Channel 9 - Discussions by DarthVista http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by DarthVista http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/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/DarthVista/Discussions en Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:31 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:31 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - scoble...rory... next? .

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257919-scoblerory-next/555cf6afdea2409dbdf49deb001aa64d#555cf6afdea2409dbdf49deb001aa64d Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:23:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257919-scoblerory-next/555cf6afdea2409dbdf49deb001aa64d#555cf6afdea2409dbdf49deb001aa64d DarthVista 62 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Come Work on Our Team ...

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257956-/257956#257956 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:55:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257956-/257956#257956 DarthVista 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Message #013
Xaero_Vincent wrote:
Beh... I think we all know Darth is a hypocrite by now.
Darth might just use this moment to retire his screen name for good. His concept of Big Brother crossed with reworked speeches from the news crossed with Star Wars just isn't working too well anymore. Although he thought the one about rewriting textbooks (like they really do in certain countries) was darn witty.

But hey, if people can't laugh at themselves once in a while, he thinks they are taking life way too seriously anyway.
Xaero_Vincent wrote:
Anyway, just for fun... servers is probably among the least interesting of things going on in the FOSS world these days.
Darth tried open source once but found the tools to be very inadequate. Fighting with GTK libraries wasn't too fun either. Then he tried to install Anjuta and got stuck in dependency chaos with his trial Ubuntu installation...although he has not tried any of the latest builds. Coding large projects from g++ and emacs or vi was a pain, or so he found out. Praise be to Vista, he came running back, for better or for worse, to VS. Sad

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/d634733fd7754849820c9dec00a640b5#d634733fd7754849820c9dec00a640b5 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:49:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/d634733fd7754849820c9dec00a640b5#d634733fd7754849820c9dec00a640b5 DarthVista 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Message #013 O crusader, servers across the world have had various operating systems installed on them over the years...from UNIX to Windows and now Linux. Yet I tell the open source crowd: you and your occupation will disappear, and, Vista willing, Intel and Windows will remain forever.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/8d594488fab14b9592d29dec00a6402d#8d594488fab14b9592d29dec00a6402d Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:45:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/8d594488fab14b9592d29dec00a6402d#8d594488fab14b9592d29dec00a6402d DarthVista 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Message #013
dahdahdit_dahdit_ditditdah wrote:
Jump on the "clue train" and realize the future of programming is not as narrowly defined as you like to think it is. By the time you learn how to bash out WPF code in notepad the rest of the world will have moved on. HAve fun converting your old code!
Your arrogance shines through here. I realize the incessant yammering of the Linux crusaders and their onslaught of FUD, compile-it-yourself apps, and hackneyed licensing has the tendency to confuse and corrupt even the brightest of developers out there. But you have choices with proprietary software; contrary to what your "literature" and your puppet leaders tell you.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/e715da05bd0c49d0b35e9dec00a63f92#e715da05bd0c49d0b35e9dec00a63f92 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:04:37 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/e715da05bd0c49d0b35e9dec00a63f92#e715da05bd0c49d0b35e9dec00a63f92 DarthVista 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Message #013 Greetings.

I have encountered some difficulties lately with MSDN search in Visual Studio. So I ask, is there a way to improve the search functionality?

It has taken me a long time to find some basic information. For example, I typed in "win32 form library" into the MSDN search box (the library is installed on my hard drive). Like every other time I use this feature, it comes back with the first twenty entries (out of 500, of course). The first options that come back are Mapi, CDO, and something about Unix.

Unix.

But, after a bit of clicking, I stumbled on a very useful article called "Microsoft Win32 to Microsoft .NET Framework API Map" which has a side-by-side comparison of Win32 API functions vs. .NET functions and is *somewhat* relevant to what I was looking for. This was long after I set my language choice to "C++" in the search options, set the Technology option to "C++ Libraries (Native), WIN32 & COM) and "All" for content. Those are the settings I picked on day one.

Get this: I typed in "Obi Wan will pay" and it returns "1-20 of 500 results". The first entry is "How to Install WAN Services for X.25 Exchange Installations".

This is relevant...how?

"Han Solo in Carbonite"...it returns 15 results. "Death Star" returns 126 results, with "Death Taxes and Relational Databases" being the top entry.

Wait...ah, there we go. I found my new Help Favorite:

"linux is not free" returns 500 entries, with the top one being "How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP".

Cool

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/257414#257414 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:58:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/257414-Message-013/257414#257414 DarthVista 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Rory vs. Fake Steve Jobs If you need help dealing with MisterFakeSteve and all his minion Applebots, Rory, let me know.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256949-Ummm-yea-ok-thats-taking-fanboism-too-far/743a0023ebb54741b1659dec009e50c9#743a0023ebb54741b1659dec009e50c9 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:24:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256949-Ummm-yea-ok-thats-taking-fanboism-too-far/743a0023ebb54741b1659dec009e50c9#743a0023ebb54741b1659dec009e50c9 DarthVista 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Blythe Status Report
jamie wrote:


his words..not mine    we miss you rory!
Hey now! I've kept my zealotry in check as of late.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256431-Blythe-Status-Report/7b43e449ee4e4b6f8c879dec00963426#7b43e449ee4e4b6f8c879dec00963426 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:45:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256431-Blythe-Status-Report/7b43e449ee4e4b6f8c879dec00963426#7b43e449ee4e4b6f8c879dec00963426 DarthVista 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - WGA Wins What a glorious day this is.

