Archive for July, 2006

Internet Killed the Real Estate Star

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

News.com is playing on this sensationalist theme; but I think it’s grossly inaccurate.
The basic argument is applied to all sectors of commerce; and news.com does a good job listing the other industries that have been altered by the Internet.  In summary, buyers can connect directly with sellers now, so the middleman is no longer necessary.  […]

Digg Humor

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Now this is funny.  Reddit links to a digg story, planted to link back to the same reddit story.

Pope and Israel

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Lebanon, the model of diversity, democracy and peaceful prosperity in the middle east; is being bombed to smithereens by Israel.  And Pope “I was NOT Hitler Youth!” Ratzinger says “Bad Israel!”.  Iran and Syria are licking their lips.  India and China are probably puzzled by all of the hooplah, but for everyone else in the […]

Launching Low Integrity Level Process

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

If you’re using the code sample for launching a low integrity process in the protected mode for Internet Explorer whitepaper, you may be getting an error that complains about RtlLengthSid.  We’re working to update the code sample.  In the meantime, look at the code below.  You’ll have to add all of your own error checking, […]

Amnesty International: Give Us More Money to Do Nothing

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

I am sure that Amnesty International gets tons of money from Microsoft employees.  And it’s great that people can feel good about themselves by spending money to change the world.  But this is really a waste of time.
Basically, AI wants you to boycott Google, since Google gave information to the Chinese government.  This is how […]