RE: Determining the type of active index

Ted, I agree but my point was that however you generate the index it is always going to physically be a fixed length string packed/encrypted or otherwise. The fact that it is a particular data type is irrelevant as the "mapping" in VFP is always down to a fixed length character based field (however

RE: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

Hal wrote: "...A thorough understanding of algorithmic principles, database, some math, regression, ETHICS, etc. is what should qualify someone to be a computer professional" TOTALLY WRONG Hal I'm afraid. The thing that qualifies someone to be a computer professional in its true sense (where soft

Re: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

On Wednesday 17 January 2007 2:46 pm, Michael Madigan wrote: Hi Michael! As you know I am getting up in years. I have had the experience of businesses and people doing right by me for a while and then slipping me the pickle once they had my trust. The last twenty years, I haven't trusted anyone

[OT] Climate Expert Calls for Decertifying Global Warming Skeptics

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Re: Index on collector tag collector unique

Yep, you're right, I should have a collector database. This was a band-aid added quick and dirty. Turned out to be too dirty. --- Eugene Vital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: > > OK, so I have a client database and on that > database I > > have a collector ID. I have a ta

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

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RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

Michael Madigan <> wrote: > Everyplace I've worked, the money went to the clueless. LOL Who did you get any? ;-> > I've always said that if I had employees that I would pay them based > on a fixed percentage of what they generated in business. If I bill > you at $100.00/hr, I pay you $50.00 /

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

Pete Theisen <> wrote: > On Wednesday 17 January 2007 12:03 pm, Michael Madigan wrote: >> However, I've seen that the most >> successful companies are the ones that treat their employees like >> crap. > > Hi Michael! > > What? THAT good? > > I think it used to be that companies made their money

RE: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

Ed Leafe <> wrote: > On Jan 17, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Charlie Coleman wrote: > >> The saddest thing is "computer professionals" will still continue to >> use and promote MS. I'll bet this will have little impact on most of >> the MS-heads out there. > > Imagine if there were the equivalent to t

RE: [NF] The end of desktop software development?

Charlie Coleman <> wrote: > At 06:12 AM 1/10/2007 -0600, Stephen the Cook wrote: > ... > >>> >>> what the on earth is desktop software development? >> >> Software that is designed to run on the local pc. WinForm vs Web in >> .net speak. > > ... > > Or "smart" vs. "dumb" for in PHB-speak.

Re: Determining the type of active index

Ted Roche wrote: > On 1/17/07, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> However, always remember though that there is no such thing as a "Numeric" >> index as all the data you index on is converted to a character expression >> before it is indexed. Hence you can seek on a character key even

Re: Index on collector tag collector unique

Michael Madigan wrote: > OK, so I have a client database and on that database I > have a collector ID. I have a tag in the compound > index that is created by > > "index on collector tag collector unique". > > This gives me a list of unique collectors using the > system, each one assigned to on

Re: Easy way to count total lines of code in complete project?

On 1/17/07, Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very cool. > Well, thank you. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/p

RE: [NF] Invalid Terms

=>  => On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote: =>  => > OK Ed. A couple of posts back you wrote "IONAL." I thought that => > meant "I am not a lawyer." I guess I was wrong about that => particular => > meaning and that it was not an acronym after all. =>  =>  Oh. Cute. =>  => 

Re: Determining the type of active index

Ted, > I know that was true back in the FoxBase days, but aren't integer indexes > smaller than other types because they are packing integers rather than > converting them to strings? There's also the new(?) binary indexes in VFP 9 that are even smaller/faster in some scenarios. Malcolm ___

Re: Easy way to count total lines of code in complete project?

Very cool. Ted Roche wrote: >On 1/16/07, MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Is there an easy way to determine the total number of lines of code in >>an app/project? >> >> >> > >http://www.tedroche.com/Present/2000/ProjScan.zip > >Pretty self-documenting, the associated

Re: [NF] Invalid Terms

Gee, I hope everything came out all right in the end. (Bad Chet)... :-) Ed Leafe wrote: >On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote: > > > >>OK Ed. A couple of posts back you wrote "IONAL." I thought that >>meant "I am not a lawyer." I guess I was wrong about that >>particular

Re: Determining the type of active index

On 1/17/07, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, always remember though that there is no such thing as a "Numeric" > index as all the data you index on is converted to a character expression > before it is indexed. Hence you can seek on a character key even though you > created the

Re: select from table

Sytze de Boer wrote: > Hi folk > I have a table where amongst other fields, I have empcode C(10), gross > N(10,2), cycle N(5) > empcode is the employee code, gross is total pay, cycle is the pay number > > I want to: > select empcode, sum(gross) from mytable order by empcode group by > empcode int

Re: Easy way to count total lines of code in complete project?

