Here. From Stanford Powers: Getting value from stuff you don't own is a compelling idea. Just think, someone else has created something that has value, and has made it available to you. You can now leverage its value in ways that makes all parties richer. That's the promise of web services.
Architag Press, a division of Architag International Corporation, announces the publication of Web Services Implementation Guide, Volume 1: Getting Started, by Brian E. Travis and Mae Ozkan.
Here. What's new:
"1) UI updated (i.e. exclude tracking info, bold `new' violations, application settings +more)
2) nearly every rule has been touched, most improved
3) addition of 40+ new rules
4) cmd-line version of tool greatly stabilized and improved
5) new, complete set of documentation"
[Maciek Sarnowicz via Off Topic]
Here. "Mastering Visual Studio .NET, by Jon Flanders and Chris Sells
"Most developers can perform the basics inside Visual Studio .NET, like creating a project, typing some code, compiling and debugging. Although Mastering Visual Studio .NET covers these topics, it does so very quickly. This book enables intermediate and advanced programmers the kind of depth that's really needed, such as advanced window functionality, macros, advanced debugging, and add-ins, etc. With this book, developers will learn the VS.NET development environment from top to bottom."
Here. "I did a rough experiment the other day with strange results. I created two console apps one is C# and the other if Visual C++ 7. The apps do calculations for Generation of the Mandelbrot Set and time how long it takes. The strange thing is that the Visual C# App is much faster than the C++ App. (1.5 secs per set for the C# App and 1.9 secs per set for the C++ App). This seems totally bizarre to me as I would have thought it would be the opposite. It puts me in the strange situation of thinking about rewritting my C++ fractal generator in C# to get more speed !!"
[Windows Technology Off Topic Mailing List]
Here. sttto Centerfold by J. Geils Band
Yes, he walks, yes, he talks!
He'll be your Code Complete!
That ATL instructor
Sure could put 'em in the seats.
He could teach like no one else
No one could ever stain
The memory of that DM guy
Could never cause me pain
Years go by, I'm lookin' through a codin' magazine
And there's my DM buddy on the pages in between!
[Ted Neward]
Here. "The CIS Scoring Tool provides a quick and easy way to evaluate your host systems and compare their level of security against the Benchmarks. Tool reports guide system administrators to harden both new installations and active production systems. The tool is also effective for monitoring systems to assure that security settings continuously conform with the Benchmark."
[W2Knews]