When WGA wins, EVERYBODY wins.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256364-Who-has-the-best-avatar-and-avatar-caption/3d73e7d082f0405eace59dec00951c9c#3d73e7d082f0405eace59dec00951c9c Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:50:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256364-Who-has-the-best-avatar-and-avatar-caption/3d73e7d082f0405eace59dec00951c9c#3d73e7d082f0405eace59dec00951c9c DarthVista 28 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Microsoft spreading the WGA love .... I think this is exactly what the developer community needs. Thanks for all the hard work on this, Microsoft. The only people who have to be concerned are the pirates themselves.

You're not concerned are you?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256266-Microsoft-spreading-the-WGA-love-/7a02187d3fe74d938b6c9dec009384ce#7a02187d3fe74d938b6c9dec009384ce Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:50:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256266-Microsoft-spreading-the-WGA-love-/7a02187d3fe74d938b6c9dec009384ce#7a02187d3fe74d938b6c9dec009384ce DarthVista 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Why are we here? I am here to point out the fallacy of open source. I am here to guide you, oh masses, in your quest to build rich applications which fully leverage the diverse feature set which accompanies so many Microsoft products.

I am here for you, oh wayward developer and, Vista willing, together we can abolish the apostate software models that so threaten our very livelihood.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256260-Why-are-we-here/c75bb7a2e0a54fa2afb29dec0093595f#c75bb7a2e0a54fa2afb29dec0093595f Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:39:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256260-Why-are-we-here/c75bb7a2e0a54fa2afb29dec0093595f#c75bb7a2e0a54fa2afb29dec0093595f DarthVista 33 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The One True Church of Vista Greetings.

The other day I came across a blog entry in regards to Open Office. It gave a list of features that are intended for version "3.0" of this suspicious office suite. The timeline found here suggests the product will be released sometime in September of 2008. The list of upcoming features includes an Microsoft Office 12 import filter, the ability to run natively on MacOSX, and features you can install as "extensions".

Sigh.

What is Open Office you ask? A wounded software model at best. In fact, I would argue this type of software cannot be called "software" in the proper sense since it doesn't have access to the "one true codebase" of Vista and lacks its ability to trace its ancestry to the original 10 apostles of Bill.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256259-The-One-True-Church-of-Vista/256259#256259 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:42:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256259-The-One-True-Church-of-Vista/256259#256259 DarthVista 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - hello from a new employee Greetings.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256147-hello-from-a-new-employee/1da8e877b66649e5a5d09dec00916601#1da8e877b66649e5a5d09dec00916601 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:17:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256147-hello-from-a-new-employee/1da8e877b66649e5a5d09dec00916601#1da8e877b66649e5a5d09dec00916601 DarthVista 50 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista Gardens I have an idea.

I'm thinking of putting together some software that allows you to build and plan huge flower beds made from photographs of the Vista operating system. Imagine: you could plant a garden that blooms in the pattern of the Vista pearl:

">http://www.heroicsalmonleap.net/images/WindowsVistaSmaller.jpg">

Thus we would have true "Vista gardens". Can you see them springing up everywhere like daisies? I can. I would even think you could see a planted Vista logo from an airplane. And why not make a Nine guy out of marigolds?!

Thus, together, brothers, we can show our support for Vista across the land. Vista willing, this land will bloom like never before.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256057-Vista-Gardens/256057#256057 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:39:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/256057-Vista-Gardens/256057#256057 DarthVista 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Message #012 Greetings.

Tonight I bring you good news from our brothers in the field. Success is coming on many fronts, including marketshare, the imminent collapse of the iTunes market, and the introduction of Windows Home Server stackable pucks later this year.

Yet the public does not seem to be aware of our successes. The Linux zealots continually try to thwart us, yet Vista willing, they will not succeed. Therefore, I suggest the following ideas:

1) Make Vista t-shirts and wear them everywhere to increase awareness.

2) Start a Vista charity.

3) For you gardeners, grow a "Vista garden".

4) Evangelize whole neighborhoods of known Linux users by going out in groups of two, and carrying copies of Vista, coding books, and printouts of the MSDN library web pages. Men, please wear suits, women, wear skirts.

