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Friday, June 16, 2006

Claymore mines - like the one thought to have been used to blow up a bus in Sri Lanka

Unlike most mines, claymores are placed on top of the ground rather than underneath, and can be detonated remotely at a moment for maximum impact. They fire steel shrapnel as far as 250 metres in a fan shape in front of where they have been placed...

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server.

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server.

Today one of my friends faced this problem and asked me what’s wrong it may be. This is a frequently asking question. And I know not only him but you also have faced this problem at least once in your asp.net life.

So here is the article from Microsoft which provides a list of articles that describes some of the most common problems you may encounter when you are debugging asp.net applications in visual studio 2003.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306172

Two IT guys, gorgeous blonde and new laptop

Got this from a mail sent by AJ. :)

Two IT guys were talking in a bar after work. "Guess what," says
the first IT guy, "I met this gorgeous blonde in a bar."

"What did you do?" says the other IT guy.

"Well, I invited her over to my place, we had a couple of drinks,
we got into the mood and then she suddenly asked me to take all
her clothes off!"

"You're kidding me!" says the second IT guy.

"Nope." says IT guy one. "I took her miniskirt off, and then I
lifted her up and put her on my desk, next to my new laptop."

"Really?" asked the second IT guy. "You got a new laptop?"

Monday, June 12, 2006

Get Ready for Windows Vista

Windows Vista Beta 2 is now available for you to install, test, and enjoy. Here's the information you need to try it now.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Let's light an oil lamp /candle to remember our War Heroes

"They shall grow not old,

As we are left grow old,

Age shall not weary them,

Nor the years condemn,

At the going down of the sun,

And in the morning,

We will remember them.

When you go home,

Tell them of us and say,

We gave our tomorrow,

For your today."



Let's light an oil lamp /candle to remember our War Heroes...

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Looking at Visual Sourcesafe vs. Perforce in a higher level

These days I haven’t got much works, but some trainings going on in the new place. Couple of days ago Vidura (my project manager) gave me and couple of other new guys a training on their SCM (Software Configuration Management). It’s Perforce they are using which is a brand new thing to me. In my old place we were using Visual Sourcesafe although it’s giving us lots of problems. As all we know Sourcesafe is good for small projects which get small code base and all the members are in a small intranet. When network is going busy Sourcesafe is messing all the things up and be the Source(un)safe.

There are lots of similarities in Sourcesafe and Perforce I noticed. But it’s easy to point out differences than similarities. Main differences I noticed are

1. Perforce keeps work space (working folder in Source Safe) information in the server but Sourcesafe in the client machine.

2. Perforce has Atomic Commits (this is implemented via change lists) when we checking in files but Sourcesafe hasn’t got.


There are other additions which both softwares have but these two are the main architectural differences I think.

Anyway I don’t think it’s fair to compare these two softweares by myself only since I haven’t got experience with Perforce. So check following links that would give you the whole picture on Sourcesafe vs. Perforce.

And great thing is Perforce is free for 2 user license. So you can use this great software in the home for your SCM.


http://www.perforce.com/perforce/sourcesafe.html
http://www.keysolutions.com/blogs/kenyee.nsf/d6plinks/KKYE-6PHRH8

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Skyscrapr the window on the architectural perspective

You can't build a stable system without a good plan. And you can't develop a good plan without a strong model that fits the needs of the organization. A coherent vision of how all of a system's parts need to come together that protects you. Without a plan you risk inefficiency, or even chaos, for your organization.

How essential is good system architecture? It can be the difference between growth and stagnation, availability and breakdown, or success and failure.

Skyscrapr is your window on the architectural perspective. Discover the different disciplines of system architecture, as well as perspectives on building successful systems. Check out our architects' blogs, learn about industry trends, download webcasts, watch videos, find training, and more.


https://www.skyscrapr.net/

Monday, June 05, 2006

UFO Cases Directory

Ma man Asela a.k.a MIB sent me this link. Check this out.

UFO Cases Catalog - All Cases: Sorted by Most Recent First