Channel 9 - Discussions by Andrei P http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by Andrei P http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Andrei P/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Andrei P/Discussions en Wed, 22 May 2013 19:04:35 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 19:04:35 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Core numbers vs GHz Speed Just a few days ago Intel showcased their first 80 core CPU. Unfortunately we won't see it hit the market in less than 5 years. Hopefully by that time, we'll see software taking advantage of the cores. I know Windows 7 introduces more support for them, but I doubt we'll see a noticeable performance increase until a Windows version developed with parallel processing in mind, becomes available.

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brian.shapiro said:
Andrei P said:
*snip*
Thanks for the submissions. If you look at the ones we've rated 3 and 4 stars, we're shooting for a simple concept that's witty at the same time. Right now we're considering #8.

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stevo_ said:
spivonious said:
*snip*
This is how logos are designed now? you put a snip of text on a page and let a few 100 people submit designs? what about usage guidelines, refinement? creating a logo by learning about what makes your company.. YOUR company?

Just seems very impersonal.
In this line of business where new projects are flowing in each day, this is how logos are designed. Besides, the more strict you are about the design, the more you strip the designer of his/her creativity. Let designers be creative and come up with their own idea for the logo, that's what we believe in.

And by the way, there are more details for designers in the contest brief.

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brian.shapiro said:
Andrei P said:
*snip*
where does the name terrasynq come from
That's... a good question.

Let me think about it.

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Ion Todirel said:
It's not that easy to pickup a logo if we don't know anything about the future company... although those are my favorites:

The info is in the brief. We're a software company that works with mid-size and large companies on developing websites and client software, so we need something that looks professional and not overly complicated. So many of these designs are great, but not all of them fit us and some are simply too generic.

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brian.shapiro said:
This isn't giving me a chance to submit a design to you, Andrei...


Fire up MS Paint Smiley

We could extend the contest but I think that's only going to make it more difficult to come up with a decision. Besides, there are more logo submissions than you see in there. Like the logos at http://99designs.com/users/264730 were withdrawn to avoid a conflict with another designer.


]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/435357-Help-me-pick-a-logo/6c7b82522a5642d4b9e39dea01074703#6c7b82522a5642d4b9e39dea01074703 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:45:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/435357-Help-me-pick-a-logo/6c7b82522a5642d4b9e39dea01074703#6c7b82522a5642d4b9e39dea01074703 Andrei P 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Andrei P/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Help me pick a logo So we've started a contest looking for a logo for our new software development company, and as you might expect now we can't make up our mind. We've started asking around and I thought about Channel 9 because it has some designers around *cough* Jamie *cough* and some people that can appreciate a good design.

Here they are: http://99designs.com/contests/13091 (spans over two pages)

Which one would you pick?


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My YouTube flash embed doesn't show up, so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_JGDO3X87g%20" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_JGDO3X87g

Yes, I do like it better than the original by David Bowie. And don't say blasphemy just yet, hear it a couple of times.

Unfortunately the full length song is no where to be found, many have searched for it.

Oh, and I also like that Lincoln.

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phreaks said:
4:00 on Thursday 

Dow 8,589.70 -668.40 -7.22%


NOT GOOD.
Yes, definitely not a good day. And not a good day to have bought Google:

GOOGLE INC A 140 $343.09 $323.50 $45,290.00 -5.71 % -$2,742.60

Or was it?  If this whole thing wears off in a few months, bargain hunting now will pay off later.

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jamie said:
Andrei P said:
*snip*
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10056670-75.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0

"Analyst sees desperation in Microsoft SearchPerks"
I guess back when Microsoft was saying they are investing $1 billion into Live Search, it had to do with these rewards programs.

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Andrei P said:
Live Search and its Cashback program has generated a lot (and I do mean A LOT) of buzz on the bargain hunting forums lately, and that's because Microsoft is giving at times 30% cashback on any Buy It Now purchase on eBay, and at one point it was giving ~50% cashback for a lot of other merchants.

