Comments for esmithy.net http://esmithy.net Stuff Hammered Out by Eric Smith Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Unit Testing Silverlight View Models by Jake Anderson http://esmithy.net/2009/06/08/unit-testing-silverlight-view-models/comment-page-1/#comment-18057 Jake Anderson Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:46:08 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=246#comment-18057 Thanks a lot for this fix! I never would have figured this out. Thanks a lot for this fix! I never would have figured this out.

]]> Comment on Unit Testing Silverlight View Models by Andrew Thompson http://esmithy.net/2009/06/08/unit-testing-silverlight-view-models/comment-page-1/#comment-17876 Andrew Thompson Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:05:28 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=246#comment-17876 Wait .. I'm being extraordinarily stupid. 1 minute later I found this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\Silverlight\v3.0\System.Core.dll Apologies, and thanks for the article! :D Wait .. I’m being extraordinarily stupid. 1 minute later I found this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\Silverlight\v3.0\System.Core.dll

Apologies, and thanks for the article! :D

]]> Comment on Unit Testing Silverlight View Models by Andrew Thompson http://esmithy.net/2009/06/08/unit-testing-silverlight-view-models/comment-page-1/#comment-17875 Andrew Thompson Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:03:40 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=246#comment-17875 Arh, just hit this error (System.Core not found) and googled, came up with this article. Great! However, I'm err, using Silverlight 3.0. There doesn't appear to be a SL 3.0 System.Core library in the Microsoft SDK Installation path. Have you (or anyone) resolved this issue for SL 3.0? Thanks! Arh, just hit this error (System.Core not found) and googled, came up with this article. Great! However, I’m err, using Silverlight 3.0. There doesn’t appear to be a SL 3.0 System.Core library in the Microsoft SDK Installation path.

Have you (or anyone) resolved this issue for SL 3.0?

Thanks!

]]> Comment on New Depths of Printer Evil by Dad http://esmithy.net/2010/01/04/new-depths-of-printer-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-17275 Dad Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:30:42 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=335#comment-17275 I'm with you on this one. They are plain evil. I arrived in Kona this time to find that as usual the #78 color cartridge on my hp officejet v40xi had dried out even though I know there was a lot of ink left in it. After several attempts to clean the nozzles I gave up and decided I would have it refilled using Costco's new service. Sure enough they refilled it for $10 but when I installed it the printer would often not print complete pages. It would print part of the page and then give me an error message and stop printing. The error message was very helpful: "This page failed to print". Somehow I already knew that. Sometimes after such a failure if I just tried immediately to print again it would work perfectly. Also if I turned the printer off and then back on just before I tried to print it would work. After going through a lot of paper and ink I began to wonder if hp had inserted an anti Costco feature in the printer and that it had recognized I had refilled the cartridge at Costco and was playing with me. So, I went out and bought a new genuine hp #78 cartridge at their ridiculous price and sure enough it made absolutely no difference. In the process of all this I could not help but notice that I could buy a new all-in-one machine from hp for only a little more than the cost of a new #78 cartridge. I didn't do it but I thought how nutty this whole thing is. Anyway, for the time being I can print on Evie's printer through the network although I don't see that as being a permanent solution. I’m with you on this one. They are plain evil. I arrived in Kona this time to find that as usual the #78 color cartridge on my hp officejet v40xi had dried out even though I know there was a lot of ink left in it. After several attempts to clean the nozzles I gave up and decided I would have it refilled using Costco’s new service. Sure enough they refilled it for $10 but when I installed it the printer would often not print complete pages. It would print part of the page and then give me an error message and stop printing. The error message was very helpful: “This page failed to print”. Somehow I already knew that. Sometimes after such a failure if I just tried immediately to print again it would work perfectly. Also if I turned the printer off and then back on just before I tried to print it would work. After going through a lot of paper and ink I began to wonder if hp had inserted an anti Costco feature in the printer and that it had recognized I had refilled the cartridge at Costco and was playing with me. So, I went out and bought a new genuine hp #78 cartridge at their ridiculous price and sure enough it made absolutely no difference. In the process of all this I could not help but notice that I could buy a new all-in-one machine from hp for only a little more than the cost of a new #78 cartridge. I didn’t do it but I thought how nutty this whole thing is. Anyway, for the time being I can print on Evie’s printer through the network although I don’t see that as being a permanent solution.

]]> Comment on Succumbing to the Smartphone Siren by Dad http://esmithy.net/2010/01/05/succumbing-to-the-smartphone-siren/comment-page-1/#comment-17273 Dad Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:08:25 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=279#comment-17273 Interesting to read why you picked the Pre. I got it myself for many of the same reasons. Of course I never departed from Palm as I continued through the Treo era. I did get pretty disgusted with Palm at one point and wrote them to tell them so. Primarily I was disturbed with their lack of marketing skills but they didn't bother to respond. I agree the Pre suffers from a lack of apps, at least compared with the iPhone. Still I'm able to do almost everything I want to do. One of the things I do miss is video recording but I guess that will be fixed shortly with another OS upgrade. Of course with only 8GB of memory much video recording can use that up pretty fast. I was surprised they put out the Pre with only that amount of memory but I see they have addressed it to some extent with the Pre Plus. In any event to this point I have not suffered from inadequate memory. I read somewhere that the average iPhone user only regularly uses 16 apps out of the 150k or so available. Even for WebOS many of the apps are truly silly and I can only imagine how much is is worse for the iPhone. Anyway, like you I am happy with the Pre and even Sprint hasn't been all that bad. Interesting to read why you picked the Pre. I got it myself for many of the same reasons. Of course I never departed from Palm as I continued through the Treo era. I did get pretty disgusted with Palm at one point and wrote them to tell them so. Primarily I was disturbed with their lack of marketing skills but they didn’t bother to respond. I agree the Pre suffers from a lack of apps, at least compared with the iPhone. Still I’m able to do almost everything I want to do. One of the things I do miss is video recording but I guess that will be fixed shortly with another OS upgrade. Of course with only 8GB of memory much video recording can use that up pretty fast. I was surprised they put out the Pre with only that amount of memory but I see they have addressed it to some extent with the Pre Plus. In any event to this point I have not suffered from inadequate memory. I read somewhere that the average iPhone user only regularly uses 16 apps out of the 150k or so available. Even for WebOS many of the apps are truly silly and I can only imagine how much is is worse for the iPhone. Anyway, like you I am happy with the Pre and even Sprint hasn’t been all that bad.

