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If you point the ControlToCompare attribute of the CompareValidator at a HiddenField you’ll get an error that looks something like this:
Control ‘hiddenBalance’ referenced by the ControlToCompare property of ‘CompareValidator1′ cannot be validated.

With a small amount of “googling” I found two useful articles:

Validating against the value in a hidden input
MS KB Article 310082

Between these two article [...]

I made Weird Al’s top 8!
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The iPhone has taken some punches lately regarding it’s battery life. It’s also rumored that the battery is not replaceable. I found the following statement buried at the bottom of the iPhone Technical Specifications page:

Technical specifications are subject to change. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Up to 5 hours [...]

I remember feeling a little defensive when I first learned that not all Mac users love Safari. Perhaps it was because I was being ridiculed for liking Safari. I have tried several times to make Firefox my primary browser on the Mac (it already is on PC), but keep coming back. However, [...]

Stephen Frank, in his article I’ve got iPhone Fever!, explains his enthusiasm for the recently announced gadget, and handles some common objections. This one made me laugh:

But I hate Cingular
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ve used all four of the major cellular carriers in the US and they’re all scum-sucking spawn of Satan. None of them [...]

I’ve uploaded more music to my Discography…like I promised I’d do a while back. Just like before, all songs are in AAC format. I’m also providing some “love” for your Cover Flow, if you’re using iTunes; I’ve uploaded album art for many of the recordings. If not, it still may be [...]

It turns out that MembershipUser.UserName is a read only property, there is no Set { } method in the Membership Provider, only Get { }. If you try to use Membership.UpdateUser() to change an existing username, you will get the following error:

CS0200: Property or indexer ‘System.Web.Security.MembershipUser.UserName’ cannot be assigned to — it is read [...]