Mark Ingram

United Kingdom

Age: 32

Senior Software Engineer in the UK, working on desktop publishing applications and associated software. I use copious amounts of C++/MFC with the odd dash of C#/Silverlight/Flex.

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How to convert UNIX timestamp to DateTime and vice versa?

c# unix datetime timestamp asked Oct 30 '08 at 10:30

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79 votes

Do event handlers stop garbage collection from occuring?

c# .net event-handling garbage-collection asked Nov 18 '08 at 9:35

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74 votes

Thread vs ThreadPool

.net multithreading design architecture threadpool asked Oct 23 '08 at 14:41

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48 votes

.h or .hpp for your class definitions

c++ asked Sep 30 '08 at 10:47

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35 votes

Artificially create a connection timeout error

networking network-programming connection tcp asked Sep 19 '08 at 9:57

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35 votes

Why restrict the length of a password?

database security design web-applications passwords asked Mar 31 '09 at 18:26

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30 votes

How to get intellisense to reliably work in Visual Studio 2008

c++ c visual-studio-2008 intellisense asked Sep 2 '08 at 13:13

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21 votes

What should I look for in a good pair of cycling shorts?

clothes shorts asked Oct 26 '10 at 15:23

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19 votes

Is it safe to ride a racing road bike in very wet weather?

road-bike tire rain asked Sep 16 '10 at 20:55

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18 votes

How do I use HttpWebRequest with GET method

c# .net silverlight web-services http asked Oct 31 '08 at 13:53

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ADT requires 'org.eclipse.wst.sse.core 0.0.0' but it could not be found

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In Visual Studio C++, what are the memory allocation representations?

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How do you properly use namespaces in C++?

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Best Practice for Forcing Garbage Collection in C#

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Why don't C++ compilers define operator== and operator!=?

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Get Bitmap from an Uri [android]

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Difference between Property and Field in C# 3.0+

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What database does Google use?

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DateTime “null” value

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What's your Post-Mortem meeting format?

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Convert this delegate to an anonymous method or lambda

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When should I use Debug.Assert()?

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CollectionBase vs generics

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How can I look unsafe to a car driver but be safe

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Bugzilla or Mantis?

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Why can't variables be declared in a switch statement?

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Why is try {…} finally {…} good; try {…} catch{} bad?

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Creating hidden folders

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Is it possible to get a copyright symbol in C# Console application?

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Is there any difference between bool? and Nullable<bool>?

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How can avoid the Diamond of Death in C++ if I use multiple inheritance?

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How to loop through files matching wildcard in batch file

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What's the Difference Between func(int &param) and func(int *param)?

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How to pass an argument to boost::thread?

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How to discover USB storage devices and writable CD/DVD drives (C#)

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Humble dialog vs MVC

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Wrapping StopWatch timing with a delegate or lambda?

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Exceptions silently caught by Windows, how to handle manually?

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Android's version of C#'s Console.WriteLine?

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Will a shared_ptr automatically free up memory?

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