on the internet said to use http://www.here.com[^] and you will, supposedly, get the same data as yahoo and a zillion GPS units use.
No clue if he was correct.
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According to the Wiki[^] article they are.
And Here maps is formerly known as Navteq, and they are arguably the biggest on maps.
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I stopped using Yahoo maps about 15 years ago. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Interesting.
That's right about when I started, and have loved them as my number one choice over all the others for all that time.
I really, honestly, truly liked theirs better than all the others.
I remain the student.
Perhaps one day I might understand why these things are happening.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: oved them as my number one choice over all the others for all that time.
I guess there just wasn't enough other people like you to keep them going.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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In today's regular department meeting, the topic of coal powered generation was discussed. Specifically, after the coal is used, the ash goes into an ash pond. New regulations are requiring companies to move the coal ash to lined pits, use it in concrete, or find alternate uses.
Last week, 15 more sites were announced as on the clean up list.
When they're done, all that will be left is 15 ash holes.
8)
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Groan...
Seriously, though, when the local coal fired plant was forced to close by a spurious lawsuit, all but one concrete plant in the area had to close because no one can afford the cost of fly ash. The cost per yard more than doubled, mostly due to the high cost of trucking in the required ash.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: the cost of fly ash
Well it can't be easy getting the required number of flies! I should think it would be expensive!
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I've been reading with interest recently about the advances in Agile Techniques, and I thought I'd share the latest method to be tested in our offices. It's similar in principle to Mob Programming[^], but it has the added advantage of getting the hole group more involved through a process we are calling "Audio Kinetic Interaction".
The technique involves 1 computer and (typically) ten programmers operating in a Dojo environment, being provided with Audio Stimulation by the Dojo Master (or DJ). During this period of stimulation, relaxation and contemplation, the programmers are encouraged to get up and move around, reducing effects such as RSI and Carpel Tunnel as well as stimulating the production of endorphins which boost the thought processes. When this Audio Stimulation stops, the programmers enter the 'Sprint', and often 'Scrum', as they return to their seats to begin coding. There are (typically) only 9 chairs, and none of them are in front of the keyboard...
The programmer who entered the deepest states of contemplation and / or generated the most endorphins (by moving furthest away from a chair) gets to write the next line of code.
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Danny Martin wrote: the added advantage of getting the hole group more involved
And what exactly does the hole group do?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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That's the general attitude of most marketing departments toward most software groups
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Danny Martin wrote: entered the deepest states of contemplation
crawl (away from the chair) into a corner and curl up and have a snooze. I like deep states of contemplation!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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It seems to me Agile Meditation rather than Agile Programming. 
modified 29-Jun-15 20:08pm.
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Well, a course in javaScript will take this paradigm to whole new level of multimedia experience.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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If anyone here can make a helpful suggestion about Customer Relationship Management software, thanks. I need to implement something; no clue as to what that something may turn out to be; but I know I need something now.
Google and Bing took me down various paths, and honestly, I was overwhelmed at the number of choices.
I wound up at a download site called CNET.COM[^] from which most of the members of this following list were obtained, by asking it to show me freeware CRM packages. The response list contained more than two hundred items.
So,,,,
With no knowledge of what to ask, how to evaluate, etc., I'm looking at these seven...
PIPELINER[^]
TOP SALES[^]
EQMS Lite (Free Edition)[^]
SONAR[^]
BusinessTracker[^]
CRM Express Free[^]
TBF CRM[^]
I welcome feedback from personal experience, as well as other suggestions about other freeware.
My current need is to organize 110 business cards picked up at a recent trade show. There's another show coming up next month, same thing again. I'm guessing that I will typically spend 20 to 30 minutes per card.
The word "organize" in this case means to make a record so that I can know stuff like...
- Where/when/how did I meet these guys ?
- What does this company do ?
- Into Which category[categories] does this company fit ?
- Company size
- Name, address, phone, E-Mail, website,
- Initial impression of the place/people/operation/etc.
- Others we are working with who are also involved with this/these/them
- History of our phone calls, E-mails, Dinners, whatever
- Whether their earlobes are attached or not
- Anything else you can think of to suggest
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