Microsoft is finally about to push out a counter-campaign to combat the "Vista sucks" meme - ZDNet has a nice story on it. I think there are enormous difficulties here though, in two main areas: Any campaign risks reinforcing the
Randal Schwartz tells us the value of a solid "elevator pitch" - especially when you get forced into it from a longer time :) Well, it turns out that lunch ran an hour late, and since my talk was in
One feature of ActionScript I really like is the ability to use XML within the language. In ActionScript there's no need to use strings to represent XML, you can use XML inline just as you would any other literal (numbers,
I was having an interesting discussion with Travis yesterday about pragmas and their syntax. This was an extension of a long thread about pragmas on the vwnc mailing list. We were discussing what it was about pragmas we liked and
Wow - a sudden burst of sanity has emerged from the Patent Office. Let's hope it lasts: The Patent and Trademark Office has now made clear that its newly developed position on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps
Internationalization (i18n) is a tough nut to crack and has long been handled in Rails by a variety of plugins. Thanks to a concerted effort by the Rails i18n team we now have a standardized framework for providing internationalization. Rather
On today's Smalltalk Daily, we take a look at Pragmas. There's been a discussion about those recently on our mailing lists, and Michael posted on it today - I like this summation: So why do we blend the source code
New Delhi: Continuing with his flip flop, Congress MP from Haryana Arvind Sharma on Tuesday switched allegiance back to his party in the trust vote. Rahul links energy security to economic growth | Maya holding 6 SP MPs: Amar |
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday linked energy security to maintaining nine percent growth and eradication of poverty in his speech during the debate on the United Progressive Alliance government's trust motion.
Pandemonium gripped the Lok Sabha on Tuesday afternoon as opposition MPs suddenly flashed bundles of currency notes they said were being doled out by government supporters to bribe MPs ahead of a crucial trust vote later in the day.
Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Tuesday demanded a detailed investigation by the Lok Sabha Speaker into allegations that three of his MPs were offered Rs 9 crore by Samajwadi Party for abstaining during the trust vote.
