A 30 second intro to playing with System.Transactions [http://weblogs.asp.net/markjen/archive/2004/07/12/180449.aspx]. “System.Transactions is a new framework library that allows you to write distributed applications in .NET. System.Transactions seeks to be fast, lightweight and easy to use.” [via Mark Jen…
Bill Gates shares … [http://www.asiacomputerweekly.com/acw_ViewArt.cfm?Magid=1&Artid=24328&Catid=2&subcat=19] > “If you don’t want to create jobs or intellectual property, then there is a tendency to develop open source. It is not something you do as a…
Luxembourg leads the world in alcohol consumption [http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=2877868]. A complete country-wise breakup (for 2004) is also available on the site. Cheers mate!…
A nice and simple example (the TSP problem) [http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~papagel/project/tspprobl.htm] of the heuristic algorithm [http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~papagel/project/kef5_5.htm].…
Inventor of the remote control is “confused†[http://www.engadget.com/entry/7832617637315816/] > “You know it’s a bad sign when even Robert Adler, the retired Zenith engineer who helped invent the remote control over 50 years ago, says that “you need a pilot’s license to…
Overview of the refactoring support in Whidbey [http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/06/28/whidbey_refactoring.html].…
“CLR version 1.1 (Everett) debuts a set of debug probes that enable you to find and diagnose difficult bugs, even in a production environment. CLR SPY [http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=c7b955c7-231a-406c-9fa5-ad09ef3bb37f] is a C# Windows Forms program that exposes these probes in a simple…
Microsoft ISV Buddy Program [http://msdn.microsoft.com/isv/isvbuddy/default.aspx] > “The Microsoft ISV Buddy Program is all about connecting you, the Independent Software Vendor, with a Microsoft employee who will be your point person within Microsoft. It’s about putting a face to Microsoft and helping you…