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  • System that splits passwords across two servers

    - by Burning the Codeigniter
    I stumbled upon this news article on BBC, RSA splits passwords in two to foil hackers' attacks tl;dr - a (randomized) password is split in half and is stored across two separate servers, to foil hackers that gained access to either server upon a security breach. Now the main question is, how would this kind of system would be made... codespeaking, for PHP which I commonly develop on my web applications, the database password is normally stored in a configuration file, i.e. config.php with the username and password, in that case it is understandable that the passwords can be stolen if the security was compromised. However when splitting and sending the other half to the other server, how would this go on when making a communication to the other server (keeping in mind with PHP) since the other server password would be stored in a configuration file, wouldn't it? In terms of security is to keep the other server password away from the main one, just exactly how would the main server communicate, without exposing any other password, apart from the first server. This certainly makes me think...

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  • PEX - are you licenced for it?

    - by TATWORTH
    There is an interesting artcile about PEX at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukmsdn/archive/2011/02/22/featured-article-pex-and-visual-studio.aspx PEX can be downloaded from http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/pex/downloads.aspx The licence conditions are: "Pex and Moles are Power Tools available for commercial use for MSDN subscribers. Moles is also available separately for commercial use without requiring an MSDN subscription. Pex and Moles are also available for academic and non-commercial use." I note with interest that it is now available to MSDN subscribers. If I recall correctly it used to be only available to VS Team versions.

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  • About floating point precision and why do we still use it

    - by system_is_b0rken
    Floating point has always been troublesome for precision on large worlds. This article explains behind-the-scenes and offers the obvious alternative - fixed point numbers. Some facts are really impressive, like: "Well 64 bits of precision gets you to the furthest distance of Pluto from the Sun (7.4 billion km) with sub-micrometer precision. " Well sub-micrometer precision is more than any fps needs (for positions and even velocities), and it would enable you to build really big worlds. My question is, why do we still use floating point if fixed point has such advantages? Most rendering APIs and physics libraries use floating point (and suffer it's disadvantages, so developers need to get around them). Are they so much slower? Additionally, how do you think scalable planetary engines like outerra or infinity handle the large scale? Do they use fixed point for positions or do they have some space dividing algorithm?

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  • Keyboard settings for a Mac+PC world

    - by Sahil Malik
    SharePoint, WCF and Azure Trainings: more information I’m one of those weridos who lives in a Mac+PC world. I write code for both iOS and Windows platforms. I also travel quite a bit, and airlines and airport security are starting to weigh your carry ons, and beginning to frown on the powerplant of batteries you need to carry to power SharePoint on an airplane. This means, my main work machine has to be a Macbook Pro, since it is the only machine that can do both XCode and Visual Studio Virtualized and SharePoint virtualized nicely. The problem this causes of course, is you will literally pull your hair out when dealing with keyboard/shortcut differences. So here is my work setup, Running Mac for all my normal work Virtualizing using VMWare Fusion – and sometimes I move these VMs to my windows server so I can run them on VMware workstation. Frequently RDP’ing into VMs in the cloud or running on my home server. So, Read full article ....

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  • Multiple TOC with MediaWiki using section headings in single page

    - by user1704043
    I'm running my own installation of MediaWiki, which has been great! I haven't been able to find the answer to this small problem in any post, how to, etc. Here's the setup: Article TOC (limited to showing only H1 and H2) ==H1== ===H2=== ====H3==== ====H3==== I don't want the H3 to show up on the main table of contents, because it would make the list very long. Instead, under the H2, I would like to display another TOC with all the H3's under that listing. From my understanding, you cannot have multiple table of contents on a single page. I've thought about making a template for each H2 that has the H3 links, but that seems like it duplicates a lot of work and creates loads of pages. I'd love a template that sucks all subsection names and spits them out, but I don't see how to do that. Alternatively, is there a way to enable multiple TOCs in a custom install of MediaWiki that I'm missing? Even that would get closer to what I'm trying to do.

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  • Is IE9 a modern browser?

