Sorting it all Out : April 2008

Why WC2MB needs a CP, chaver sheli!

Dmitry asked via the Contact link: Hello Michael! As far as I understand, some wide char can be in only one of Unicode subranges listed e.g. at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776439(VS.85).aspx , so its value determines its code page. But Read More...

Unicode -- making a difference

Regular reader Arun pointed out an interesting article to me: Michael, Check out ( http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/04/28/10-most-important-technologies-you-never-think-about_1.html ) for the 10 most important Read More...

User overrides are read/write, by definition

John's question was: Experimentally, it seems that CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo() returns a CultureInfo object which has UseUserOverrides set to false. Is this always the case? I couldn’t infer from the documentation that this is actually guaranteed. Thanks, Read More...

JScript's ultimate globalization hero: VBScript

David asked: Hi, Does anyone know how to setLocale in Jscript? It seems like JS assumes that everything gets localized in current locale. Also, how do we convert string “1,234” into double 1234 (taking comma into consideration) The reason I am asking Read More...

Much ado about zero, aka These zeroes won't ever amount to anything

The weirdness is easily noted if you try the following code in both .NET <= 1.1 and .NET >= 2.0: static void Main(string[] args) { Decimal val1 = 0m; Decimal val2 = 0.0m; Decimal val3 = 0.00m; Decimal val4 = 1m; Decimal val5 = 1.0m; Decimal val6 Read More...

You've heard of C* fonts? How about G* fonts? :-)

Rutger asked over in the Suggestion Box: I was digging around in my fonts page, after converting our font support to logical font support (to stay in line with the java world). And I fond 4 fonts that seem to have a special meaning Global SansSerif Global Read More...

The Beginning? #1, aka I don't mean anything personal by this

Apologies for the metablog post, though you knew something like this was coming. Feel free to skip it if you would prefer... I am going to stop calling this a personal Blog . As of the very blog you are reading right now. In the end, it is simply an unavoidable Read More...

THANK GOD IT'S FROODAY?

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Uncheck != uninstall (even in SP3 or SP* for that matter)

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A song that reminds me of a roof (which isn't there, anymore) and a girl (who isn't, either)

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I Adar you! Hell, I Double Adar you!

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Communicator is awfully presumptuous...

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Y oh Y does YYYY sometimes mean YY, you ask?

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The torrents of mistranslation

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On the clipboard, and why sometimes the dumber you are the better you can do

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That brings new meaning to having "a ç-section" (Ãç§), doesn't it?

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Vowel DISharmony?, aka The case of the missing dot

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Premature keystroke processing? Don't worry, it happens to everyone....

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The pros and cons of context, aka CONTEXT is a four-letter-word

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Windows doesn't let you choose the pinch hitter in digit substitution cases

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Alphabetically inappropriate emergencies

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To hai6 or not to xì? 係 is the question!

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On the one who was Built on the Tale O' the Twister This Way

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Even if the text is right underneath, it may look wrong close up....

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The mythical nature of bidirectional support, and where the wheels come off the wagon

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The importance of Tagalog to Burmese, aka "Of course I'd lie to you, I'm a font!"

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[Breakfast ]embed at first [Silver]light[ 2.0]?

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Not an International GFE and not providing an International GFE, sorry!

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It's not how big you make it; it's how you make it big (aka Silver let your Light Shine Down)

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Kind of ironic how Germany seems so okay with Capital Letter punishment, huh?

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Fight the Future? (#15 of ??), aka Who forgot the culture?

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Have you ever been hooked by the tale o' Lex twister?

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Fight the Future? (#14 of ??), aka Avoiding both discharges and emissions in Texas

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Fight the Future? (#13 OF ??) aka Naming God in a lawsuit?

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Fight the Future? (#12 of ??), aka Backf-rmati-n of deity?

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In the Land of Sugar for a bit

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Yet another reason to cut out the noise

A friend of mine was looking at the headphones on my head when she walked up to me. She shook her head. "You do realize what a dork you look like wearing those, don't you?" she asked. "And how" I asked "is this different from the way I look without headphones?" "Hmmm. I guess it isn't." And people wonder why I want noise-cancelling headphones? There is obviously lots of noise I have to cancel out! This blog brought to you by ℗ (U+2117, aka SOUND RECORDING COPYRIGHT) Read More...

I'm aware of that: an Andreaesque segue and intervention, of sorts

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Fight the Future? (#11 of ??), aka Microsoft is giving this character nada weight but lotsa importance

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Fight the Future? (#10 of ??), aka Looks like I wasn't mistaken

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Fight the Future? (#9 of ??), aka Rethinking that whole "not letting women push me around" thing

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Fight the Future? (#8 of ??), aka The Bug(s) Spotted, aka Design flaws are worse than bugs

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Fight the Future? (#7 of ??), aka From Oliver Twist Sans -- One Font, Font For Sale

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Fight the Future? (#6 of ??), aka If we don't need it yet can we say it is a last resort?

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Fight the Future? (#5 of ??) aka How to avoid jury duty without feeling guilty or offended?

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Fight the Future? (#4 of ??), aka Unicode 5.1 Unleashed!

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Fight the Future? (#3 of ??), aka Overheard, in this case I'm sorry to say

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Fight the Future? (#2 of ??), aka Spot the Bug(s)!

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Fight the Future? (#1 of ??), aka The inappropriate nature of getting the Feh out of Uighur

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