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Skewed web-browser market shares?

nirav — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:47:42 +0000

After reading: http://webtips.dan.info/brand-x/useragent.html, its clear that the web-browser shares are not 100% accurate… rather they cannot be 100% accurate.

Also see: http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2003/02/properly-measuring-msie (a little old, however could still be relevant)

So how accurate are� http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers and other “browser usage� reports”?

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WordPress Bug: Incorrect count of comments? – Solution

nirav — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:28:47 +0000

Yeah, I’d been noticing it over the last few days that the count of comments for the posts was incorrect. And it was consistently missing out later posts. I was unsure if the ‘bug’ existed in WordPress or it was due to the theme that I use (if that mattered).

I first thought, [...]

Controls & restrictions at the workplace

nirav — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:10:29 +0000

All offices have numerous controls & restrictions in place, to avoid/reduce the obvious misuse of the facilities offered for work. Access restrictions to hardware device(s) (like CD/DVD Drives, USB ports), restrictions accessing the internet, blocking/limiting uploads & downloads, to only allow restricted software to be installed, and likewise; are very common.� Deploying & [...]

The Gladiators: Google & Microsoft

nirav — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:54:19 +0000

Background: The recently announced Google Chrome Operating System! Don’t pull out your wallets yet – there’s time before they launch it… and it might also be available as FOSS!

In� HK Sir’s recent blog,� he puts forth his thoughts about why he thinks the recently announced Google Chrome OS might not give [...]

Microsoft .NET is like James Bond’s cars

nirav — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:35:20 +0000

An odd comparison?…

“What exactly is the Microsoft .NET Framework?” (Tip: Read .NET as “dot net” – stands for Microsoft .NET Framework (Fx)) => A typical (basic) interview question you might’ve asked/been-asked, or as a non .NET techie, you would’ve pondered about this question, isn’t it? A curious layman – think of an [...]

Hello World!

nirav — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:13:45 +0000

Being a programmer (now only at heart!), and that too a C, C++ one… everything starts with a “Hello World!” – Courtesy K & R.

throw, is a programming statement used to “throw handled/unhandled exceptions”. Read more, if you want to: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/exceptions/ & http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6dekhbbc(VS.80).aspx

Anyway, a wam welcome! Thanks & keep visiting for [...]