    - by TATWORTH
    At http://people.mozilla.com/~prouget/ie9/ there is a very provocative article entitled "Is IE9 a modern browser?". There is a rebuttal by Tim Sneath at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2011/02/15/a-modern-browser.aspx that is well worth a look. Certainly IE9 is already superior to its predecessors. My comment on the matter is that those that consider IE9 to be non-standards compliant, should submit tests to the W3C to demonstrate the non-compliance. Upon acceptance by the W3C, all the competing browsers can then be re-tested. I prefer objective tests to subjective opinion. I have used IE9 and on some sites such as Hotmail, it is noticeably faster. I have so far been unable to apply the promised IE9 lockout of spyware cookies. With Firefox, I just instal NoScript and never enable spyware sites.

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  • A quick list of all SharePoint 2010 Powershell commandlets

    - by Sahil Malik
    SharePoint 2010 Training: more information Ever wonder what powershell commandlets exist on your SharePoint 2010 installation? Easy! Just run the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell, and issue the following command - Get-Command -module Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell And if you wish to find matching commands for a certain task, for instance, I wish to know all commands that have anything to do with “Update”, I would issue the following command  - Get-Command -module Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell  | where{$_.name -match "Update"} And if you want to do exactly the same for stsadm, you could do something like this - Read full article ....

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  • Instapaper Updates; Sports Native Social Media Sharing, Browsing, and More

    - by Jason Fitzpatrick
    Popular web content manager Instantpaper has updated to version 3.0 and brings a host of new features like native support for social media sharing, a recommendation system, in-app web browsing and more. Last year we shared a detailed guide with you on how to use Instapaper to save content from the web to your iOS device for later reading–definitely check it out if you’re unfamiliar with Instapaper. Some of the new features in Instapaper 3.0 include a social recommendation system where you can follow other Instapaper users and see the articles they are liking/sharing, native support for sharing to Twitter, Facebook, and other social media systems, smart rotation lock on the display, and more efficient article downloading and storage. Check out the link below to read a full rundown of the new features on the Instapaper blog. Instapaper 3.0 Is Here! [Instapaper via O'Reilly Radar] HTG Explains: What Are Character Encodings and How Do They Differ?How To Make Disposable Sleeves for Your In-Ear MonitorsMacs Don’t Make You Creative! So Why Do Artists Really Love Apple?

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  • Quels conseils donneriez-vous pour durer dans la carrière de développeur et pour rester compétent et à jour ?

    Quels conseils donneriez-vous pour durer dans la carrière de développeur Et pour rester compétent et à jour ? Être développeur de plus de 40 ans, compétent et à jour, est-ce possible ? C'est à ce sujet de la longévité des carrières de développeur que s'est attaqué le développeur Davy Brion sur son blogue. Et pour lui, la réponse à la question est que oui, cela est possible, mais pas facile. Davy Brion affirme ne connaître aucun développeur qui réponde à ces trois critères. Il propose une explication en deux parties et boucle son article par des idées qu'il compte appliquer lui même pour continuer à être, la quarantaine passée, un bon développeur.

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  • Creating a 2D Line Branch (Part 2)

    - by Danran
    Yesterday i asked this question on how to create a 2D line branch; Creating a 2D Line Branch And thanks to the answered provided, i now have this nice looking main branch; *coloured to show the different segments in the final item. Now is the time now to branch things off as discussed in the article; http://drilian.com/2009/02/25/lightning-bolts/ Again however i am confused as to the meaning of the following pseudo code; splitEnd = Rotate(direction, randomSmallAngle)*lengthScale + midPoint; I'm unsure how to actually rotate this correctly. In all honesty i'm abit unsure what to-do completely at this part, "splitEnd" will be a Vector3, so whatever happens in the rotate function must then return some form of directional rotation which is then * by a scale to create length and then added to the midPoint. I'm not sure. If someone could explain what i'm meant to be doing in this part that would be really grateful.

