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February 2004 - Posts

C#: Passing parameters by reference or by value

I wrote a question on how parameter passing works for our candidate exam (any applicant lucky enough to read my blog will now get a free answer, I guess!) on ASP.NET / C# etc.   Since my coworkers and I have been discussing this topic over the Read More
posted Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:08 AM by richard | 0 Comments
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How not to update a Windows Form from a Thread

Since we've been formulating skill-testing questions for new candidates for work lately, I've turned my mind towards what makes an interesting question - one that I would want to be asked.  Here's some code that I wrote earlier today (and promtly Read More
posted Monday, February 23, 2004 12:42 AM by richard | 0 Comments
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A C# FAQ for the people, by the people

Yes!  One of the best and brightest MVPs from microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp has started a C# FAQ and he's invited all of us to read, criticize and suggest entries. Read it here.   It's not a lot of stuff to begin with, but I Read More
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:47 AM by richard | 1 Comments
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MC Hammer finds Microsoft's newest security flaw

No, not REALLY... but these guys stuck a bit of (badly phrased) parody lyrics (“U Can't Trust This“) in their advisory on the Microsoft ASN.1 security flaw.  And Microsoft thanked them anyway. I generally argue against Microsoft's Read More
posted Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:34 AM by richard | 1 Comments
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You're humming your next password right now

I got this idea a long time ago and for all I know someone's already put it out there, but here goes anyway.  Every site in the universe wants a password these days - from banks and online stores to online publications and even some personal sites Read More
posted Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:29 PM by richard | 1 Comments