OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

House Of Ethical Dilemma, Redux

I took the opportunity to ask a real estate agent about the House of Horror.

The answers I got were not exactly what I had in mind.

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Antics of a Swedish Chef

What does moose taste like?

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Being Fair to BetFair

When you form an opinion on BetFair, please ignore the nonsense about un-Australian acts and the ability in BetFair to (Shock! Horror!) bet against a horse.

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House Of Ethical Dilemma

Should a real-estate agent be forced to tell prospects about triple-murders?

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Roadworks Explained

The Truth About the Lane Cove Hole

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Subtle Flag Waving

There are lots of major issues with Internet Explorer that I wish they would fix. Here is a really, really minor one that annoys me again and again.

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Categories: Insufficiently Advanced Technology
Tags: internet explorer, UI, usability, whinge

The Case for Case-Preserving, Case-Insensitivity

I think that *case-preserving, case-insensitivity* is, almost always, the optimal behaviour. This may be somewhat controversial, so let me explain my position.

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The World Of Case Sensitivity

A review of the different ways that different software treats case.

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Categories: S/W Dev
Tags: case-preserving, case-sensitivity, comparison, S/W Dev

The World of Upper- & Lower-Case Mappings

A quick look at the world of upper- and lower-case

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Categories: Geek,S/W Dev
Tags: case, internationalisation, linguistics, typography

Obvious Coding Style Guidelines

An example of an obviously poor coding style

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