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All of us have a vested interest in the company's financial results and a desire to understand them better. In this blog post I provide a very high-level overview for non-financial employees.

What do all of the figures discussed during the earnings call really mean? Let's start with the income statement. The income statement is a depiction of the company's earnings or losses for a given period, and is the basic measuring stick of profitability.

The first and often most discussed item on the income statement is revenue. In the simplest terms, revenue is the amount of sales from our products and services, whether that's Windows Server, Windows Vista, Office, Xbox, MSN, or other products. In the software world, measuring whether or not revenue is earned can be complex. If the revenue is not yet "earned" because significant value will be delivered after the sale, then it will flow through the income statement in years to come. Since the amount of unearned revenue can be an important component of future revenue and profitability, we sometimes discuss the growth in this amount during the quarter.

Another important measure is operating income which assesses whether or not the foundation of the company is profitable. Operating income is revenue minus operating expenses (cost of revenue, research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses). A factor to consider is the rate of revenue growth versus the rate of operating income growth. We strive to have operating income growth equal or exceed the rate of revenue growth, which implies that we are increasing the operating efficiency with which we are delivering software and services to our customers – in short, we are becoming more profitable.

Finally, earnings per share (EPS) is a convenient way to compare companies and often is the bottom-line factor investors first consider. EPS represents the net income divided by the number of outstanding shares of stock. Net income is operating income plus investment income, other nonoperating income or expenses, and includes the impact of interest and taxes. EPS is also positively impacted by stock buybacks, which reduce the number of outstanding shares.

Once you understand the basics of the income statement, you can listen for the business drivers behind the results. These drivers are discussed at a detailed level for each major business group. For example, has revenue increased because we launched a new product? Did the balance of unearned revenue grow during the quarter? Have acquisitions driven our growth? How is the PC market growth driving our business results? What's the impact of any legal charges to our operating expenses? Were there special or one-time events that change our earnings during the quarter? Did foreign currency movements impact our results? How well did core products grow? Did adoption of new products meet expectations?

I encourage all employees to take the time to understand the core drivers of our business, listen in to our earnings call, and become familiar with what drives shareholder value. For a quick summary of how I saw the quarter, watch my recent comments at http://StreetTalk.

I hope you find this useful. If there are other financial terms or concepts that you'd like to hear more about, please send me your comments via http://StreetTalk or this blog. Remember as employees, our commitment and passion directly drive Microsoft's results and earnings and increase our long-term shareholder value.

Reset Audio
sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset


Audio Driver for Linux
http://manuals.opensound.com/devlists/Linux.html

List Hardware

sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset

Once you start Ubuntu you will see garbage on the screen

 

 

 

 

 

How to change the computer name and update the owner name for a workspace

To update the computer name for workspace, you'll need to run the following command.

tf workspaces /updateComputerName:OldComputerName /s:http://Tfs_server:8080

OldComputerName should be replaced with the name your computer had previously (more precisely, it should be what the server currently has recorded).  Tfs_server should be replaced with the name of your server.

Similarly, you'll need to run the following command if your user name changes (for example, from corpdomain\eharris to corpdomain\esmith).

tf workspaces /updateUserName:OldUserName /s:http://Tfs_server:8080

OldUserName should be replaced with your user name prior to changing it.

 

 

sudo dpkg-reconfigure

ifconfig == ipconfig from windwos

 

 

 

 

 

Ctr-Alt-F1 to F6 will start consoles 1 to 6

Ctr-Alt-F7 will bring you back to GUI

 

remote longing is done like this:

 

