Jason Haley asks: What do you do with people who are still putting off learning .NET?
From my standpoint, you keep improving .NET until they start getting the message that .NET is +the+ platform of the future.
via [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]
Man's (and woman's) ability to solve problems. via [Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outlet]
The problem: CAPTCHAs (those visual problems used to defeat registration 'bots). The CACM reports that defeat requires advancing the state-of-the-art of Artificial Intelligence.
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p dir="ltr"> The solution: "Solve this CAPTCHA for us and we'll show …
more ...It hurts a lot.
more ...Rory sez Microsoft shouldn't cater to hobbyist programmers. Scoble disagrees. I'm really ticked off because I just wrote a column on this, so I can't post that for four weeks, but here are some points...
Hobbyist programmers matter a lot. According to Microsoft, there are 7,000,000 hobbyist programmers …
more ...This is a 2.4GHz cordless answering system with 2 handsets, available for about \$100. We tried it out for 2 days and are returning it. It has a terrible hiss. I don't know if it's the spread spectrum technology, interference with my WiFi, or just the phone, but its …
more ...Tom Plum just came up with a great idea: In the next 8 months, swap a political book with a personal acquaintance whose philosophy is opposite yours. Then have a civil discussion.
more ...Mars was once "drenched in water." Cool.
more ...In a comment, Josh asks "[Why should] a C++ programmer choose to write industrial programs in C#? Of course you needn't restate the benefits of a 3rd/4th/5th generation language, as much as benefits to someone who is choosing whether or not to port existing C++ code to C …
more ...Jon Udell's .NET Report Card is an excellent article, but I'm going to pick a couple nits:
He gives .NET a B in "Advancing the state of the art of Windows programming." I'd disagree: for both the state of the art and state of the practice, I'd give .NET an …
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