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I wanted a better understanding of Champerty and decided to use Wikipedia as a quick method of obtaining it. From there I view the link on Tort and came across a fun paragraph. Now read this with the following picture in your head. Alice is a young girl, about 10 years old. She just got into 5th grade...

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So I noticed recently that I get alot of traffic and emails on people asking about my Auldey L3 YoYo, so I just wanted to post this really quick to hopefully answer the questions people seem to ask the most: I bought my via E-Bay, but it is quite hard to find one for sale. It is not really sellable in...

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To get your Visual Studio 2008 WiX install project to create one of those 'Setup.exe' bootstrapper programs that auto-downloads the correct .NET Framework and stuff, add the following to your .wixproj file: < ItemGroup > < BootstrapperFile Include = " Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5 " > <...

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Sometimes you just want to convert a byte array to an easy to use string. You could use Base64 strings, but then you have to read and enter upper and lower case chars without error. I find it easier to just convert it to a hex string (0-9, A-F). Turns out Microsoft made an easy way to do this. Enter...

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At this years NCO Spring Ahead 5K, I just ran a 27:57, which is better then the 30:00 time I got last year at the same race (15th in my age group), AND better then 28:07 I got as my previous personal best. 5k Race Results Place Div Sex Name No. S Age City St Time Pace ===== === === =================...

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I found this link that shows how to use NTDSUTIL.exe tool to stop dead DCs from annyoing you. It is not the kind of thing you need often, but it is better then doing it by hand. http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm...

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Every time I start a new Windows Mobile project, I find myself needing a new 'Settings' class. This is the one that I have been using for many of my projects, here are some of its features: Simple Key/Value pair usage You can select wether to save using an XML file or registry by Key Supports Int, Bool...

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There is an old sales trick (I used to sell for Acura): get them used to saying yes. So when they are test driving a car: Do you like this kind of weather? "Yes" Are you married? (when you see the wedding ring) "Yes" Do you like sedans? "Yes" Do you like the safety features...

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I am now picking my running goals for the full and half marathon this year: For the Half-Marathon, I will try to run 9:02 minute miles with a goal of 1:59:05, but I will try to hit 8:27 minute miles and see how I feel in my pre-training, as that would get me into the 'D' corral for the marathon (and...

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So I was setting up a new TFS 2008 install for a hosted scenario and then just when I thought I was done, and the client setup the first TFS Project, we realized a major problem, the Areas and Iterations would not update. Now when you see this issue, there is one of two things that will generally cause...

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