On 1/16/07, MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an easy way to determine the total number of lines of code in > an app/project? > http://www.tedroche.com/Present/2000/ProjScan.zip Pretty self-documenting, the associated paper can be found at: http://www.tedroche.com/Prese

Re: [OT] Justice = The Midas Rule (was Re: [NF] Invalid Terms)

"putting everyone and everything down" The mark of a loser. On 1/17/07, Hal Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't be a sore loser and a whiner, Mike ... work to make the system > better instead of putting everyone and everything down. You will have a lot > more credibility. --- StripMime

Re: [OT] Justice = The Midas Rule (was Re: [NF] Invalid Terms)

Hal Kaplan wrote: > => > => Take a look at OJ Simpson and Robert Blake. Both guilty as > => sin with good lawyers. Phil Spector looks like he'll get > => off with murder too. I wonder if you can convict a > => celebrity anymore. > => > > Lil Kim (spelling?) served her year-and-a-day in ja

Re: FoxPro on Vista

Hi Michael, > What does Craig's tool offer that I can't achieve with the simple encrypt > utility in cipher50.fll? Cipher50 is simple encryption that's easy to break. Craig's encryption FLL supports major industry encryption standards (AES, Blowfish, RC4) in stream and block formats with suppor

Re: FoxPro on Vista

Malcolm Greene wrote: > Allen, > > >> I use the windows cryptology service and the crypt class. >> > > The crypt class is very brittle and tempermental. I can't think of any > scenario where I would use this class. > > >> Currently I use Microsoft enhanced cryptographic provider v1.0. An

RE: Index on collector tag collector unique

It is a type of index for VFP data, which enforces uniqueness and does not accept nulls (just like a primary key, but you can only have one primary key per table). Check out the topic "Visual FoxPro Index Types" in the VFP Help file. It clearly explains all the different index types (including a

RE: FoxPro on Vista

Allen, > I use the windows cryptology service and the crypt class. The crypt class is very brittle and tempermental. I can't think of any scenario where I would use this class. > Currently I use Microsoft enhanced cryptographic provider v1.0. Anyone know > what to use in Vista? Check out Craig

Re: [NF] Windows Media Player 10 -- hog?

You might want to try: Nokia_3660_Multimediaplayer_en Download choices: http://tinyurl.com/2c4qqa At 11:51 AM 1/17/2007, you wrote: >WMP 10 seems to be much more of a resource hog than the previous >versions. I've used Yahoo Music Jukebox and am thinking about just >using it

Re: [OT] Virgin birth again.....

Perhaps the birth of a female chimpanzee prophet? On 1/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > < > http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/17/pregnant.chimp.ap/index.html > > > or > > > A female chimpanzee at a sanctuary has given birth, despite the

Re: [NF] Invalid Terms

On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote: > OK Ed. A couple of posts back you wrote "IONAL." I thought that > meant "I am not a lawyer." I guess I was wrong about that > particular meaning and that it was not an acronym after all. Oh. Cute. No, IANAL does indeed mean

Re: Most popular Foxpro framework

On 1/10/07, Man-wai CHANG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a chart for that? > No, but Budweiser is the most popular beer. Why would popularity matter? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProF

Re: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

On 1/17/07, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only way that that would work is if the testing/certification > body was impartial. Try to find one of those these days. > How about A+ or LPI or ICCP? There are a lot of attempts.I believe one will eventually succeed. Then there'll b

RE: [NF] 51 holes to plug? Is that all

I've spent 20 years thinking about why building huge skyscrapers works and building software doesn’t.. Too many short cuts in software. 1st BIG mistake... Most developers don't even understand their business's process from beginning to end and by that I mean from ordering the raw goods to placing

Re: [OT] Virgin birth again.....