]]> Comment on Generating XML Serialization Assemblies by TechnoDex http://esmithy.net/2007/06/13/generating-xml-serialization-assemblies/comment-page-1/#comment-16766 TechnoDex Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:56:51 +0000 http://esmithy.net/2007/06/13/generating-xml-serialization-assemblies/#comment-16766 I've had a problem with upgrading projects from previous version where the csproj file didn't get the Auto tag added in but when looking at the Build tab of the project it showed up as Auto. If you set it to On and build then change it back to Auto and build the XmlSerializer.dll should get created I’ve had a problem with upgrading projects from previous version where the csproj file didn’t get the
Auto
tag added in but when looking at the Build tab of the project it showed up as Auto. If you set it to On and build then change it back to Auto and build the XmlSerializer.dll should get created

]]> Comment on Defeating Antivirus System Pro by M Grow http://esmithy.net/2009/12/03/defeating-antivirus-system-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-16703 M Grow Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:46:45 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=318#comment-16703 I too was attacked by "antivirus system pro" but my norton antivirus running in the background was quiet during the attach. This was my first problem in twenty five years of surfing and momentarily I was freaking. After ten minuets had passed my antivirus app was still quiet so I ran it's quick scan and problem solved. Mine was called Guaosysguard.exe . I too was attacked by “antivirus system pro” but my norton antivirus running in the background was quiet during the attach. This was my first problem in twenty five years of surfing and momentarily I was freaking. After ten minuets had passed my antivirus app was still quiet so I ran it’s quick scan and problem solved. Mine was called Guaosysguard.exe .

]]> Comment on Unit Testing Silverlight View Models by Seamus http://esmithy.net/2009/06/08/unit-testing-silverlight-view-models/comment-page-1/#comment-14571 Seamus Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:45:09 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=246#comment-14571 Thanks for the post. Its incredibly difficult to find a description of unit testing Model and ViewModel for Silverlight as straight forward as this. Most of the information available is about testing the UI which requires Microsoft's crappy Silverlight 'Unit Test' Framework or Roy Osherove's SilverUnit Thanks for the post. Its incredibly difficult to find a description of unit testing Model and ViewModel for Silverlight as straight forward as this.

Most of the information available is about testing the UI which requires Microsoft’s crappy Silverlight ‘Unit Test’ Framework or Roy Osherove’s SilverUnit

]]> Comment on Paste Special Macro for Word by Adrian http://esmithy.net/2007/12/31/paste-special-macro-for-word/comment-page-1/#comment-10058 Adrian Thu, 07 May 2009 14:41:42 +0000 http://esmithy.net/2007/12/31/paste-special-macro-for-word/#comment-10058 works great in word 2007. much appreciated. works great in word 2007. much appreciated.

]]> Comment on Cell Phone Service for the Non-Garrulous by Smitty http://esmithy.net/2009/02/21/cell-phone-service-for-the-non-garrulous/comment-page-1/#comment-7525 Smitty Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:12:44 +0000 http://esmithy.net/?p=230#comment-7525 I've only ever used pre-pay since my first mobile phone contract ended up costing me (wait for it) about $4.35 per minute. What !!! I hear you shout. Well, like you, I don;t talk that much. My first mobile phone purchase was a contract phone (you know, the phone was almost free since the contract terms subsidized it). When I got my first bill, I was absolutely astounded to see that I had used the phone for less than 10 minutes, yet still had a $35.00 bill to pay. This went on for a few more months, although my usage crept up slowly, I never managed a rate below about $2.00 per minute. I decided I would not renew the contract (luckily it was a 1 year term), and switched to Pre Pay. This also solves the problem of children using the phone more than they should. We have a family plan which allows unlimited calls between five different cell phones for $5.00 per month. So, we put all the family phones on the plan, and now our children can always phone us for any reason. They are responsible for any other calls or texts they make, and so have to purchase their own pre-paid minutes with their own money. I’ve only ever used pre-pay since my first mobile phone contract ended up costing me (wait for it) about $4.35 per minute. What !!! I hear you shout. Well, like you, I don;t talk that much. My first mobile phone purchase was a contract phone (you know, the phone was almost free since the contract terms subsidized it). When I got my first bill, I was absolutely astounded to see that I had used the phone for less than 10 minutes, yet still had a $35.00 bill to pay. This went on for a few more months, although my usage crept up slowly, I never managed a rate below about $2.00 per minute. I decided I would not renew the contract (luckily it was a 1 year term), and switched to Pre Pay. This also solves the problem of children using the phone more than they should. We have a family plan which allows unlimited calls between five different cell phones for $5.00 per month. So, we put all the family phones on the plan, and now our children can always phone us for any reason. They are responsible for any other calls or texts they make, and so have to purchase their own pre-paid minutes with their own money.

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