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Is soap.tcp with WSE a singleton?

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Ok, the title of this post is pure jargon, but it fits. This WSE 3 thing is still new to me and I’m still trying to grok some of the finer details. The abili...

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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Jeff Atwood has a good rant about people asking for web sites that scale to devices like PDA’s or crackberry’s.  He takes the view that it would be nice if e...

How expensive are .NET exceptions?

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With .NET, I keep hearing “Don’t use exceptions, they’re expensive” and I have always wondering how true it was.  I’ve been in the camp of using exceptions w...

Repaving an XP box

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I’m getting ready to help repave a family member’s PC (Windows XP). Too many questionable things have been installed and some nasty thing is blocking https p...