On Jan 17, 2007, at 4:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A female chimpanzee at a sanctuary has given birth, despite the > fact that > the facility's entire male chimp population has had vasectomies. Must have been a chimp angel that did it! Of course, a female child, as in this

Re: [NF] 51 holes to plug? Is that all

Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > Not until software is built like a building.. > Blue prints for every item > Well, then agile development goes out the window then, doesn't it? It'd have to be the traditional waterfall approach if that's the way to do it. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Softw

RE: [NF] 51 holes to plug? Is that all

Not until software is built like a building.. Blue prints for every item Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beha

Re: Index on collector tag collector unique

MB Software Solutions wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: > >> Thanks. What do you mean by "candidate"? >> >> >> > Same as a Primary index, meaning that the values in that field > (combination) are all unique, i.e., without duplicates, but that it is > not the primary index (because somet

Re: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

Hal Kaplan wrote: > A thorough understanding of algorithmic principles, database, some > math, regression, ETHICS, etc. is what should qualify someone to be a > computer professional. > > Perhaps that's why most of these "charge 'em as much as you can" bozos and other non-ethical folks (who

Re: [NF] Invalid Terms

Hal Kaplan wrote: > The bottom line? She loves to go to Dunkin Donuts for joe and I > like 7-11. > How well does she know "Joe" ?? (He meant 'coffee' for you non-US folks who might not know what he really meant. ) -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoft

[OT] Virgin birth again.....

or A female chimpanzee at a sanctuary has given birth, despite the fact that the facility's entire male chimp population has had vasectomies. __

Re: Index on collector tag collector unique

Michael Madigan wrote: > Thanks. What do you mean by "candidate"? > > Same as a Primary index, meaning that the values in that field (combination) are all unique, i.e., without duplicates, but that it is not the primary index (because something else is generally). -- Michael J. Babcock, MC

RE: Index on collector tag collector unique

Thanks. What do you mean by "candidate"? --- Rick Schummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unique indexes are bad and the behavior you are > observing is how they are designed. Direct from > HackFox: > > "A so-called unique index contains a key only for > the first record that has a particular k

RE: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

  => And the second problem is that all of the folks in the biz => would want to be grandfathered in. Who in their right mind => would submit to having to gain credentials (that they may or => may not be qualified to earn) to do what they've been doing => for the last 10 or 20 years? =>  => So,

RE: [NF] Invalid Terms

=> On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote: =>  => > Fine, Ed. Copyright law does not work that way but I am => not referring => > to copyright law. I am referring to licensing. You can => "copyright" => > your relationship with a person by marriage, =>  =>  No, you can't. =>  => >

RE: Index on collector tag collector unique

Unique indexes are bad and the behavior you are observing is how they are designed. Direct from HackFox: "A so-called unique index contains a key only for the first record that has a particular key value. That is, once a key value occurs, no other records with that key value get added to the in

[NF] 51 holes to plug? Is that all

And you thought it was a rag on M$ now didn't you ;-> Oracle has released its first critical patch update for 2007, with fixes for a total of 51 security vulnerabilities in a wide range of enterprise products. The Redwood City, Calif., database server giant's patch ba

Re: AFUG Meeting Notice : YAG Talks Sedna

On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: > AFUG is pleased to announce that Y. Alan Griver, will be our special > guest speaker at our January meeting. YAG will be discussing what > is the > latest news about Sedna and all sorts of additional technological > subjects. BTW, tell

Re: AFUG Meeting Notice : YAG Talks Sedna

Update to the location. We're renting a conference room at the Georgia Tech Hotel. DIRECTIONS:http://www.gatechhotel.com/AboutUs/mapDirections.cfm We'll be meeting beforehand at Moe's for some food and drink. -Kevin Kevin Cully wrote: > http://afug.com > > Thursday, January 18th, 2007 > > A

Index on collector tag collector unique

OK, so I have a client database and on that database I have a collector ID. I have a tag in the compound index that is created by "index on collector tag collector unique". This gives me a list of unique collectors using the system, each one assigned to one or more clients. I have a collecto

RE: [NF] Windows Media Player 10 -- hog?