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  • Simplified Tips on Building a Website Online

    It is not easy to create a wonderful website. There are a lot of things to take into account so as to put up a perfect site. The first thing you need to do is to assess your target market. This is important because this will be the basis for the content that you will put in your site. You must come up with a great content that would suffice the interests, wants and desires of your audience. In this regard, this article will discuss how building a website online can give you greater comfort and convenience.

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  • Socl : le projet de réseau social de Microsoft pour concurrencer Google+ en bêta test privé

    Socl : le projet de réseau social de Microsoft pour concurrencer Google+ en bêta test privé Microsoft travaille sur son propre réseau social qui pourrait concurrencer Google+. Selon un article du magazine The Verge, la firme serait en train de tester un nouveau réseau social baptisé « Socl ». Le service dont une ébauche avait été momentanément accessible à l'adresse socl.com l'été dernier sous le nom de « Tulalip », avait pour slogan « trouver ce que vous cherchez et partagez ce que vous savez plus facilement que jamais ». Il permettait aux utilisateurs de s'inscrire en utilisant leur compte Facebook ou Twitter. Microsoft avait présenté le service pen...

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  • "Guiding" a Domain Expert to Retire from Programming

    - by James Kolpack
    I've got a friend who does IT at a local non-profit where they're using a custom web application which is no longer supported by the company who built it. (out of business, support was too expensive, I'm not sure...) Development on this app started around 10+ years ago so the technologies being harnessed are pretty out of date now - classic asp using vbscript and SQL Server 2000. The application domain is in the realm of government bookkeeping - so even though the development team is long gone, there are often new requirements of this software. Enter the... The domain expert. This is an middle aged accounting whiz without much (or any?) prior development experience. He studied the pages, code and queries and learned how to ape the style of the original team which, believe me, is mediocre at best. He's very clever and very tenacious but has no experience in software beyond what he's picked up from this app. Otherwise, he's a pleasant guy to talk to and definitely knows his domain. My friend in IT, and probably his superiors in the company, want him out of the code. They view him as wasting his expertise on coding tasks he shouldn't be doing. My friend got me involved with a few small contracts which I handled without much problem - other than somewhat of a communication barrier with the domain expert. He explained the requirements very quickly, assuming prior knowledge of the domain which I do not have. This is partially his normal style, and I think maybe a bit of resentment from my involvement. So, I think he feels like the owner of the code and has entrenched himself in a development position. So... his coding technique. One of his latest endeavors was to make a page that only he could reach (theoretically - the security model for the system is wretched) where he can enter a raw SQL query, run it, and save the query to run again later. A report that I worked on had been originally implemented by him using 6 distinct queries, 3 or 4 temp tables to coordinate the data between the queries, and the final result obtained by importing the data from the final query into Access and doing a pivot and some formatting. It worked - well, some of the results were incorrect - but at what a cost! (I implemented the report in a single query with at least 1/10th the amount of code.) He edits code in notepad. He doesn't seem to know about online reference material for the languages. I recently read an article on Dr. Dobbs titled "What Makes Bad Programmers Different" - and instantly thought of our domain expert. From the article: Their code is large, messy, and bug laden. They have very superficial knowledge of their problem domain and their tools. Their code has a lot of copy/paste and they have very little interest in techniques that reduce it. The fail to account for edge cases, while inefficiently dealing with the general case. They never have time to comment their code or break it into smaller pieces. Empirical evidence plays no little role in their decisions. 5.5 out of 6. My friend is wanting me to argue the case to their management - specifically, I got this email from their manager to respond to: ...Also, I need to talk to you about what effect there is from Domain Expert continuing to make edits to the live environment. If that is a problem for you I need to know so I can have his access blocked. Some examples would help. In my opinion, from a technical standpoint, it's dangerous to have him making changes without any oversight. On the other hand, I'm just doing one-off contracts at this point and don't have much desire to get involved deeply enough that I'm essentially arguing as one of the Bobs from Office Space. I'd like to help my friend out - but I feel like I'm getting in the middle of a political battle. More importantly - if I do get involved and suggest that his editing privileges be removed, it needs to be handled carefully so that doesn't feel belittled. He is beyond a doubt the foremost expert on this system. I'm hoping this is familiar territory for some other stackechangers, because I'm feeling a little bewildered. How should I respond? Should I argue that he shouldn't be allowed to touch the code? Should I phrase it as "no single developer, no matter how experienced, should be working on production code unchecked"? Should I argue to keep him involved with the code, but with a review process? Should I say "glad I could help, but uh, I'm busy now!" Other options? Thanks a bunch!