Vista users, be patient and steadfast. Rejoice, for victory is near, and, Vista willing, herds of GNU crusaders will continue to split up and their sole concern will be searching for a way out. Each user is frantically making their own distro, and trying to claim theirs will become the latest standard. Why, they've even come out with Slackware 12!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255994-Message-012/255994#255994 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:21:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255994-Message-012/255994#255994 DarthVista 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Channel 9: Report spam button is finally here!
Duncanma wrote:

littleguru wrote:
I reported my first SPAM a few minutes ago

What kind of SPAM does the team expect us to report? Just people SPAMing about their "cool products" or ...?


Report trolls too... report anything that you feel is inappropriate in the forum you are viewing. Of course, talking about Linux is perfectly appropriate, but pointless baiting and flaming might be worth reporting.

Definitely report any one just pimping their web url though, those posts are really starting to bug me.
You cannot BELIEVE how happy I am to finally see this.

Ah yes, this place is finally becoming a semblance of the vision I had for it a long time ago.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255806-Channel-9-Report-spam-button-is-finally-here/3f05745d60294786b85e9dec008bd3ef#3f05745d60294786b85e9dec008bd3ef Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:08:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255806-Channel-9-Report-spam-button-is-finally-here/3f05745d60294786b85e9dec008bd3ef#3f05745d60294786b85e9dec008bd3ef DarthVista 20 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Message #011 Greetings.

The other day I was walking through the neighborhood and noticed a small hill in a nearby park. The hill was normally something I ignored, but having just purchased a brand new Vista laptop, I figured it might be a nice place to rest.

After arriving at the hill, I sat down. I opened up my laptop, and began tapping away at the keyboard. Suddenly, a light appeared before me. A voice boomed "Dig here!"

I turned around and saw nothing special. I looked down on the ground around me (I was at the top of the hill) and set my laptop down. I examined the earth. Nothing interesting.

Later that evening I returned home, yet felt an urge to return to the hill. I returned under cover of the night with a spade shovel and began digging. Five minutes later, I heard a metallic clink as my shovel hit something. I dug a bit more, and suddenly found myself digging up a set of golden CDs. On the CDs looked to be some type of script...were they reformed heiroglyphics?

Expressionless

I kept digging and found about twenty CDs in all. I also found a set of beer bottles. One of the CDs said that in order to translate the other CDs (funny, this one was written in English) I would need the beer bottles. One was labeled "Ummin" and the other was labeled "Strummin".

Thus, I have embarked on a mission to translate these CDs into what I will soon call the "Book of Vista". The first few lines (so far) speak of an ancient civilization and giant, ancient abacuses here in the Americas.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255751-Message-011/255751#255751 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:24:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255751-Message-011/255751#255751 DarthVista 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - C9 v4 Thoughts...
Charles wrote:
Videos are one aspect of the community structure and provide the view into the cockpit of Microsoft that we intended from the very beginning. It makes little sense to compare media to text. The Coffeehouse provides a place for Niners to converse. Videos are simply our way of bringing you inside the mind of the mothership.

You've misunderstood HumanCompiler. He was reacting to requests that Coffeehouse become the C9 home page in V4. I agree with him. That's a silly idea...
Thanks for the update, Darth Torre. I agree that making the Coffeehouse #1 is a bad idea and would give the Linuts trolls the full coverage they so often covet.

Vista willing, that will never come to pass.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255588-C9-v4-Thoughts/59118512abb14849a2589dec0088a8d1#59118512abb14849a2589dec0088a8d1 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:37:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255588-C9-v4-Thoughts/59118512abb14849a2589dec0088a8d1#59118512abb14849a2589dec0088a8d1 DarthVista 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Ubuntu Talks Tough This is an insult to Vista users everywhere. Mr. Shuttleworth's attempt to take a stand will fail. Some of you ask, "what if he succeeds"? Will he, too, be crowned a hero by the piracy-driven OSS community? Will they make him a knight like Mr. Rushdie? This is apostasy at its best.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255277-Channel-9-Version-40-Beta/e625f29b5e9d4f00b7579dec00835b45#e625f29b5e9d4f00b7579dec00835b45 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:03:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255277-Channel-9-Version-40-Beta/e625f29b5e9d4f00b7579dec00835b45#e625f29b5e9d4f00b7579dec00835b45 DarthVista 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Adios
PaoloM wrote:

I'm here for you Paolo. Here to defend the cause of the just proprietary companies who built this industry, and made it what it is.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255248-Adios/c424c0f4739544759e619dec0082ea34#c424c0f4739544759e619dec0082ea34 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:57:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255248-Adios/c424c0f4739544759e619dec0082ea34#c424c0f4739544759e619dec0082ea34 DarthVista 55 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - LG signs the Microsoft pact I think it is a brilliant plan...get the pirates to turn on one another by licensing themselves right out of existence.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255341-LG-signs-the-Microsoft-pact/25d78b75cee84388bd429dec00846e26#25d78b75cee84388bd429dec00846e26 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:50:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/255341-LG-signs-the-Microsoft-pact/25d78b75cee84388bd429dec00846e26#25d78b75cee84388bd429dec00846e26 DarthVista 37 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DarthVista/Discussions/RSS