Counting lines of VB6 code.

Was asked to analyse a library of Visual Basic 6 to determine the effort required to migrate it Visual Basic 2005/2008.

The good news was that most of the VB6 programs share common modules, so it will just be a case of fixing those modules once, then compiling and testing.

The bad news is [...]

Tilt, Cock, Lock, Look

A novel idea, and a clever advertisement, all rolled into one.

Probably the safest way to fire a submachine gun, this side of a war.

Source: originally seen over at channeldvorak.com

(“Tilt, Cock, Lock, Look” is known as an ‘Immediate Action drill’.  Google it, if you’re that curious)

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