We are in the final stages of testing our 1.5 release of the Rule Manager. One important part is the click-once deployment. Our new release is requiring the .NET 3.0 framework. The previous version required the .NET 2.0 framework.

For internal testing I had some troubles with IIS. I did had the mime types configured:

• You need to add the following Mime Types
  
  .application (application/octet-stream)
  .manifest (application/x-ms-application)
  .deploy (application/x-ms-application)

But you also have to make sure that the Executable permissions are on 'Script Only' (and not including executable). Else you get some strange issues when the setup.exe is invoked from the Install button.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | US 'opposes' G8 climate proposals

Maybe it's time for all countries in the world to stop supporting USA economically, military and politically. USA is a pretty bad team player on this little earth.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | US 'opposes' G8 climate proposals

Good to know that history has shown that empires come and go.
It's really time that they leave the stage.

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Windows Live WebMail

I have a Yahoo email account, Windows Live email account, and a Gmail account. Windows Live Web Email client recently has change it's web functionality.

Yahoo's and Google's web mail is still far superior than the new Windows Live. And that is just for one reason:

1. They don't have these annoying big banner ads when you access your email.

Banner ads are very distracting. And Google has proven that you don't need these things to make good revenue on advertisements. Maybe they should hire Jacob Nielson for some web usability studies.