So today, I attempted to install MySQL on Windows 7. From the MySQL Download site, I grabbed the latest version of their .msi installer, mysql-installer-5.5.13.2.msi. I went through the installer, and found that the last step, starting the MySQL services (mysqld) was failing. The service existed …

There are hundreds of posts in forums and in blogs with people complaining about not being able to click the "Public Network" link and change an "Unidentified Network" to the Private profile:

In this case, it was my VirtualBox Host-Only connection, but this could really apply to any private network …

While trying to understand some x86 disassembly, I came across one particularly confusing bit of code (modified for this example):

mov   eax, edx
  L0:
     and   eax, -2147483647        ; 80000001H
  L1:
     jns   SHORT L4
     dec   eax
  L2:
     or    eax, -2                 ; fffffffeH
  L3:
     inc   eax
  L4:
     mov   DWORD PTR _r$[ebp], eax

I …