Phil801

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Name: Phil Burns
Date registered: September 15, 2005
URL: http://www.phil801.com
Jabber / Google Talk: phil801

Latest posts

  1. The Falliability of Hard Drives and the Recovery of Data — June 14, 2014
  2. The Distributed Nature of Email Systems Vs The IRS’s Claims — June 14, 2014
  3. Dissecting the IRS’s Claims Regarding Lois Lerner’s “Lost Email” — June 14, 2014
  4. A Technologist’s Peer-Reviewed, In-Depth, Simplified Analysis of the IRS Claim of Lois Lerner’s Email Being Deleted — June 14, 2014
  5. It’s official: Apple fanboy desperation has splashed off the bottom into the Land of the Ludicrous — February 13, 2014

Most commented posts

  1. Leukemia: So cute it just might kill you. — 44 comments
  2. I think I’m in that Anger stage — 33 comments
  3. My baby might have Leukemia — 27 comments
  4. By the way, just a warning, the guy coming in after us is Gay. — 22 comments
  5. Diagnosis is in – she has Leukemia — 19 comments

Author's posts listings

Jun 14

The Falliability of Hard Drives and the Recovery of Data

The claim “My hard drive failed” is the modern day equivalent of saying “The dog ate my homework”.

Jun 14

The Distributed Nature of Email Systems Vs The IRS’s Claims

Lois Lerner’s computer that failed was NOT her email server. It is technically and physically impossible for her computer to actually send (modern) email, she MUST connect to a Mail Server to do that.

Jun 14

Dissecting the IRS’s Claims Regarding Lois Lerner’s “Lost Email”

Breakout and enumeration of the implicit and explicit claims being made by the IRS.

Jun 14

A Technologist’s Peer-Reviewed, In-Depth, Simplified Analysis of the IRS Claim of Lois Lerner’s Email Being Deleted

The IRS claimed today that they have “irretrievably lost” two years’ worth of Lois Lerner’s email. This is a fairly outlandish and quite convenient event. And it’s a lie.

Feb 13

It’s official: Apple fanboy desperation has splashed off the bottom into the Land of the Ludicrous

Having apparently completely lost his mind, possibly from overexposure to the pinwheel of death, a (should be) 12-step seeking Apple Fanboy recently posted this:
“It’s official: Apple sells more computers than all Windows PCs combined”

Sep 13

I’m riding on the train – who else is on here?

I’m riding the UTA Front Runner train from Orem to Downtown Salt Lake this morning, I’ll be riding for a little over an hour.  I’m logged into the train’s wireless to type this and I’m logged in to Facebook at the same time. Facebook has permission to know my location – but guess what?  It …

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Sep 19

.Net Collection Types: Hashtable vs. Dictionary

Deciding what type of collection to use in a project is based on the objectives and needs of your project – which you will probably already know.  But to decide which collection object to use, you need to know the major and subtle differences in collection implementations and what their impact will be on your …

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Aug 19

Using Generics in .Net

Generics provide for extended code reusability and type safety in your projects.  A generic is a class, structure or interface that uses a type parameter as a placeholder for the actual type that it will contain or use.  These generic type definitions cannot be instantiated as they are not complete. In its simplest form, it …

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