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Kent Sharkey wrote: Best read it, before you need it
A new object to add to the list of "better to have and not to need, than to need and not to have" (i.e. Condoms, umbrella and/or jacket in spring/autum...) 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The company clarified on Friday that it is planning a new version of Windows — Windows 8.1 with Bing — to target low-cost computers and tablets. That version, as the name implies, comes with the Bing search engine as the default within the Internet Explorer browser. They didn't learn from the last 'bundling' incident?
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The last bundling incident was closely tied to the fact that they sold it. Not sure if that fine they had to pay is applicable on free stuff...
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
The console is a black place [taken from Q&A]
How to ask a question
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When mobiles phone where new - and expensive - dealers added all kind of 'gifts' to persuade one to buy. When my dad decided at last to buy one he got - between other things - a kind of wallet that had a special section for the phone. Only that the wallet was two size bigger then the phone...
(If you missed: phone===bing, wallet===windows 8)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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The tablets could be ready before Google's developer conference in late June, the WSJ reports The tablet is going to look silly in those 3D glasses
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Microsoft has been gathering information about malware infection rates on Windows PCs for some time now, thanks to data from its Microsoft Security Essentials program as well as Windows Defender for Windows 8. This week, the company released the malware encounter and infection rates for 2013, including the top 10 countries for both sets of info. Way to go, Pakistan!
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Is it true that more developers means more complexity? Is there an ideal number of developers for a team? What can we learn from this? Let’s find out! Team sizes > 0 have much better code quality
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Bigger teams require better management. And here in most cases is where everything fails.
Most managers can't even manage themselves so nothing good can be expected out of there.
If you have a good project and team manager you'll have more rules, better and well implemented code quality check tools and better and more automated processes. Overall a better structure to comply to, resulting on an implicitly enforced coding standards.
For project management, the more monkeys you have the better you have to break tasks and plan dependencies.
And always:
- never build a team of geniuses or nothing ever will be finished
- never build a team of freshly out of school people or nothing will ever work
Always try to build an heterogeneous team with a couple of creative people not more, experienced people that deliver and fresh meat to just type text.
Cheers! 
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Life is all about share and care...
public class Life : ICareable,IShareable
{
// implements yours...
}
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AlexCode wrote: Most managers can't even manage themselves so nothing good can be expected out of there.
Very good summary of the entire problem.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Is there an ideal number of developers
1!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Agree!
But that also varies..
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Team of 1 is not a team...
Working alone is just boring, one sided and leads to a one guy optimal solution... in most cases not optimal at all but there's no one there to challenge it anyway...
Good for job security, at least while it lasts
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This answer is so elegant that it is often overlooked.
This way there is no way to confuse who is responsible for the bad code and the good code too.
Eliminates confusion.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Team sizes > 0 have much better code quality
I don't know, a team if 0 produces 0 bugs.
(Admittedly, it may not be the most productive team).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I have always preferred working alone... and maybe everyone else has preferred not working with me? Hmmm... 
Anyway, when beginning a new project, one probably shouldn't look at a spec and decide "this will require ten developers" and then go hire ten developers. Start with one developer to get things going, set the style, then bring in another, etc. Build the team slowly, and only as needed.
The only large team I was on (dozens of developers), was for a project that was well into maintenance.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Microsoft has failed to address a remotely exploitable security flaw affecting the most widely used version of Internet Explorer. Does it still count as an exploit if no one has used it? (Although I guess they will now. Thanks)
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There is a bug in an old version of a software that can be upgraded for free?
Shocking!
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The phrase thread safe makes it sound like thread safety is on / off property of a type. [STAThread] Done!
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A lot of people keep asking about a good list of .net libraries. Hence, we are building this list to save your time and to spread the knowledge. For those times when you think, "I know there has to be something that does..."
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Some of these haven't been updates or had any source control changes in years.
NPlot for example hasn't been updated for 7 years.
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Maybe it works as expected and is therefore just finished?
Ciao,
luker
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Lloyd Atkinson wrote: Some of these haven't been updates or had any source control changes in years.
Yes, you just have to make a judgement as to whether a library is worth using or not. I usually go by recent updates in the first instance. If no recent updates is there a forum that shows current regular active usage of the library?
Also of relevance is whether it's primarily a single developer who maintains it. What happens if they drop dead?
Kevin
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i worry that it'll just work.
B
MCAD
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Lol, I like stuff that "just works." Quite often that's not the case. If I have to spend more than a certain amount of time faffing about I give up and try something else.
Kevin
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