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Buffer overrun starboard ahead ...
Server Unavailable ... That was the message on my fancy new VoIP phone, when Blaster hit. Nothing worked that afteroon in the company I as at that day. No network, no phone, no nothing. Business stood still. Since then, we know that sloppy written C/C++ programs are the root of all evil, or at least of buffer overruns and other security problem. Therefore managed programming environments like our beloved .NET (and the where everything starts with the letter J) were created -- partially with the hope that these security problems would soon be a thing of the past.
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Interface inconsistencies between ASMX Web services and System.Xml V1 and V2
I've been wondering why the class designs between ASMX Web services and System.Xml seem to be so disconnected. It seems like the ASMX team really doesn't get to keep up with the way things are done in System.Xml.
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My pop-up blocker quit working in Windows XP SP2 :(
I recently edited the security settings for the Internet and Intranet zones on my computer. Ever since then my pop-up blocker quit working, regardless of what I am doing to re-instantiate it into avtive duty. Note that I did never explicitly turn it off. All I did was change the defaults for downloading AcitveX controls.