Regular Expression Basic Syntax Reference

Characters
Character	Description	Example
Any character except [\^$.|?*+()	All characters except the listed special characters match a single instance of themselves.	a matches a
\ (backslash) followed by any of [\^$.|?*+()	A backslash escapes special characters to suppress their special meaning.	\+ matches +
\xFF where FF are 2 hexadecimal digits	Matches the character with the specified ASCII/ANSI value, which depends on the code page used. Can be used in character classes.	\xA9 matches © when using the Latin-1 code page.
\n, \r and \t	Match an LF character, CR character and a tab character respectively. Can be used in character classes.	\r\n matches a DOS/Windows CRLF line break.
Character Classes or Character Sets [abc]
Character	Description	Example
[ (opening square bracket)	Starts a character class. A character class matches a single character out of all the possibilities offered by the character class. Inside a character class, different rules apply. The rules in this section are only valid inside character classes. The rules outside this section are not valid in character classes, except \n, \r, \t and \xFF
Any character except ^-]\ add that character to the possible matches for the character class.	All characters except the listed special characters.	[abc] matches a, b or c
\ (backslash) followed by any of ^-]\	A backslash escapes special characters to suppress their special meaning.	[\^\]] matches ^ or ]
- (hyphen) except immediately after the opening [	Specifies a range of characters. (Specifies a hyphen if placed immediately after the opening [)	[a-zA-Z0-9] matches any letter or digit
^ (caret) immediately after the opening [	Negates the character class, causing it to match a single character not listed in the character class. (Specifies a caret if placed anywhere except after the opening [)	[^a-d] matches x (any character except a, b, c or d)
\d, \w and \s	Shorthand character classes matching digits 0-9, word characters (letters and digits) and whitespace respectively. Can be used inside and outside character classes	[\d\s] matches a character that is a digit or whitespace
\D, \W and \S	Negated versions of the above. Should be used only outside character classes. (Can be used inside, but that is confusing).)	\D matches a character that is not a digit
Dot
Character	Description	Example
. (dot)	Matches any single character except line break characters \r and \n. Most regex flavors have an option to make the dot match line break characters too.	. matches x or (almost) any other character
Anchors
Character	Description	Example
^ (caret)	Matches at the start of the string the regex pattern is applied to. Matches a position rather than a character. Most regex flavors have an option to make the caret match after line breaks (i.e. at the start of a line in a file) as well.	^. matches a in abc\ndef. Also matches d in "multi-line" mode.
$ (dollar)	Matches at the end of the string the regex pattern is applied to. Matches a position rather than a character. Most regex flavors have an option to make the dollar match before line breaks (i.e. at the end of a line in a file) as well. Also matches before the very last line break if the string ends with a line break.	.$ matches f in abc\ndef. Also matches c in "multi-line" mode.
\A	Matches at the start of the string the regex pattern is applied to. Matches a position rather than a character. Never matches after line breaks.	\A. matches a in abc
\Z	Matches at the end of the string the regex pattern is applied to. Matches a position rather than a character. Never matches before line breaks, except for the very last line break if the string ends with a line break.	.\Z matches f in abc\ndef
\z	Matches at the end of the string the regex pattern is applied to. Matches a position rather than a character. Never matches before line breaks.	.\z matches f in abc\ndef
Word Boundaries
Character	Description	Example
\b	Matches at the position between a word character (anything matched by \w) and a non-word character (anything matched by [^\w] or \W) as well as at the start and/or end of the string if the first and/or last characters in the string are word characters.	.\b matches c in abc
\B	Matches at the position between two word characters (i.e the position between \w\w) as well as at the position between two non-word characters (i.e. \W\W).	\B.\B matches b in abc
Alternation
Character	Description	Example
| (pipe)	Causes the regex engine to match either the part on the left side, or the part on the right side. Can be strung together into a series of options.	abc|def|xyz matches abc, def or xyz
| (pipe)	The pipe has the lowest precedence of all operators. Use grouping to alternate only part of the regular expression.	abc(def|xyz) matches abcdef or abcxyz
Quantifiers
Character	Description	Example
? (question mark)	Makes the preceding item optional. Greedy, so the optional item is included in the match if possible.	abc? matches ab or abc
??	Makes the preceding item optional. Lazy, so the optional item is excluded in the match if possible. This construct is often excluded from documentation because of its limited use.	abc?? matches ab or abc
* (star)	Repeats the previous item zero or more times. Greedy, so as many items as possible will be matched before trying permutations with less matches of the preceding item, up to the point where the preceding item is not matched at all.	".*" matches "def" "ghi" in abc "def" "ghi" jkl
*? (lazy star)	Repeats the previous item zero or more times. Lazy, so the engine first attempts to skip the previous item, before trying permutations with ever increasing matches of the preceding item.	".*?" matches "def" in abc "def" "ghi" jkl
+ (plus)	Repeats the previous item once or more. Greedy, so as many items as possible will be matched before trying permutations with less matches of the preceding item, up to the point where the preceding item is matched only once.	".+" matches "def" "ghi" in abc "def" "ghi" jkl
+? (lazy plus)	Repeats the previous item once or more. Lazy, so the engine first matches the previous item only once, before trying permutations with ever increasing matches of the preceding item.	".+?" matches "def" in abc "def" "ghi" jkl
{n} where n is an integer >= 1	Repeats the previous item exactly n times.	a{3} matches aaa
{n,m} where n >= 1 and m >= n	Repeats the previous item between n and m times. Greedy, so repeating m times is tried before reducing the repetition to n times.	a{2,4} matches aa, aaa or aaaa
{n,m}? where n >= 1 and m >= n	Repeats the previous item between n and m times. Lazy, so repeating n times is tried before increasing the repetition to m times.	a{2,4}? matches aaaa, aaa or aa
{n,} where n >= 1	Repeats the previous item at least n times. Greedy, so as many items as possible will be matched before trying permutations with less matches of the preceding item, up to the point where the preceding item is matched only n times.	a{2,} matches aaaaa in aaaaa
{n,}? where n >= 1	Repeats the previous item between n and m times. Lazy, so the engine first matches the previous item n times, before trying permutations with ever increasing matches of the preceding item.	a{2,}? matches aa in aaaaa