Try Windows Media Player 11 maybe? WinAmp always crashed on me so I ditched it. Have a look at the freeware VLC player too. If it's just playback you're after there are any number of alternatives to WMP. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service sh

Re: [NF] Invalid Terms

On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote: > Fine, Ed. Copyright law does not work that way but I am not > referring to copyright law. I am referring to licensing. You can > "copyright" your relationship with a person by marriage, No, you can't. > but your marital relationship

Re: select from table

My WAG would be you need to group on empcode & cycles in order to have the TOP clause give you what you want. Tracy Pearson wrote: > WAG > > Select empcode, (select sum(gross) from table1 sumtable where > sumtable.empcode = table1.empcode top 52 order by cycle desc) as grosssum > from table1 grou

Re: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

I also think it's a chicken and egg thing. I think the time when customers used to stick with one business because the service was that good, is long gone. I have one auto dealership that I buy from. Their service is unbelievably good. I'm willing to pay more for their cars to have that service

RE: FoxPro Screen and .EXE - VFP 7.0

with a Config.fpw file. It's a text files you can put the following in it _Screen = off resource = off See: http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~OneFormVfpApp~VFP Tracy > -Original Message- > From: Hines, Catherine > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:23 PM > > > I'm creating an executa

RE: select from table

WAG Select empcode, (select sum(gross) from table1 sumtable where sumtable.empcode = table1.empcode top 52 order by cycle desc) as grosssum from table1 group by empcode Tracy > -Original Message- > From: Sytze de Boer > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:39 PM > > Hi folk > I have a ta

FoxPro Screen and .EXE - VFP 7.0

I'm creating an executable from a program that runs against Oracle and produces an Excel output file. It does nothing else; there is no form. I've created a project, added my program to the project, and created an executable from the project. Which works fine, but it opens a MS Visual FoxPro scre

RE: [NF] Invalid Terms

=>  => > Poppycock, Ed! M$ makes a product. You want to use it => and you buy it => > SUBJECT TO THE TERMS of the license agreement. You don't like the => > agreement? Don't buy the product or negotiate a different => agreement. =>  =>  Sorry, but copyright law doesn't work that way. IA

Re: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

David Crooks wrote: > On Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:03 PM Ed Leafe wrote: > >> The only way that that would work is if the > testing/certification body was impartial. Try >> to find one of those these days. > > Flash back to when there was a committee to standardize the XBase > language

Re: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

On Wednesday 17 January 2007 12:03 pm, Michael Madigan wrote: > However, I've seen that the most > successful companies are the ones that treat their > employees like crap. Hi Michael! What? THAT good? I think it used to be that companies made their money off of customers. Now they clearly make

select from table

Hi folk I have a table where amongst other fields, I have empcode C(10), gross N(10,2), cycle N(5) empcode is the employee code, gross is total pay, cycle is the pay number I want to: select empcode, sum(gross) from mytable order by empcode group by empcode into table newtable BUT I ONLY WANT THE

Re: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

On Wednesday 17 January 2007 9:44 am, MB Software Solutions wrote: Hi Michael! Well, if they actually carry through with it. I don't think they ever will, somehow. > http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/TheComingCrackd >ownOnCEOs.aspx > > It's about time. -- Regards,

Re: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

That was the point to begin with. On 1/17/07, Virgil Bierschwale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would agree on that... > > No performee, no payee... > > Kind of like I told an agency once, > > No payee, no workee > > > Virgil Bierschwale > http://www.virgilslist.com > http://www.tccutlery.co

Re: VFP in Asian (Hong Kong) environments

Heya Richard - email me offlist with a contact phone number or skype ID, I'll fill you full of stuff from my experience and my partners experience. Regards [Bill] -- William Sanders / efGroup {rmv the DOT BOB to reply} VFP Webhosting? You BET! -> http://efgroup.net/vfpwebhosting Failing dotNet P

RE: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

On Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:03 PM Ed Leafe wrote: > The only way that that would work is if the testing/certification body was impartial. Try >to find one of those these days. Flash back to when there was a committee to standardize the XBase language and each company that produced lik

Re: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:16 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote: > I too wish they would require some sort of testing of qualifications. The only way that that would work is if the testing/certification body was impartial. Try to find one of those these days. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com

Re: [NF] Invalid Terms

On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote: > Poppycock, Ed! M$ makes a product. You want to use it and you buy > it SUBJECT TO THE TERMS of the license agreement. You don't like > the agreement? Don't buy the product or negotiate a different > agreement. Sorry, but copyrigh

RE: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

=> That's because plumbing changes very little, so a standard => set of skills and exams can be developed and honed over => time. With computing everything changes too quickly for => these things to take shape. By the time you have become an => NT guru it is out of date. Your MCSD etc. does

