Day: February 11, 2003

BusinessWeek:

Intel wants to take your mind off chip speeds — especially if you’re going to be in the market for a new laptop. That might sound crazy to anyone who has watched Intel constantly crank out newer, faster chips — and constantly try to convince consumers and corporations that the speediest semiconductor is the answer to all their computing prayers. But in a reversal of emphasis, Intel is about to start pressing the public to buy laptops with new brains that aren’t faster than existing ones. Instead of simply running more rapidly, says Intel, its new laptop chip will result in better overall performance in real-world applications.

But.. but… so much for Intel FUD.

Will Cox on self checkout aisles:

So I kicked the piece of shit aisle. And cussed in front of my daughter for the first time. And now they know how I treat the machines at work.

I tend to do okay at the self checkout aisle at the Weis Market around the corner, but I don’t have child processes throwing exceptions.  Every once in awhile I’ll find myself in a situation where the aisle freaks out, but it doesn’t happen too often.

I’ve also found that self checkout is really only worth it if I’m getting a handful of things.  Once I’m beyond a few things in a basket, I’m better off letting the pros handle it.

Sean & Scott (via Christian Weyer):

New Web Services book by Kieth Ballinger is due out Feb 14th.

Keith is crazysmart, and his upcoming book has the potential to rock.

It’s funny, I’m much more likely to pay attention to a book (especially in the web services area) with an author that I’ve heard of (on the web), actively read (their weblog), or have met.

Terrorist Attack Preparation List:

• 3 gallons of water per person, check.
• 3 days worth of food, check.
• Plastic sheeting, check.
• Duct tape, check.
• Can opener, check.
• Blankets, check.
• Flashlights, radio, batteries, check.
• Kiss yer ass goodbye.

On a serious note:

The officials said they believe the al Qaeda terrorist network is particularly targeting New York and Washington.

I’ll blog it live if I’m still alive and with power/internet 🙂

David at Chris Sells’ site pointed to an MSDN article entitled TaskVision Solution Overview: Design and Implementation.

It looks like it has lots of good nuggets about .NET, Windows Forms, and Web Services.  It also contains the answer to a question that I had a few months ago:

The ASP.NET file extensions (.aspx and .asmx) must be registered with Internet Information Services (IIS). (In the case that IIS was installed after the .NET Framework was installed, you must run the following application “C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv1.0.3705aspnet_regiis.exe –i”.)

I ended up deploying my test stuff to a remote server, but finding the answer to a question without actively looking for it is always a good thing.

Update:

C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv1.0.3705>aspnet_regiis.exe -i
Start installing ASP.NET (1.0.3705.288)
Finished installing ASP.NET (1.0.3705.288)

C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv1.0.3705>

Dave Winer:

It’ll be interesting to see when Microsoft claims to have invented this. We were creating APIs for a network software platform in the late 80s. We eventually worked with Microsoft on this stuff with the understanding that they had not filed any patents in this area. As I write this I’m sitting in a building filled with lawyers.

John Robb:

Hmmm.  Microsoft’s patent application for .Net sounds exactly like Radio.