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Null Object Design Pattern and Integer?
It seems you can't apply the Null Object Design Pattern to uses of the Integer wrapper class, because it's final... Any solutions that let us avoid the dreaded object==null test (and the resulting special handling whenever we need a toString() or something) which don't use a Proxy class... -
Another kind of Low-Level Format?
I have bought a notebook, with a catch. I had a notebook before, and they re-used my old hard drive in the new device, exchanging pretty much everything else. When I first got, I tried to install my Windows XP Update, and it started to BSOD all the time. The STOP codes were usually one of the...- haslo
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Sony GDM-F500 really blurry
I have bought a Sony GDM-F500 21' screen second hand via Ricardo about a year ago. It worked perfectly for the first few months, but then started to twitch randomly into being really blurry, a gaussian blur effect. This renders the monitor virtually unusable, since the blur is so strong it also...- haslo
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- Forum: PC hardware - Video issues
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Palm Address Book Sync?
I have tried to find a way to sync my Palm's Address Book with the Mozilla AB. Found only... => http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/arch/MozAB_Palm_HotSync.html ...stating that it should be possible, and... => http://www.mozilla.org/status/2002-08-03.html ...stating that it's actually already...- haslo
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- Forum: Browser issues for IT professionals
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Interaction between loaded MCs
Hi folks I'm loading a swf into a level or ready-made MC as a container (I tried both) and then try to access a textfield variable inside that newly loaded swf - from the main timeline on level 0. the loading works via: loadMovieNum("other.swf", 3); if I then try to access the text...- haslo
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- Forum: Adobe: Flash
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duplicateMovieClip without original on stage
Hi everybody I was trying to create a mc instance without having the original on stage - but I've run into some problems here. It works just fine if I have the original (call it "clip", i being an index) in the active timeline: duplicateMovieClip("clip", "clip" +...- haslo
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- Forum: Adobe: Flash
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WINS Server on Win2k Pro?
Hi folks I have a DSL connection since a week and now set up two computers. The Router (yes, I have one now) is DNS- and DHCP-Server but of course has no idea what WINS is. Is there any possibility to set up a WINS server in that network so I can also resolve computer names? An always running...- haslo
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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digital AlphaServer 2100 does not boot
I have got an AlphaServer 2100 (series 5) a major swiss firm did not need anymore. I really do appreciate that - I think I will install Linux on the machine. Now here's my problem: When the machine starts to boot, it displays the following sequence in the tiny little display above the power...
