Comments on: xkcd: The workarounds that users invent. http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/ Because an awesome product and an awesome team needs an awesome site. Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pieter http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/#comment-136 Pieter Mon, 09 May 2011 09:44:20 +0000 http://awesome.finda.co.nz/?p=213#comment-136 This reminds me of a time when bad documentation lead to the same thing...we had some networking software that read UDP sockets (stateless, didn't know if I was listening on the other end etc) From what I understood on the docs, there was 19 UDP sockets....turns out they where 19 Multicast sockets (still UDP, but you have to subscribe to the multicast :) )...You google that, modify your code all before they see that you dropped out of the test.....only to trip up at the end....the data they sent, was quicker than what my crappy C code could read... The good from this...I re-wrote the software in threaded C....rocked the house....turns out, the other people that passed this test used 19 computers...running....Windows In the mortal words of DN: "Hail to the king baby" :D This reminds me of a time when bad documentation lead to the same thing…we had some networking software that read UDP sockets (stateless, didn’t know if I was listening on the other end etc)

From what I understood on the docs, there was 19 UDP sockets….turns out they where 19 Multicast sockets (still UDP, but you have to subscribe to the multicast :) )…You google that, modify your code all before they see that you dropped out of the test…..only to trip up at the end….the data they sent, was quicker than what my crappy C code could read…

The good from this…I re-wrote the software in threaded C….rocked the house….turns out, the other people that passed this test used 19 computers…running….Windows

In the mortal words of DN:

“Hail to the king baby”

:D

]]> By: shawnh http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/#comment-132 shawnh Thu, 05 May 2011 22:09:43 +0000 http://awesome.finda.co.nz/?p=213#comment-132 Nein! I don't think you can subclass a control in VB6. I created a new OCX, dropped the combo box in it and exposed only a couple of properties and methods in the OCX which I passed through to the combo box but overriding the bits I didn't want... like text input. Like I said, work around... Nein! I don’t think you can subclass a control in VB6. I created a new OCX, dropped the combo box in it and exposed only a couple of properties and methods in the OCX which I passed through to the combo box but overriding the bits I didn’t want… like text input.

Like I said, work around…

]]> By: James http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/#comment-131 James Thu, 05 May 2011 21:47:06 +0000 http://awesome.finda.co.nz/?p=213#comment-131 Without much VB experience, and if listbox was not available, can I ask, were you extending the combobox class and overridden the behaviour? Without much VB experience, and if listbox was not available, can I ask, were you extending the combobox class and overridden the behaviour?

]]> By: shawnh http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/#comment-123 shawnh Tue, 03 May 2011 20:45:35 +0000 http://awesome.finda.co.nz/?p=213#comment-123 Yea, this is true... I have another epic one that I'll probably post later. It's even more embarrassing than this one actually... perhaps I shouldn't post it... Yea, this is true… I have another epic one that I’ll probably post later. It’s even more embarrassing than this one actually… perhaps I shouldn’t post it…

]]> By: Bart http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/#comment-122 Bart Tue, 03 May 2011 20:43:43 +0000 http://awesome.finda.co.nz/?p=213#comment-122 Oh the things I have done with VB6 and VBA, things that must not be uttered on the Internet because it will evaporate in disgust! Oh the things I have done with VB6 and VBA, things that must not be uttered on the Internet because it will evaporate in disgust!

]]> By: shawnh http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/#comment-121 shawnh Tue, 03 May 2011 20:35:16 +0000 http://awesome.finda.co.nz/?p=213#comment-121 Why, yes, that IS a flying pig! Why, yes, that IS a flying pig!

]]> By: Keranm http://awesome.finda.co.nz/2011/05/04/xkcd-the-workarounds-that-users-invent/#comment-120 Keranm Tue, 03 May 2011 20:25:14 +0000 http://awesome.finda.co.nz/?p=213#comment-120 "listbox control" - bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ...ohhh no no, I've never done anything like this .. ever .. of course not, no no .. umm ... err ... oh look is that a flying pig? “listbox control” – bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha …ohhh no no, I’ve never done anything like this .. ever .. of course not, no no .. umm … err … oh look is that a flying pig?

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