Monthly Archives: May 2005

COLD SPRING   $434,000   914-271-4433 3BR, 1Full Bath ranch, beautiful 1acre property. Move in condition! HW floors throughout. Basement easily finished. Easily expanded to your dream home. Close to shopping, town and railroad. (2509823) HOULIHAN LAWRENCE CROTON-ON-HUDSON www.houlihanlawrence.com For $50,000 more you can … Continue reading →

I have never been able to convince Excel to draw the graphs that I expect it should draw. I have a set of data which I want to use for the values of x, and another set that I want … Continue reading →

The Yahoo! Music Engine description says, Transfer music to your portable player in seconds; it’s compatible with the most popular devices (Rio, Sony, Phillips, Zen, and more) That statement is misleading, as the antecedent Yahoo! refers to by “it” is … Continue reading →

Jenny asks So what are you doing to help the iPod*-owning-soccer-moms in your community? Are you thinking that far ahead? As a profession, we’d better start figuring out how to circulate digital music files to patron players. As of last … Continue reading →

In a discussion on UNIX’s uid, which is a 32-bit unsigned integer unique only within a certain namespace, usually defined by the /etc/passwd file. These namespaces collide when one uses NFS. That’s not very intelligent, is it? No, it’s evolutionary. … Continue reading →

Phil Ringnalda‘s simile comparing GET and POST with light switches and firealarms, reminds me of the situation at the head of our stairs. Making the fire alarm look just like a light switch isn’t an example of daring and innovative … Continue reading →

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