Adventures in IT

When developing a website I usually consider how long it will take to code the site, template it, and test it.  Then I add a whole lot of extra time to make it work in Internet Explorer. A Microsoft User - ready to use the interweb In a way Microsoft's refusal to believe that there is a world of computing outside of Redmond is a good thing - it means that I get more billable hours per project.  Of course those billable hours are spent in frustrating searches through Google to try and work out all of the various quirks and bugs in Internet Explorer. I tend to think of Microsoft Internet Explorer users as "special needs" kids who are being set loose in the playground that is the Internet.  Barely able to prevent themselves from drooling on their keyboards and eating their mouses they demand that websites conform to their special needs.  Standards such as Javascript DOM level 2, HTML5, CSS, CSS3 are pretty much ignored because their parent doesn't believe in mode...

I'm troubleshooting a Microsoft mail server. I go through the logical process of realizing that unless Crazy Monkey Man has put some sort of voodoo magic on my server box there must be a good reason why a Microsoft product isn't working. *cough*. Right, I telnet onto the server, authenticate myself and try sending a "mail from:" command. I get the error message "452 4.3.1 Out of memory" which I assume means I'm out of memory. So I check my server memory to see that it still has 2 gig free and is under no heavy load right now. Hmm, how could an SMTP service demand 2gig of RAM I wonder? Not even Microsoft would be so daring to put a hardware requirement like that. The truth is that when Microsoft says that you're "Out of memory" what they actually mean is that you don't have write privileges to a particular folder ( click here if you don't believe me ). They just say you're out of memory to trick you. Sort of like Microsof...