Channel 9 - Discussions by Knute

Tech Off - ASP.Net User control with codebehind not working

Knute — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:42:10 GMT

I had the same problem today, but it is in C#.

all you need to do is declare the control with it's name instead of declaring it as a user control. For instance, in my case:

public class sniff : System.Web.UI.UserControl {

code here

}

is then instantiated on my page thus:

protected sniff ctrl_Sniff;

I had tried to do it this way unsuccessfully:

protected System.Web.UI.UserControl ctrl_Sniff;

HTH,

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - British Military Bans iPods

Knute — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:16:01 GMT

Interesting article:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/07/13/britain.mod.reut/index.html

Looks like iPods pose a security threat.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - What do we like about Windows?

Knute — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:03:49 GMT

PNP - it's nice to pop in my USB drive on any windows machine and have it instantly recognized as a drive

I also like the fact that I can skin XP and make it look however I want.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Do web Developers care

Knute — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 22:35:03 GMT

I guess I should have made myself clear. I CARE, so much so I just went outside and hugged a tree. But my managers who were paying my wages said we don't have time to develop for browsers that have so little market share.

That's just the brass tacks gang. It's all about money. Corporations today could care less about standards if they get in the way of making money quickly.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Chat with the IE team TOMORROW (Thursday 8th)

Knute — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 17:09:49 GMT

Can you say SCALABILITY ISSUES?? I keep getting an error when I try to log on to this chat. How pathetic is that?

It reminds me of the busy signal you get when try to call the radio station to win a pair of Kiss tickets....

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Do web Developers care

Knute — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:52:01 GMT

The last few companies I have worked really didn't care if the sites did not work in other browswers because they wanted the functionality that IE provided. Their attitude was "If you want use of our site you need to use IE"...

nuff said,

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Chat with the IE team TOMORROW (Thursday 8th)

Knute — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:16:41 GMT

I can see the sparks and fur flying now!!! I can't wait to sit back and watch what happens...

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Uh oh, IE it's time to wake up and smell the...

Knute — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:54:11 GMT

Now the feds are saying DON'T use IE. That should be a wake up call to the IE team. Hello are you guys going to come up with a more secure, better browser before the next decade???

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B7D91FC13-9FA9-4703-B000-10000DAA78DD%7D&siteid=google&dist=google

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Microsoft hopes younger eyes have Office vision

Knute — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:05:08 GMT

Are they developing Office JR. I mean kids and real working people use the product differently so I am not sure how a bunch of kids could make the product better. It would make more sense to get a cross section of the usership instead of just kids.

I have four so don't think I have anything against kids. I just see how my kids use office and how I use office and it's totally opposite. Anyone else care to comment on this glaring fact???

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Regarding the New Channel9 Layout...

Knute — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:45:27 GMT

I agree, better use of space especially in the header and the left side.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - New exploit in IE

Knute — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:01:47 GMT

manickernel wrote:

Thanks Microsoft, I was one of your biggest supporters in my organization.

Linux looks better every day, and Opera/Firebird are a slam dunk.

Vance

Vance, Come on man. When linux gets big enough the script kiddies will attack it as well. They get more bang for the buck by attacking MS right now.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - This is why I now use Firefox

Knute — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:58:03 GMT

This flaw could allow Magic Lantern type of intrusions, pretty damn scary if you ask me:

http://www.crime-research.org/articles/Cherkasov

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - First Linux Only Retail Computer Store

Knute — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:45:14 GMT

LOL this place is about the size of the men's room at Compusa...

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - need help...again.....

Knute — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:43:13 GMT

Looks like the server might be busy. Sometimes when I use the web interface I will get a "server to busy" message, so this might be the same type of thing even though it looks like you are using a different mail client.

Just a guess though...

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Microsoft stub out cigarettes ?

Knute — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:39:25 GMT

miamijjs wrote:

No, I have no problems with coughing in the face of rude anti social public air smokers.

