<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/App_Themes/default/rss.xslt"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:evnet="http://www.mscommunities.com/rssmodule/"><channel><title>Comment Feed for Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15 (Dan on Channel 9)</title><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/dan/countdown-to-pdc2008-early-bird-discount-ends-august-15/rss/default.aspx" /><image><url>http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png</url><title>Comment Feed for Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15 (Dan on Channel 9)</title><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/</link></image><description>Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15</description><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:23 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>EvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3599.6114, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)</generator><item><title>Re: Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15</title><description>Cannot get the video to work ? What was the puzzle ?&lt;br /&gt;
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If you really crave for puzzles go to &lt;a href="http://trickofmind.com" target="_blank" title="Daily Tricks,  Puzzles and Riddles"&gt;There is No Spoon&lt;/a&gt; , hangout for daily puzzles&lt;br /&gt;</description><comments></comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421748</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:45:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421748</guid><evnet:views>0</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/421748/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>Cannot get the video to work ? What was the puzzle ?

If you really crave for puzzles go to There is No Spoon , hangout for daily puzzles</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>Quartz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/421748/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item><item><title>Re: Re: Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15</title><description>&lt;P&gt;Congratulations, Brain! Great job on the decode of the question:&amp;nbsp;'Which PDC2008 session interests you most and why?'. I wasn't sure how geeky to make the first challenge, but I'm thrilled to see that you guys are up to the task. Feel free to reveal how you decoded the message, unless you want to let others figure it out too. :-)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Regardless, please drop us an e-mail at pdccount (at) microsoft.com, and we'll coordinate your winning shirt.&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments></comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421076</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421076</guid><evnet:views>0</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/421076/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>Congratulations, Brain! Great job on the decode of the question:&amp;nbsp;'Which PDC2008 session interests you most and why?'. I wasn't sure how geeky to make the first challenge, but I'm thrilled to see that you guys are up to the task. Feel free to reveal how you decoded the message, unless you want&amp;#8230;</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>mswanson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/421076/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item><item><title>Re: Re: Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15</title><description>I'm trying to figgure out the 'easy' puzzle but I guess I'm to stupid :(&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's BRAIILLE, but it's backwards because of the camera mirroring ! OKAY, it's not&lt;br&gt;</description><comments></comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421045</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421045</guid><evnet:views>0</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/421045/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>I'm trying to figgure out the 'easy' puzzle but I guess I'm to stupid :(It's BRAIILLE, but it's backwards because of the camera mirroring ! OKAY, it's not</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>CKurt</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/421045/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item><item><title>Re: Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15</title><description>Mike and Jennifer, some one asked me 'Which PDC2008 session interests you most and why?'.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;I'm having a hard time deciding which one(s)!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Perhaps you can help me decide by having some pdc2008 speakers give a 2 min. lighting talk on why I should attend their session?&amp;nbsp; It would be helpful if they show 1 or 2 graphics, or a few code snibbits, or freeze frame&amp;nbsp; preview or two? &amp;nbsp;;)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;My two top choices so far are:&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1)&amp;nbsp;A Day in the Life of a Coud Service Developer&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2) Deep Dive: Building a Optimized, Graphics-Intensive App in Silverlight&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Are these good choices... better choices?&amp;nbsp; PS: Need to know before Aug 15 so I can make the early bird deadline.&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Many thanks.&lt;BR&gt;--Brain</description><comments></comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421028</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:51:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421028</guid><evnet:views>0</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/421028/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>Mike and Jennifer, some one asked me 'Which PDC2008 session interests you most and why?'.&amp;nbsp;I'm having a hard time deciding which one(s)!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Perhaps you can help me decide by having some pdc2008 speakers give a 2 min. lighting talk on why I should attend their session?&amp;nbsp; It would be&amp;#8230;</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>Brian Henderson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/421028/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item><item><title>Re: Countdown to PDC2008:  Early Bird Discount Ends August 15</title><description>This may be a&amp;nbsp;"punched card" with a program that prints "PDC2008"&amp;nbsp; :))&lt;BR&gt;just guessing&lt;BR&gt;</description><comments></comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421011</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:42:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Countdown-to-PDC2008-Early-Bird-Discount-Ends-August-15/?CommentID=421011</guid><evnet:views>0</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/421011/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>This may be a&amp;nbsp;"punched card" with a program that prints "PDC2008"&amp;nbsp; :))just guessing</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>Rimon Tadros</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss></wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/421011/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item></channel></rss>