Mozilla and Opera disabled

Oh, that's nice -- Mozilla and Opera cannot connect to anything and even a .NET HttpWebRequest fails; IE works on http connections, but not https. But, I can connect to secure sites from within a VMWare session!

Sigh. I've deleted my network adapter and it got automatically re-installed when I rebooted …

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Redirects & HTTPS Capability Lost in IE -- shenanigans?

The weirdest thing has happened: Internet Explorer has lost its ability to access https and URL redirects don't work. Is this a symptom of a known worm / virus / exploit?

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My Latest Article In SD Times Reflects On The Lack Of Traction For Dynami

My latest article in SD Times reflects on the lack of traction for dynamic languages in .NET.

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Just Back From KailuaKona And The ECMA Working Groups On The Standardization Of C And CCLI Boy Is That Fun Stuff For A

Just back from Kailua-Kona and the ECMA Working Groups on the standardization of C# and C++/CLI. Boy, is that fun stuff for a language geek, plus I got to see some friends from the ol' days: P.J. Plauger, Rex Jaeschke, and Thomas Plum, who was the host of …

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Ignoring The Scripts

Ignoring the Scripts

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Standards in Paradise

ECMA Technical Group 5 is charged with standardizing C++ bindings to the CLI. Progress has been slowed by the lack of 200-watt backlights for the laptops.

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Tivo for $160

In other Amazon Friday Sale news, they've got a Tivo Series 2 40 for \\(214 plus a \\)50 rebate. (Hmmm... actually, Tivo.com has refurbished units for \\(150). You still have to pay \\)300 for the service and \$99 if you want to play MP3s.

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A penny saved...

If you've been putting off that decision to jump into non-linear editing, now is the time!

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Moving pictures

I wanted to demonstrate the SpamBayes plug-in for the school, and I realized I ought to try the screen-capture feature of the free Windows Media Encoder 9. The results were stunning. via [Jon's Radio]

I used that codec for a video on programming the Tablet PC I did last year …

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'Lonestar' Alpha Now Available on BetaPlace

Neowin is reporting that Microsoft has broadened the alpha test of its next-gen Tablet PC operating system, "Lonestar," to all BetaPlace testers. Last week, Microsoft execs told us to expect Lonestar to go beta in late February or early March. The final Lonestar release target is still June.
[Microsoft Watch …

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