I'd love to see you cough in the face of a police officer or other official who might be smoking. You would be charged with assault because your sputum may have some type of disease like Hepatitis or HIV in it(I am not implying you have any of those), so your recommended "solution" would get you in big trouble....

This thread is humorous, did you have bad smoking memories from childhood? Did someone blow smoke in your face or were you forced to be with a smoker for extended perionds. Perhaps you should try some counseling...

~ Knute

ps - Can't we all just get along?

Coffeehouse - Space wars: Hotmail will give 250MB email storage for free!

Knute — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:30:46 GMT

I just got an email from MSN saying that my storage will be increased to 2GB, I am a premium subscriber. I don't mind paying $19.95 a year for 2GB of storage and email virus protection.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Microsoft stub out cigarettes ?

Knute — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:18:33 GMT

I am amazed that you have nothing better to do with your time then keep this stupid thread alive. If you don't like smoke wear a mask or don't go out in public because smoking is legal.

If you are so fervant about it not being legal write your congressman, because nobody at MS or members of this site can fix your problem. So really you are wasting your time. But hey it's your time and if you want to waste it...

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Certification...Is it worth it?

Knute — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:38:51 GMT

I think the key is a balance of experience and certification. I have heard from hiring managers that the certification will get you an interview, you experience and how you interact in your interview and how your able to convery that experience will get you the job.

All I can say is that before my MCAD.Net I never landed a contracting gig at MS, but since the certification I got one on my second interview. So in my personal experience, it helped a lot.

Good Luck!

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Why all the VB.NET Goodies?

Knute — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:52:45 GMT

Dark, I agree I get tired of all the freaking VB.Net samples on the web sites I go to look for samples, even in the Web Dev Books I read. There are a few C# sites but it would be great if MS had a whole site dedicated to the coding "Jedi's"

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - What is your favorite search engine: And why?

Knute — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:38:06 GMT

Google rocks. I like the way the initial search page is pretty generic instead of the crap you find on Yahoo or some of the other Search sites that are filled with advertising drivel.

I honestly try other search engines on a weekly basis but always end up going back to old faithful time and time again because I get the most targeted hits and if it's a company I am looking for targeted ads which I don't mind becuase I was searching for that company.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Getting notice by Microsoft (intership)

Knute — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:35:31 GMT

In my experience code samples are a waste of time for the following reasons.

1. They might think you just copied the code from someone elses site and changed a few things to make it your own.

2. This could be code that you coded, but in reality it belongs to a company that you worked for and therefore is a legal no no.

This is from several recruiters who are friends of mine as well as from some hiring managers. I used to think it was a good idea until I found out this info.

HTH,

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - New Balmer Interview on Activewin

Knute — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:50:57 GMT

Offshoring is a fact of life and no amount of whining will change that, as unfair and crappy as it is.

The key is to become an architect these days. Most of the architecture work is done here and the rest of the low level work given to the off shore folks.

Big companies who have begun this trend have also started to feel the pain of the language barriers, for example having to dumb down the documentation to about 6 grade level so that the off shore folks can understand. This leads to innacurate results and rewrites, it may be cheaper but it takes more time.

I think this trend is like so many others and the pendulumn will swing back eventually, but until then either quit or be nimble.

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Word Find

Knute — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:57:38 GMT

Is this a program that you plug the words into and it generates this?

Just curious...

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Microsoft antivirus

Knute — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:15:39 GMT

Personally I think MS should stay out of the AV market and focus on creating SW. There will always be bugs and holes and it's great that there are companies out there that help fix these.

And to those who think that MS should create bug free/hole free software, give me a million breaks when you have projects that are monolithic it's very had to control every single detail. I get sick of people saying that MS should just put out bug free software, what about all the other bloody companies who continue to churn out bug riddled software???

~ Knute

Coffeehouse - Now is the time to try Firefox

Knute — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:09:00 GMT

Hmmm tried firefox and I had to say I was not impressed. For one it did not seem any faster than IE and the features did not really blow me away, but to each his own.

~ Knute