en-us 2008 Leo A. Notenboom and Puget Sound Software, LLC Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:09:17 -08:00 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:09:17 -08:00 720 http://img.askleomedia.com/altile144.jpg http://ask-leo.com 140 140 Tech Questions? Get Answers! Ask Leo! http://ask-leo.com/why_are_progress_bars_so_awful.html Awful progress bars can drive us crazy, but there's a good reason for it. Progress bar software is difficult to write. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:09:17 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/is_there_a_better_way_to_learn_linux_than_from_a_book.html Learning Linux is best done right on the internet with a copy of it in-hand so you can explore and play. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:04:10 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_reconstruct_the_original_source_code_from_a_exe_file.html Reverse engineering software is so time consuming as to be impractical. The source code may have to be written again from scratch. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:50:41 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/am_i_too_old_to_start_learning_an_it_career.html Technical careers are for people with passion... If you love it, you will be good at it. I give my recommendations for a career change. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:23:49 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/how_much_does_a_computer_programmer_earn.html Of course you can guess my answer to this one: It depends... leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:19:03 -08:00 Technology