Re: FoxPro on Vista

What is 2Bb ? 2 Biggems Bytes ? Bob Lee - Original Message - From: "Dave Crozier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:26 AM Subject: RE: FoxPro on Vista > Al, > VFP9 Works No Problems (so far) on mine. I fired it up on Saturday. > > I'm still

RE: [OT] Justice = The Midas Rule (was Re: [NF] Invalid Terms)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were guilty. --- Hal Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > =>  > => Take a look at OJ Simpson and Robert Blake. > Both guilty as > => sin with good lawyers. Phil Spector looks like > he'll get > => off with murder too. I wonder if you can convict > a > => celebrit

RE: [OT] Justice = The Midas Rule (was Re: [NF] Invalid Terms)

=>  => Take a look at OJ Simpson and Robert Blake. Both guilty as => sin with good lawyers. Phil Spector looks like he'll get => off with murder too. I wonder if you can convict a => celebrity anymore. =>  Lil Kim (spelling?) served her year-and-a-day in jail on a perjury conviction (felon

Re: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

Hal Kaplan wrote: > I know Ed does not like lawyers but I do not know why. It really is a shame > how 95% of the profession makes things bad for the other 5%. > Excellent! > IMHO, the real problem with computer "professionals" is that they are NOT. > Unlike other professionals, computer pr

Re: VFP in Asian (Hong Kong) environments

On 1/17/07, Richard Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My company is investigating the possibility of selling/expanding our > vertical market app into Hong Kong. While our app runs in 4 languages > now, this would be our first experience working with Chinese (or any > Asian) clients for that matter.

RE: [NF] Invalid Terms

=>  => On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Hal Kaplan wrote: =>  => > M$ has to start by alleging a breach of contract. So the question => > then becomes what provision is so onerous that a licensee has no => > choice but to violate it? =>  =>  No, that's not the case at all. Copyright gives you

Re: mySQL Community or Enterprise

Lew Schwartz wrote: > Just getting started with using mySQL w/VFP, and I already have a > decision to make. There are two versions now, Community and Enterprise. > What's the difference? Which should I choose? > -Lew > This might answer your question: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.

Re: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

Hal Kaplan wrote: > I know Ed does not like lawyers but I do not know why. It really is a shame > how 95% of the profession makes things bad for the other 5%. Personally, I > think "lawyer" is a pejorative term and I insist that my wife refer to > herself as an "attorney at law." > > Every o

mySQL Community or Enterprise

Just getting started with using mySQL w/VFP, and I already have a decision to make. There are two versions now, Community and Enterprise. What's the difference? Which should I choose? -Lew ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [OT] Justice = The Midas Rule (was Re: [NF] Invalid Terms)

Take a look at OJ Simpson and Robert Blake. Both guilty as sin with good lawyers. Phil Spector looks like he'll get off with murder too. I wonder if you can convict a celebrity anymore. --- MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: > > > > since justice has very lit

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

Everyplace I've worked, the money went to the clueless. LOL I've always said that if I had employees that I would pay them based on a fixed percentage of what they generated in business. If I bill you at $100.00/hr, I pay you $50.00 / hr. However, I've seen that the most successful companies are

RE: FoxPro on Vista

Allen, >>VFP7 moans about MSXML4 and the task manager does not work.<< Assuming you meant VFP 9, did you apply the SP2 CTP patch? I am not sure this fixes your problem or not, and if it does not I would report this to the VFP team via the Connect Web site (https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback

RE: [NF] Windows Media Player 10 -- hog?

Michael, The latest Winamp is not resource hungry and plays just about everything Audio/Video that I throw at it. So much so, that I've upgraded from the free version to the paid version. Give the free version a try - no adware either unlike the "Real" range of products I tried the Nero offering "

RE: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

=>  => Ed Leafe wrote: => >The attitude of most computer "professionals" is more => akin to that of => > lawyers: milk the client for whatever you can simply => because you can. => > =>  => Sad, but true. And that's what taints our professional and => gives us the => black eye. =>  => 

[NF] Windows Media Player 10 -- hog?

