Tag Archives: Microsoft
Bash here
In a cygwin package called (appropriately enough) chere, there’s a tool to add a command for opening a bash prompt from a Windows folder. It’ll even install a cmd here, though not one for PowerShell. (Thanks to Weiqi Gao, for … Continue reading
Exactly how dangerous is PowerShell?
And here I thought it was just a more advanced, more annoying version of cmd (that I’m hoping supports UNC paths ((Oddly enough, bash from cygwin supports UNC paths.))). But Microsoft seems to think it’s something else entirely. I’m not … Continue reading
Gruber’s “plain English” translation of Yahoo’s “Ack! Microsoft!” memo is funny stuff.
February 7, 2008
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When the best is not recommended.
A lovely quote from the Visual Studio 2005 documentation (found through searching index for /W4): Level 4 displays all level 3 warnings plus informational warnings, which in most cases can be safely ignored. This option should be used only to … Continue reading
Radio buttons? We use check boxes around here, and we like ‘em just fine!
I decided to take Microsoft up on their offer of a free toaster. A few screens in to the installer, I see this: Cool! So I get to click some of these options, right? I click Use recommended settings: That’s … Continue reading
Do you want the free toaster, the free toaster or the free toaster?
Microsoft offers a variety of exciting offers through “Windows Genuine Advantage Offers.” I’m leaning towards the toaster.
Read about the recall of a Windows XP security patch.
May 4, 2007
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