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  • Learn Where Windows 8 Stores SmartScreen Filter Information for Downloaded Files

    - by Taylor Gibb
    In previous versions of Windows the SmartScreen filter was a feature of Internet Explorer, with Windows 8 it becomes part of the Windows file system. But how does it know which files have been downloaded and which ones originated from your PC? Read on to see how How-To Geek went exploring in the file system. Note: The information provided in this article is for educational purposes only. 6 Ways Windows 8 Is More Secure Than Windows 7 HTG Explains: Why It’s Good That Your Computer’s RAM Is Full 10 Awesome Improvements For Desktop Users in Windows 8

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  • guest blogging, recipricle links & nofollow

    - by sam
    When writing a guest blog for a site and in the blog post i write i link back to my self, that counts as an imbound link. Writing something on my blog, like "have a look at this post i wrote for _" made that a link the links would be recipricle, correct ? thus cancling each other out.. If i was to to make the link back to my article a nofollow link then would i still get the link juice ? If i write guest blog post and the site want to also write a guest blog on my site later on whats the best way to handle it as wont these both cancel each other out and have no effect ?

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  • Office 2010 & SharePoint 2010: Platform for Innovation

    There's a great new article by Michael Desmond in Visual Studio Magazine called "Office Alignment: Why Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 are poised to unleash a new wave of developer innovation". Read it and you'll get Michael's always engaging insight into the new products investments in this release, and you'll read about some key customers who have leveraged the platform to drive their business. I've been reading a lot about innovation, and it can be a topic that begins to elude us when we...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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  • Where can I find a package for "project looking Glass"? ("The Java desktop")

    - by Alvar
    Hi, I really really want to find this package. Because after I saw the youtube clip I realized it's just one of those things I must have done before I die. This tutorial would be great if the repository were online. My question is: Where can I find the file, and how can I install it without changing my current desktop? The project was called "project looking glass" and was released in 2007. It is now an "inactive open source project", according to its Wikipedia article. @Takkat found this VERY good live cd, hope it works.

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  • ultrasn0w Unlocks iOS 4.2.1

    - by Gopinath
    iPhone dev team who always succeeds in jailbreaking  iPhones and other iOS devices has done it again. They are able to unlock all iPhones running on iOS 4.2 except iPhone 4. MuscleNerd, a member of iPhone Dev team tweeted Finally got ultrasn0w working fully on 4.2.1. Apple inadvertently(!) broke ultrasn0w via aggressive compiler optimization The jailbreak tool for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS will be released soon(may be tomorrow) even though they are still trying to figure out a way to unlock iPhone 4. Read more details on this at dev team blog. This article titled,ultrasn0w Unlocks iOS 4.2.1, was originally published at Tech Dreams. Grab our rss feed or fan us on Facebook to get updates from us.

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  • Desktop Fun: Space Age Fonts

    - by Asian Angel
    Do you have a sci-fi related project such as artwork, wallpapers, or other items that you are working on and need some awesome fonts to add the perfect touch? Then get ready to launch your work into outer space with our Space Age Fonts collection. Note: To manage the fonts on your Windows 7, Vista, & XP systems see our article here. Space And Astronomy HTG Explains: Photography with Film-Based CamerasHow to Clean Your Dirty Smartphone (Without Breaking Something)What is a Histogram, and How Can I Use it to Improve My Photos?