WMP 10 seems to be much more of a resource hog than the previous versions. I've used Yahoo Music Jukebox and am thinking about just using it instead of WMP 10. What do the rest of you folks use (that isn't a hog like WMP 10 seems to be)? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC

[OT] Justice = The Midas Rule (was Re: [NF] Invalid Terms)

Ed Leafe wrote: > > since justice has very little to do with > who is right, but rather who can afford the best lawyers for the > longest period. > I wonder if there's a way to fix that problem? Do other civilized countries have this same problem? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Softwar

RE: FoxPro on Vista

For information. VFP9 required msxml4 to run the task screen. The parser is on Microsoft's web site and it does resolve my issue (so far) with VFP9 on Vista. Still no clues on VFP5a which I still need at the moment. I get an error "Error initializing Application object". I don’t know what object as

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

I would agree on that... No performee, no payee... Kind of like I told an agency once, No payee, no workee Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

It seems to me that the shareholders should have a say in it. Why should a CEO who's done horribly get a huge salary? http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P125120.asp I think all CEO salaries should be based on a base salary + a bonus, but with a reasonable cap. A totally broke company giving 40

Re: [NF] Invalid Terms

On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Hal Kaplan wrote: > M$ has to start by alleging a breach of contract. So the question > then becomes what provision is so onerous that a licensee has no > choice but to violate it? No, that's not the case at all. Copyright gives you certain rights to c

Re: [NF] IE7 and MS Virtual Earth Mapping conflict with FireFox

Dave Crozier wrote: > Michael, > I'll email you off list with a small demo. > > Sounds great, Dave...thanks! -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!"

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

Nope, just hungry... I've worked directly with some of the CEO's making the big bucks and I know a few individuals that own their own private companies.. They're no different then you or I, except that they don't understand the words "It Can't be done" Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.

VFP in Asian (Hong Kong) environments

My company is investigating the possibility of selling/expanding our vertical market app into Hong Kong. While our app runs in 4 languages now, this would be our first experience working with Chinese (or any Asian) clients for that matter. I'm interested in any feedback both for development iss

RE: [NF] Invalid Terms

=> On Jan 16, 2007, at 11:31 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote: =>  => >> Whenever someone with deep pockets decides to do so. => Until then, the => >> Golden Rule applies. => > => > But when they (M$) are the deepest pockets for miles => around, that time => > will never seem to come? =>  => 

RE: [NF] IE7 and MS Virtual Earth Mapping conflict with FireFox

Michael, I'll email you off list with a small demo. Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: 17 January 2007 14:03 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] IE7 and MS Virtual Earth Mapping conflict with FireFo

Re: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

You're a naive guy, Virgil. On 1/17/07, Virgil Bierschwale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Spoken like a true pessimist. > > > Virgil Bierschwale > http://www.virgilslist.com > http://www.tccutlery.com > http://www.bierschwale.com > http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com --- StripMime Report -- proc

Re: [NF] New concept to winForm controls and other .NET 3 items.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Even though there are plenty of resources available for the new Microsoft > .NET Framework 3.0 I found this introduction pretty simple and upto the > point. > > Here is a gist of the different pillars of .NET Fx 3.0, > >

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

Spoken like a true pessimist. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 200

Re: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

On Jan 17, 2007, at 10:38 AM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > Don't say that.. > You may wind up a CEO one of these days Yeah, that'll happen. > and if you're responsible for making > your share holders a lot of money, then you're entitled to reap the > rewards.. Of course, the mone

[NF] New concept to winForm controls and other .NET 3 items.

Even though there are plenty of resources available for the new Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 I found this introduction pretty simple and upto the point. Here is a gist of the different pillars of .NET Fx 3.0,

RE: [OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

Don't say that.. You may wind up a CEO one of these days and if you're responsible for making your share holders a lot of money, then you're entitled to reap the rewards.. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolu

[OT] Cracking down on CEO salaries

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/TheComingCrackdownOnCEOs.aspx It's about time. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!"

Re: [NF] Microsoft Caught out - Naughty, Naughty!

Ed Leafe wrote: > The attitude of most computer "professionals" is more akin to that > of lawyers: milk the client for whatever you can simply because you can. > Sad, but true. And that's what taints our professional and gives us the black eye. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software

RE: [NF] The end of desktop software development?

At 06:12 AM 1/10/2007 -0600, Stephen the Cook wrote: ... > > > > what the on earth is desktop software development? > >Software that is designed to run on the local pc. WinForm vs Web in .net >speak. ... Or "smart" vs. "dumb" for in PHB-speak. ;-) -Charlie ___

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