Monthly Archives: October 2008

Visual Studio 2005: Not Ready To Lead

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Russell

Glenn Howe writes of an anomaly in Visual Studio 2005′s C++ compiler: … I discovered today (Friday) that if you compile something like:double x = (false) ? 0 : 1.4;that x will not equal 1.4 as most people (and the … Continue reading →

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Will no one rid me of this troublesome plugin?

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Russell

So, facing the “Would you like to install Flash Player 10?” message in the browser page at Adobe’s, I had a micro-aneurysm or something, and thought, my daughter spends all her free time playing Flash games, so I’ll need this … Continue reading →

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Insta-poll: Adobe Flash Player 10

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Russell

Which slightly annoying and possibly overused net meme best describes this effort by Adobe to publicize the new features in Flash Player 10? Adobe outlines Flash 10′s new features on a page that, for people running older Flash versions, leads … Continue reading →

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