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  • Drawing out a document with strategies for coping with "disasters"

    - by James Poulson
    Does anyone happen to know of some guidelines for writing up a document for coping with possible disaster scenarios ? By disaster I mean anything that could lead to loss of work, time or eventually a client. I seem to remember reading an article along these lines but, unfortunately, I can't find it anymore. So I'd appreciate some feedback in this direction. I think such an approach would be useful in the company I'm in right now as we've had the occasional scare which might have been avoided with some preventative thinking.

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  • Brevets : Samsung compte poursuivre Apple sur l'utilisation de la 4G LTE dans l'iPhone 5, le constructeur dénigre Android aux Pays-Bas

    Brevets : Samsung compte poursuivre Apple sur l'utilisation de la 4G LTE dans l'iPhone 5 le constructeur dénigre Android aux Pays-Bas Apple se prépare pour le lancement demain de l'iPhone 5. De son côté, Samsung se prépare également. Mais pour bloquer la commercialisation du nouveau dispositif d'Apple. Selon un article du Korea Times, le constructeur coréen a confirmé qu'il allait trainer Apple devant les tribunaux, suite à la demande de la firme à la pomme d'interdire la gamme Galaxy S sur le territoire américain. Pour rappel, Samsung avait été condamné à verser un milliard de dollars à Apple pour avoir violé les brevets de la société sur le Design de l'iPhone. La ...

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  • Enterprise Mobile Apps

    - by Sahil Malik
    SharePoint 2010 Training: more information This is one of those rare occasions when I get to write about what I’m working on in my consulting life. I’m a very lucky guy, I get to work on some very tough and challenging solutions for clients around the world. In working on such problems, I face the best challenges which help me be a better consultant. A better consultant is a better trainer. There is no substitute for real world experience. As an example, Winsmarts started working on a product with Din ERP that would bring ERP functionality into SharePoint. Not influenced by marketecture, and the only driver being success at customer, as an architect for this endeavor, I experimented with and decided against technologies such as Silverlight. We subsequently invested heavily in JavaScript when the prevalent browser was still IE6. It wasn’t easy to create an amazing amount of functionality in JavaScript, but over time we enriched the product and today we have a very compelling Read full article ....

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  • Windows2Linux Porting

    Recently I faced one very interesting task. I had to port an application from one platform (Windows) to another (Linux). It is an interesting topic. First, knowledge of several platforms and writing the code for them is a good experience for every developer. Secondly, writing an application for different platforms makes it widespread and needed by many. So, I would like to share my impressions concerning this process. This article is intended for everybody who wants to write a cross-platform application.

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  • The perfect RDP experience from Mac to Windows

    - by Sahil Malik
    SharePoint, WCF and Azure Trainings: more information For the reasons I mentioned in my keyboard remapping blog post, I live in a Mac+PC world. This means, I find myself frequently RDP’ing to Windows Machines from my Mac. And yes, that Metro UI on RDP is even more frustrating than it is without RDP. Mac is a different OS than Windows (duh!), and the way it handles multiple screens and spaces is entirely different from windows. This means, RDP experiences are tough to make 100% seamless. You can see the frustrations in the various reviews on the Microsoft RDP app on the Mac app store. It can be difficult to find the perfect settings for the perfect user experience. Well, here they are - Read full article ....

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  • Microsoft réagit à l'abandon progressif de Windows par Google en rappelant que son OS est de plus en

    Mise à jour du 07/06/10 Microsoft réagit à l'abandon progressif de Windows par Google En rappelant que son OS est de plus en plus sécurisé Sur son blog, Brandon LeBlanc, responsable de développement Windows, a réagit la semaine dernière à l'annonce de Google sur l'abandon progressif de l'OS de Microsoft par la société suite aux attaques de pirates chinois liées, selon Google, à des vulnérabilités des produits de Redmond (cf. article ci-avant). « Lorsqu'il s'agit de sécurité, même les hackers admettent que nous faisons un meilleur travail que n'importe qui d'autre pour rendre nos produits plus sûrs », écrit-il. « Des leaders ...

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