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How difficult is it to misuse the code you write?

I found these "misuse levels" over at technovelty, which they originally ripped from Rusty Russel's Bleeding Edge Page, which is a page you should definitely check out if you haven't.

Anyway, I found these "misuse levels" both hilarious to read and at the same time somewhat concerning, as I started thinking "Where does my code really go on this list?"

1. Impossible to get wrong
2. Compiler/linker won't let you get it wrong
3. Compiler/linker warns if you get it wrong
4. Simplest use is correct
5. The name tells you how to use it
6. Do it right or breaks at runtime
7. Follow the convention and you will get it right
8. Read the documentation and you will get it right
9. Read the implementation and you will get it right
10. Read the correct mailing list and you will get it right
11. Read the documentation and you will get it wrong
12. Follow the convention and you will get it wrong
13. Do it right and it will break at runtime
14. The name tells you how not to use it
15. The obvious use is wrong
16. Compiler/linker will warn you if you get it right
17. Compiler/linker won't let you get it right
18. Impossible to get right

Vista file transfer estimates: WTF?

In Windows XP, it seemed like the estimated transfer time of files in a folder, when copying that folder from one place to another, was estimated purely based on the sum of the file sizes and the current transfer speed. It also seemed to have a preference for transferring the larger files first.

Motorized Madness

I rarely post just a link, but this casemod is just too awesome:

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showpost.php?p=172860&postcount=377

MySQL Cheat Sheet

My relatively short list of useful mysql commands

Screen size calculator

Today I found out I want to replace one of my 20" 4:3 LCD screens with a widescreen, to watch movies on a bigger surface. However, I didn't want to reduce my vertical screen space.

What I mean is that a 20" widescreen is, necessarily, shorter vertically than my 4:3 screen, meaning I get to see less of vertically oriented webpages, word documents, spreadsheets... basically everything except movies are designed for a screen with a relatively large vertical size.

Thus, getting a 20" widescreen was completely out of the question. So I grabbed my calculator, and then thought... why bother? Someone must have done this before.

Exactly. The link below provides a "TV Aspect Ratio Calculator", which works just as well for LCD screens. Using 20", 4:3 as input, my widescreen needs to be 24.5392 inches to fit my needs. Thus, we're going for 26"

http://www.nicetaco.com/tv.aspx

SMS Message Recieved Confirmation – IMPLEMENT IT PROPERLY

Okay. If you have a cell phone, you've probably sent an SMS or two. I hate writing them, but sometimes they're useful. When you're on the subway and the connection goes in and out constantly, when you're in a meeting, sending something which needs to be remembered or simply when you need to say something to someone you can't stand talking to.

Yay. Blog.

Yes, I finally submit to the pressure. This is a blog. But I'm still not making a bloody facebook profile! Get off my back about it!