 

2006-200..	Honda Element  2006	cost 20,000
2004-2006	BMW 325i (1988)	cost 300
2000-20XX	Volk Passat (2000)	cost 22,000 sold 2,000
2000-20XX	Ford Thunderbird (1956)	cost 8,000
1999-2006	Chevy Pickup (1975)	cost 1500
1997-1999	Volvo 240DL (1987)	cost 6,000 sold 2,000
1993-1997	Isuzu Rodeo (1990)	cost 15,000
1990-1992	Jeep Cherokee  1988	cost 9,800
1988-1989	Honda Accord  1983	Paid 2,000  sold 800
1988-1989	Ford 150 Pickup  1987	Paid 0.00   solde 11,000
1987-1988	Chevy Camaro 1975	Cost 1,500 sold 800
1985-1987	Renault 5	1979 cost 0, sold 400

 

 

The contents of a redirection file are ignored, but its presence causes Windows to check the application directory first whenever it loads a DLL, regardless of the path specified to LoadLibrary or LoadLibraryEx. If the DLL is not found in the application directory, then these functions use their usual search order. For example, if the application c:\myapp\myapp.exe calls LoadLibrary using the following path:

c:\program files\common files\system\mydll.dll

And, if both c:\myapp\myapp.exe.local and c:\myapp\mydll.dll exist, LoadLibrary loads c:\myapp\mydll.dll. Otherwise, LoadLibrary loads c:\program files\common files\system\mydll.dll.

Alternatively, if a directory named c:\myapp\myapp.exe.local exists and contains mydll.dll, LoadLibrary loads c:\myapp\myapp.exe.local\mydll.dll.

 

Known DLLs cannot be redirected. For a list of known DLLs, see the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\KnownDLLs. The system uses Windows File Protection to ensure that system DLLs such as these are not updated or deleted except by operating system (OS) updates such as service packs

Here are the correct instructions for enabling Bluetooth modem

1. Go to the PHONE application
2. ##3328873
3. enter code 000000
4. Select BT DUN
5. Click Edit
6. Choose enable
7. Select WMODEM
8. Click Edit
9. Choose enable
10. Push Save / OK
11. Push Ok
12. follow the prompt to restart your device

discover services, and voila! you've got bluetooth DUN available.

I found it here:
http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64889
And the guy has a file you can download with more hacks.

DevEnv /log

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ActivityLog.xml

 

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GetFileAttributes  

GetBinaryType

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 vsmsbuild foo.nativeproj

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Yes – Ctrl + Up Arrow will bring you up to the previous method or type declaration in the file.  (The associated command name is Edit.PreviousMethod.)

shamelessly stolen from http://blogs.msdn.com/kathykam/archive/2006/03/29/564426.aspx

 

My #1 most popular string formating      Int(1024).ToString(N0)   will output   1,024 

"{<argument index>[,<alignment>][:<formatString><zeros>]}"
example {0,-8:G2}

SQL BROWSER UDP port 1434