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February 2011

Computers & Programming

IE 8 Show/Hide CSS Bug

I found a bug in IE 8 related to showing and hiding div elements. I have some simply JavaScript code that runs when a button the page it clicked. <input class=”optionsbutton” type=”button” name=”ButtonHide” value=”Show” OnClick=”showoptions( true )”/> The showoptions function is quite simple as are the functions it…

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Computers & Programming

Linear Distance on Curves

I was experimenting last week with handling the coupler distance between train cars and found something interesting. In the picture above, you can clearly see the issue related to how a train car sits on a curved piece of track. The issue is that the linear distance between…

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Microsoft, Please Stop Asking

I want to copy a directory on my flash drive to my hard drive. Here is what happens every time: Microsoft, please stop asking me if I want to copy the files. I do want to copy them. I thought it was clear when I answered that I…

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