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I found some very interesting behavior in the .NET sort method today that I thought I would share in case it catches anyone else off guard.

To set up the scenario, I had two objects that had the same value for the property that was being compared.  These objects were already in the order I wanted them to be in; although, in the context of the other objects in the list, they needed to be sorted correctly.  The result was the two objects with the same value were now in the opposite order. Read more »

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1 Corinthians 3:1-3

1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? Read more »

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I work at a software company where we’ve been developing a pretty sizable ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system. The office is an open layout, we all have our work stations, but there is no private office, so we can pretty much hear everyone’s conversations.

Today, one of my coworkers got on the phone for a support call for our software. He had the customer on speakerphone. The customer was explaining something that he was trying to do, that we had not yet implemented in our software, and the conversation went as follows:
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