Channel 9 - Discussions by Flip

Coffeehouse - What in your wall?

Flip — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:41:27 GMT

Two things? Why did get get the data model before the requirements were gathered? And why is it sooooo big you need to put it on the way instead of online?

I think the first one's right, just taking a stab in the dark about the second one. :>

Coffeehouse - Beer can chicken

Flip — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:50:21 GMT

Had it for the first time two weekends ago, very nice! The chicken is as juicy as you've heard/read/seen! And no beer aftertaste either! Maybe not good if you like beer, but I'm not a beer drinker, so I was worried about that, but nope, tastes like very good chicken! :>

Coffeehouse - Office(workspace) Toys... whatcha got?

Flip — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:31:17 GMT

I have one of these monitor mirrors.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/2940/

Coffeehouse - Why is the J# runtime always installing with VS 2005?

Flip — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:07:27 GMT

re 5% of the drive
It's not the small % of the drive that concerns me, just that it's the space that will never be used/looked at/accessed at all. Kind of like installing a foreign dictionary for Word, no sense having something on there I know I'll never use. Likewise when doing the Office install at home, I just opt out of the Access and PowerPoint installs, same logic, no sense installing stuff that just takes up valuable HD.

I guess this comes down to two issues. One is the HD MBs and one is the actual opting out of the intall. Albeit the first one is trivial, it's not the focus of the question, IMHO. The latter one is the kicker, at least for me it is. MS does a great job of letting me not install VB and C++, why can't it let me do that for J# too?

Thanks.

Coffeehouse - Why is the J# runtime always installing with VS 2005?

Flip — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:13:24 GMT

I believe I can understand the original poster's sentiments. I too would like to NOT install anything java related.

My reasons are person, and irrelevant to this discussion IMHO. I second the question, how do you not install the J# framekwork? I mean if VB is part of the .NET framework and I can choose not to install that, why can't I do the same for J#? If I'm not mistaken the framework includes many options in the Control Panel installed programs (runtime, installer, etc I believe).

The crux of this posting/question/issue, IMHO, is the ability to focus purely on C#, or any other languae of choice. I realize I could install VB, C++ and J#, but if I'm only doing C# dev, I would like to limit what I see (and occupy on my HD) to just C# tools.

What I'm seeing now is a mix of C# and J# tools when all I want is C#. I assume this is also true for any VB.NET people too?

Coffeehouse - No More Interop, Yep, I really Mean It!

Flip — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:18:51 GMT

HERE! HERE! HERE! I second this. Yes, I know someone (or more? :>) is going to talk about the technical difficulties of this, or timing, etc, but the reality is, the only people who coud possibily understand the interop things are C++ or assembly coders. VB and java devs aren't in tune with that kind of stuff. It's just not natural.

Coffeehouse - Attn: IE Team

Flip — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:33:55 GMT

The first option is great to initiate this dicussion (trying not to upset the original poster), but I do LOVE the last option.

There should be away to reset it to, in case I change my mind later on.

Coffeehouse - MS: Why do you treat students like criminals?

Flip — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:36:01 GMT

One word, DON'T!!!!!!!!

I am using Eclipse during my day gig, and man, I can't begin to start describing how much I hate this piece of crap. It's slow, the keystrokes are no where near intuitive (WTF is with ALT+SHIFT+Q + C for the console, ALT+SHIFT+Q + P to get to package hierarchy) and the "add ins" are terribly implemented! The SVN addin we're using cannot talk to Eclipse to properly talk to each other, and worse, the keystrokes are totally inept with the addins. :<

I work with VS at home, and MAN, it's soooo much nicer! And the best thing is, it works! Fancy that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coffeehouse - Best Blonde Joke Ever

Flip — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:32:08 GMT

The thing I HATE about RSS is people put a link that links to a link that.... You get the picture.

After nine links, I thought it was too silly to continue along that path, but I was already hooked. :< Unfortunately, after 16 links, I got a page not found!!!!!!! WTF??????? $$@%@%$@%$#@%$#@%$(

If you are going to link something, then cut to the chase please! If it's that interesting, let me see it too, after the first two/three links, I'll take your word for it and get back to something more interesting cause following your links isn't.

Coffeehouse - What do the permalink and watch buttons do?

Flip — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:45:00 GMT

Sven Groot wrote:

You can find your watched threads in your profile under the storage tab. Not exactly obvious I agree.

The permalink button is just a way to get a link to that particular post. You can copy the link and do whatever with it (add to favourites, give to someone, whatever), but the button itself doesn't really do much, beside link to the post you were already viewing anyway.

AH! I see now! Thank you very much! :>

Coffeehouse - What do the permalink and watch buttons do?

Flip — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:01:21 GMT

I though the permalink and watch buttons would be able to help me track/find threads of interest, but unfortunately I cannot find the link/menu option/place that lets me view my permalinks or watched threads.

I figure I'm missing something, can someone help me with this please? Thank you.

Coffeehouse - IT jobs: What's more important, skill or grades and college?

Flip — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:47:29 GMT

Coming from the hardest working university student I know (and humble :>), there's two things to think about.

If you have the highest grades going, life is easy, you call the shots, you decide where you want to work and most likely places like Microsoft, IBM, Sun, or big shops like that. However, cause things come easy, life might get harder as you age cause you're so used to getting what you want, you might lose your drive.

However, if you have to fight for everyhting you have achieved, to learn everything you know by the school of hard knocks, then you appreciate what you have and just might be a happier person in life for it. You might not be working for MS, but you'll possibly be making a bigger difference with a smaller company.

Some hiring people (HR and dev managers) respect experience over grades cause you're job is to make them look good. What makes the manager look good, a great final product or the spreadsheet of employee stats/specs? Depends on where you work and if they never release stuff! :>

Food for thought. Good luck with your schooling.

Coffeehouse - SQL 2005 - Diagrams

Flip — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:48:30 GMT

I tried replying using RSSBandit but my reply's not coming up here?! :<

You might want to try something like SnagIt from Techsmith where you can set the scrolling option on and then grab everything to paste into Word or some other graphics tool.

Good luck.

Coffeehouse - OCC Rides on Microsoft

Flip — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:53:10 GMT

Two things I found very interesting with the vid:'
1- Mikey trying to talk intelligently about Oracle vs SQL Server, well, ok that kind of went by the way side as soon as he started comparing the name. :>

2-WTF does the guy designing on the computer have to do with SQL Server 2k5 OR Great Plains SW?

Anyways, I found it humorous and good for a chuckle during my morning coffee (and passed around :> ) .

Enjoy.

Coffeehouse - Sql Server Management Studio?

Flip — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:42:13 GMT

I could be wrong, but when I did the downloads, it was a separate download. Try this out.

HTH

Coffeehouse - Favorite/Worse Comp/Sci-Fi Movie?

Flip — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:24:51 GMT

I can't believe people haven't mentioned the Mircosoft parody Antitrust (http://imdb.com/title/tt0218817/). But I think Hackers tops my list too! :>