Dr Wingnut

Category: Computer

  • Simple is not easy

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    Sometimes the simple, stupid way is also the best way.via email from Paul Cantrell, Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:16:35 -0700 in a discussion about CSS rendering of the last element of a collection

  • Perception

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    Sometimes you just wonder…  I came across this job posting on Monster.com today from a Credit Union looking for an IT Manager.In the text of the posting, they identify themselves as, “As a 72 year old, financially sound, technologically advanced employer, you can count on us for competitive salary and benefits as well as career…

  • Truly amazing

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    I was looking up a job listing from a site I used to subscribe to which trolls the net for $100k jobs.  The reason I didn’t renew my subscription was because they don’t really act as a listing service, they just charge you for the convenience of listing all the jobs that they’ve trolled off…

  • The 2008 InfoWorld Geek IQ Test

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    Your score is 63.Of the 2679 people who have completed the test so far, 415 scored higher and 2264 scored the same or lower.Take the original InfoWorld Geek IQ TestEmail this InfoWorld IQ test to a friend

  • In Praise of Scripting: Real Programming Pragmatism

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    I weep when I think about the text processing written in C under my managerial watch because the programmer didn’t know Perl.  Considering that there are much better scripting tools for much of what gets programmed in Java and C++, perhaps the question should be whether Java and C++ scale to enterprise projects.Ronald P. Loui,…

  • Got Kleenex?

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    A couple of weeks ago, I went to the server room to find our network support guy, Gerhard, to talk about upgrading our SharePoint 2003 servers to MOSS 2007 and I found the following jury-rigged tissue dispenser.  I guess it’s better than having a box on the desk covered with binders and cables that hides…

  • SharePoint 2003

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    I was just looking for a list item in SharePoint by searching for an item id in a list, which though displayed, cannot be found by the built in search…  Then I realized that this is the most useless tool following a claw-hammer that just has two claws and no face!