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It takes me back to when I wrote in COBOL. Comment blocks preceded paragraphs that awere to be kept to 50 lines or less, comment marks slewed each paragraph to the top of page on hardcopy, and horizontal tabs (HT characters) right-aligned asterisks for the right wall of the box. Given monochromatic and mono-type source editing and printing, a comment box was a useful construction. They were also where your versioning notes were placed.
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Coding Guidelines are good for teams, and those guidelines may include how comments should be written. But they are a convention only, it does not mean that other conventions are bad, and calling people following different conventions "brain-damaged" is not acceptable.
Well, see: in some countries, people drive on the left side of the road, in other countries on the right side. Both versions are possible, and none of them is superior. Problems will arise only when you mix them.
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Microsoft is bringing the dream of the Star Trek universal translator to businesses later this year with the launch of a new beta feature that offers live captioning of Skype for Business meeting broadcasts in 40 languages. Not sure if that list will include translating the meeting into "useful"
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useful... i am not sure
but funny... for sure 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I played with my co-worker... Had a lot of fun reading the translations of Skype between French and Hungarian... The business part was less successful...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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One more way of saying what you don't mean.
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The 10-20 pound hydraulic ‘squirrel robot’ will be able to jump and climb, to scout terrain and bring information back to its unit. Plans for a robot hamster (as mobile server) still on hold
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It's gonna drive all the dog robots nuts!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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It's the Navy. Shouldn't they be working on robot seals and fish?
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In an advance that helps pave the way for next-generation electronics and computing technologies -- and possibly paper-thin gadgets -- scientists have developed a way to chemically assemble transistors and circuits that are only a few atoms thick. Thus leading to laptops you can lose when they slip between the sofa cushions
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The answer to this question about Wi-Fi is surprisingly complicated Is anything ever?
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My home wifi is finally fast enough. I bought a USB 2 adapter so my laptop can communicate on 5 Ghz channels. The communication devices I found too slow were 300 baud modems. You don't see those around anymore.
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Ah, you're a brave and patient man. I complain when I get buffering on videos when I'm out in the garage and yard.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Is anything ever?
Your gf might disagree.
Marc
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Touché (and yeah, probably) 
TTFN - Kent
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Quote: First, the stated maximum speeds are frequently the product of unusual configurations that would be unsuitable for use in the real world
You mean most people don't use impedance matched RF cables to connect the antenna ports of their wifi card to the antenna ports of their router?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Microsoft has patched a security vulnerability found in every supported version of Windows, which if exploited could allow an attacker to take over a system. What kind of world do we live in if we can't even trust our printer drivers?
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And the patch is the W10 nag screen.
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Who wants even MORE FREE EBOOKS and resources this year? If so, you’ve come to the right place as I’m once again kicking off my annual FREE MICROSOFT EBOOK GIVEAWAY extravaganza! Whoa. Lay off the caps lock, dude.
SEO ain't a river in Egypt. Still, good deal.
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When I see MICROSOFT and FREE in same sentence, I wonder where is the catch 
Just think about the W10 free upgrade, they have such a heavy hand that the catch is mandatory.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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The catch is many are moderately obsolescent. But if the systems you work with are moderately obsolescent, then the books are bang on.
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The programming sandbox, seen through the eyes of devs, slightly misses the mark. Is that supposed to be an insult, or compliment?
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Maybe both? Playgrounds are neat, and they can be fun and useful when doing exploratory programming. Using Clojure with Light Table is similar. But in both cases, putting together a simple application that accomplishes useful business or personal tasks is more difficult than it was using HyperCard in 1987.
It's funny; I do web development every day, and I even like most of the tools I use. When I stop and really think about it, though, it kind of feels like I'm a caveman working with sticks and stones when I compare front end web development to the rapid development that was possible (and easy) with HyperCard and classic VB 20+ years ago.
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Microsoft is making its renamed Windows 10 Enterprise version available as a subscription that's available for $84 per user per year and purchasable directly and through reseller partners. Stopping the nagging? Priceless.
Two times 42... coincidence?
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An average Windows edition was about $150 (most). Let say you use it for 5 years...That's make it $30...
I can't see W10 3 times as good as W7...
At some point they will milk the dead cow...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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