error codes are values that identify different types of errors in the Windows API. Most functions do not report the error code directly; instead, they simply return a flag specifying if some error occured or not.
"I refer to the tools and techniques on this page as "notemaking" because "taking notes" is passive: just as we must make meaning, so we must make notes---in our head, on the page, and in our notebooks"
"Five-day weeks of eight-hour days maximize long-term output in every industry that has been studied over the past century. What makes us think that our [IT] industry is somehow exempt from this rule?"
How to create applications that look right, behave properly, and fit into the GNOME user interface as a whole, covers specific advice on making effective use of interface elements, and the philosophy and general design principles behind GNOME interface.
your Linux crashed. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does nothing, nor do the F-keys. You know you shouldn’t have installed that bad driver, but you did it anyway. Here is how you do a safe reboots of the system avoiding the power button.
a celebration of fascinating devices that don't work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures.
To get on this list, a bug has to be able to cause at least half a day of futile head scratching, and has to be aggravated by the poor design of the "C" language.
a series of learning activities that reveals a little-known secret: computer science isn't really about computers at all. Unplugged teaches principles of computer science through games and puzzles.
these essays are intended for beginners, pointing out useful techniques. Some are for experienced programmers poking into previously unknown areas of MFC. Some are advanced techniques, highly specialized.
is the file extension source. Here you'll find a collection of file extensions; many linked to the programs that created the files. This is the FILExt home page.
Blind compliance to authority. This should be a case study for psychologists, a wake up call to the education system and force a reflection about society. This was put into a movie Compliance (2012) and is covered in Wikipedia's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam).
(Mostly HP JetDirects, but a little info on the Ricoh Savins), This article will attempt to point out some of the more interesting things that can be done with a network based printer to make it reveal information about its users, owners and the network i
a novel decentralized infrastructure, based on distributed hash tables (DHTs), that will enable a new generation of large-scale distributed applications.
by Quan Wen, Dmitri B. Chklovskii "...what is the reason for such segregation? To answer this question, we posit that brain functionality requires high interconnectivity and short conduction delays."