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Why is this interesting?

I run multiple instances of vs.net and don't reboot every week, In my case, I'm cycling through at least 10 instances a day. This bug report is actually interesting (to me).

Yes, but do you shut them down ungracefully?

Do you expect to read interesting bug reports on HN?

I find lots of unexpectedly interesting things on HN. Interesting bug, inspiring-ly excellent write-up. I wish I got more bug reports like this.

I do, they are entertaining.

Yes, well... try this one then:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168702

Entitled "XL97: Data Not Returned from Query Using ORACLE Data Source", one of the solutions reads:

Method 2: Move Your Mouse Pointer

If you move your mouse pointer continuously while the data is being returned to Microsoft Excel, the query may not fail. Do not stop moving the mouse until all the data has been returned to Microsoft Excel.

I'm sure some large bank has employed a data operator to do this at some point. It's a job I guess.

In case people think you were being sarcastic (and maybe you were), a large bank used to pay me $10/hour to push F11, F7, F7, F2 for the first 2-3 hours of each day.

Can you explain further how that worked/helped the bank?

That was the sequence to accept a security transfer and print the screen (hundreds a day). Then I would match the print-outs to trade confirmations and type the data back into a spreadsheet. Sort of a digital equivalent of digging a hole in the morning and filling it back up after lunch. It was supposed to be a temp job for a couple weeks until the fancy new system was ready, but I quit after 6 months.

I've killed so many devenv.exe in my career that there must be some kind of warrant on my name in Redmond.

I agree that vs.net is not really pertinent to the core 'hacker' audience here, but this bug report is actually relevant to me, and I didn't get it from my MS-oriented feeds.

I should read HN's FAQ, but aren't articles making it to the front page by being upvoted from new?

Ditto. And I've ony used VS for about 2 years now

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