Jeff Makes Software
The software musings of Jeff Putz
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MSDN concierge service useless, customer service still sucks
Already, for the second time in four years that I've subscribed to MSDN, I find that you don't get what you pay for. After my last post about the product key not working for the latest Vista build, this is the chat I had with the "concierge" service.
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Vista CTP December 2005 product key?
Is it me or do none of the product keys on MSDN work for the new build of Windows Vista?
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Search for Xbox 360
How fast can you whip something up with ASP.NET? Pretty fast.
http://www.searchforxbox.com/
I don't know if anyone will actually go to the site, but it took me all of two hours to do and $8 for the domain name, so it's worth a shot. If I generate that much in AdSense, I broke even. :)
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How do I really copy a List<T> object?
OK, color me annoyed. I want to copy a List<T> object because I want to manipulate the junk in it. The junk is in the ASP.NET cache, so if I alter it, it gets changed and the change is reflected on the next request.
For example... right now I have
List<Foo> list = Foo.GetFromCache();
list[0].MyString = "yo";
As you would expect, that MyString property is going to be "yo" next time I get it. I tried using List<T>.CopyTo() to copy it to an array, but that array is still a reference to the original.
It's gotta be easier... right?
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Getting sucked into Ajax
I actually bought a book at Borders today, something I never do anymore. Computer books in particular are rare purchases for me because there are few that I need or want to learn from.
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First day with the final Visual Studio 2005
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Is there a way to count lines of code in a project?
Does VS 2005 have some way to count the lines of code in a project? It's not any kind of vital statistic to me as much as I'm just curious.
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Chris Sawyer sues Atari. My hero.
Ever since the first RollerCoaster Tycoon demo came out back in 1998 I think it was, I was floored that there could be such a fun game developed by just one guy. That guy, Chris Sawyer, is now suing Atari for screwing him out of his due royalties. Good for him.
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MSDN is slooooooooooow
Since I never got a "welcome e-mail" from MSDN, I began relentlessly pinging the form for a subscriber number lookup on Sunday. Finally, this morning, it worked and I got my number. I started downloading Visual Studio. Twelve hours ago. Still only two-thirds the way there. Getting 35k/second.
That's pathetic. How does a company the size of Microsoft offer a very high-end and premium download service and not have the bandwidth to support it. I keep seeing people in various forums and blogs post excuses, but there is no excuse. People are paying big money for this stuff.
What a disappointment.
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MSDN... still not in real time!
Since I guess I still haven't done enough to impress anyone in the community (or perhaps because my intentions frequently involve profit), I never got an MVP and free access to MSDN, so I paid for it. I scored the old "Enterprise" version from Amazon for about $1,400, so that upgrades me to the Team System for Developers version. Score. Beats $5k.
That said, I'm shocked that it's still not a real-time affair. Back in 2001, the first time I subscribed, I accepted that as just being with the times, but still? I activated my membership on the phone (since the Web site was down, also disappointing), and I have to wait the three or four days until they send me a membership number.
It's disappointing that access isn't nearly instant. You'd think Microsoft would be better than that for such a crucial function for its developer community.