Everyone that has played by the rules received their cashback in the promised 60 days, so even though this might not pay off for Microsoft in terms of having people switch from Google to Live Search, they scored many points with a lot of people.
Just so you understand how much money are being put into this, Slickdeals is just one of the forums: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=937306%20">http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=937306

That topic was opened yesterday; it has 127 pages, 1,895 posts and 147,310 views so far. We're probably looking at $1 million in cashback just from the people referred to by that topic.

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Everyone that has played by the rules received their cashback in the promised 60 days, so even though this might not pay off for Microsoft in terms of having people switch from Google to Live Search, they scored many points with a lot of people.

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Oh, the "wonderful" world of Objective-C.

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Vista's Disk Management tool is particularly tricky when trying to shrink a volume that has unmovable data scattered across it.

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jamie said:
Minh said:
*snip*

UPDATE III: McCain aide Tucker Bounds tells MSNBC, "we're going into the debates."

And somebody, somewhere is criticizing that as well, right now.

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eagle said:
Dovella said:
*snip*
Here is the T-Mobile site 

Does anyone know what the 2 year contract will end up costing you?
I know the data plan will be between $25 and $35.

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BlackTiger said:
Same cheap crap like everything G-branded.
It's expensive, locked, heavy, small-screened, stripped of many features (no video playback, no video recording, etc.) and it looks like a daring phone ahead of its time, for 1999.

However, there is still hope for Google. If they are using this just as a developer phone to build themselves a solid marketplace of applications, and once that matures, start releasing the real phones.

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Dovella said:
Great Post  WIndows team blog


were i can buy this  ??




They used to sell that stuff here: https://shop.ecompanystore.com/mseventdvd/MSD_Shop.asp

But now it seems they only have DVDs from past events. However, the links to the other products are still working:

https://shop.ecompanystore.com/mseventdvd/MSD_productlist.asp?TYPE=Caps&CATALOG=MICROSOFT2&ID=40
https://shop.ecompanystore.com/mseventdvd/MSD_productlist.asp?TYPE=Caps&CATALOG=MICROSOFT2&ID=38
https://shop.ecompanystore.com/mseventdvd/MSD_ProductList.asp?CATALOG=MICROSOFT2&ID=49&TYPE=Food%20Items

(change the ID for more)

As for the ads, they are genius. They are doing the opposite of what Apple is doing - instead of spending every second of the ad bashing competition and praising their products, Microsoft's ads don't even mention any of their products, and so they are very comfortable to watch; you don't feel like they're feeding you products with a spoon. They put Apple in a bad light now, making them look like the greedy, evil company.

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PaoloM said:
*snip*

No, they make you look like a total dork Smiley
Whenever I see someone on a Segway, it reminds me of G.O.B. (Arrested Development.)

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Lucifer79 said:
I have both v1 and v2 of the ASP.NET Forums - where can i upload them so anyone can download them?
If you want to email to support at geekpedia dot com, I will happily post it right away in the Downloads section of Geekpedia.com for anyone else that might be interested (and I'm sure many will.)

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I've had the same problem recently, and a defragmentation did nothing.

Make URLs work through Run dialog box without having to type in http://

I doubt that will happen because other protocols would be then left out. There can also be conflicts between local files with the same name as the website.

This topic is so rich, I had to link from my Windows 7 forums.

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Minh said:
ScanIAm said:
*snip*
I don't know. I just searched for "cocaine" on Google (for educational purposes only), and none of the sponsored links offered to sell it to me.
Yes, but that's because it's a highly sensitive term that they are constantly watching. Secondly, it has to do with the law enforcement in every country; cocaine is surely more strictly enforced than the products targeted towards the Indian market, hence no one is willing to take a chance and advertise that.

If you've ever used AdWords, you'd know that AdSense ads are not being reviewed prior to becoming public. Surely they have in place a system that automatically marks ads containing sensitive keywords for an immediate review, but that doesn't include those Indian products that we don't even know the name of.

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