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September 2006 - Posts

Friday, September 29, 2006 6:58 PM

Thoughts on eXtreme Programming

I recently started a new job. (Leaving the old one wasn't my idea, but that's a story for another time). This company is a computer equipment manufacturer, and will be releasing a new model in the coming months. Which means all their drivers and other
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Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:26 AM

Rockstar : Recap

OK, now that Rockstar: Supernova has been over for a couple weeks, I guess it's about time for me to review my earlier predictions . My top four were all in the final five. Dilana, who I said was the most talented, made it to the last two, so my sense
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Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:04 AM

Games Tax Agencies Play

I live in NJ, and last year (and half of this year -- but that's another story) I worked in New York State (Manhattan to be precise). This meant that back in April, in addition to the Federal tax return, I also had to file returns for both NY & NJ.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:58 AM

My Pirate Name (Sorry, I'm a day late.....)

My pirate name is: Dirty James Rackham You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem,
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Saturday, September 09, 2006 9:03 AM

Performance optimization of an if/else-statement

Mads Kristensen wrote on the subject on if/else statements in C#, running time benchmarks on code such as this: private bool RunIf( string input) { if (input == "hello" ) return true ; else if (input == "jelly" ) return true ; else return true ; } I wrote
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