Raymond Chen, a Microsoft developer who works on the Windows API, has said: " I could probably write for months solely about bad things apps do and what we had to do to get them to work again ( often in spite of themselves ).

In spite of the armistice negotiated by Amadee two years earlier, the war between Bishop Guillaume of Lausanne and Louis of Savoy was still going on, and although little is known about it, that little proves that it was yet another phase of the struggle against French expansion and was closely interwoven with the larger conflict.

At Yalta the West still believed that Eastern Europe could be kept in its orbit, in spite of the onrushing Soviet armies.

In 1184, in spite of his great age, he still had sufficient energy to relieve his son Dom Sancho, who was besieged in Santarém by the Moors.

Never forget that you can still do your share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and frustrations and disappointments.

The Froling spite house is still standing and occupied.

In spite of the rather slow post-recession recovery, in terms of income per capita Croatia is still ahead of some European Union member states such as Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia.

In spite of updated sets and production changes, Coronation Street still received criticism.

In spite of a generous income, old debts still couldn't be paid.

The gnutella protocol remains under development and in spite of attempts to make a clean break with the complexity inherited from the old gnutella 0. 4 and to design a clean new message architecture, it is still one of the most successful file-sharing protocols to date.

In spite of the significant drop in the last decade, food industry is still giving up to 14 % of total industrial production and amounts to 7-8 % of the country's exports.

In spite of many measures taken by the government, convicts still were released without proper treatment.

In spite of the zeal with which the hierarchy sought to destroy it due to mistranslations and erroneous commentary, there still exist about 150 manuscripts, complete or partial, containing the translation in its revised form.

She manoeuvred to have the Norwegian Council recognize him as heir to the throne of Norway, in spite of his not being first in the line of succession, and he was installed as king of Norway in 1389, still with Margaret as his guardian.

Washington still suggested to the Navajo that in spite of the hostile situation, they and the whites could “ still be friends if the Navajo came with their chiefs the next day and signed a treaty ”.

Studies showed that in spite of using distractors, there was still both a recency effect for a list of items and a contiguity effect.

The Adi-parva includes the snake sacrifice ( sarpasattra ) of Janamejaya, explaining its motivation, detailing why all snakes in existence were intended to be destroyed, and why in spite of this, there are still snakes in existence.

Through the lean years of 1960s and 1970s the Giants, in spite of a 17-year-long playoff drought, still accumulated a 20-year-long waiting list for season tickets.

He prefaced the order by stating: " As England, in spite of her hopeless military situation, still shows no signs of willingness to come to terms, I have decided to prepare, and if necessary to carry out, a landing operation against her.

In spite of the insistence of Honorius III, Frederick II still delayed, and the Egyptian campaign failed miserably with the loss of Damietta on 8 September 1221.

The large number of candidates demonstrates that the topic, in spite of rapid progress, is still in its infancy.

Sexological findings, in spite of being scientifically based, can still become controversial when they contradict " mainstream ", religious, or political beliefs in a given society.

However, in spite of this clear ruling, Morse still received no official recognition from the United States government.

Swedish traditional dishes, some of which are many hundreds of years old, others perhaps a century or less, are still a very important part of Swedish everyday meals, in spite of the fact that modern day Swedish cuisine adopts many international dishes.

In spite of this the site is still mostly functioning and specifications can still be downloaded ( as of 31 January 2012 ).

In spite of depictions in various dramatizaions, Maria Feodorovna never met Anna Anderson, the impostor who falsely claimed to be her murdered granddaughter Anastasia.

The manfucturer of Tordon 101 ( Dow AgroSciences, owned by the Dow Chemical Company ) has claimed Tordon 101 has no effects on animals and insects, in spite of evidence of strong carcinogenic activity of the active ingredient Picloram in studies on rats.

All but one of them claimed to have been drafted into the Waffen-SS against his will, the so-called malgré-nous ( a term which means " in spite of us ").

The legate Pelagius of Albano, however, claimed the command ; and insisting on the advance from Damietta, in spite of John's warnings, he refused to accept the favourable terms of the sultan, as the king advised, until it was too late.

Lakatos claimed that a research program is informed by metaphysical beliefs as well as observation of facts, and may infinitely resist falsification if a scientist wishes to continue holding it in spite of problems or the discovery of new evidence.

He drew up a catalogue of all known relics of the True Cross showing that, in spite of what various authors have claimed, the fragments of the Cross brought together again would not reach one-third that of a cross which has been supposed to have been three or four meters in height, with transverse branch of two meters wide, proportions not at all abnormal.

Police claimed Biko died of a hunger strike in spite of massive head injuries suggesting otherwise.

She later claimed that she would not have spent the time that she did with Kinsky were it not for the unfounded rumours of an affair being spread by the society gossips, and her desire to spend time with him was simply for spite.

In spite of the threat, Dahl had reported the incident to his employee at his sawmill operation, Fred Crisman, who had long claimed to have experience with unusual phenomena ( and who was later alleged to be linked to the John F. Kennedy assassination ) and who also was the owner, or co-owner, of the boat used by Dahl.

Afrocentrists have accordingly claimed that Cleopatra VII was black, in spite of the facts that:

Young denied the allegations and claimed that Woods filed the lawsuit out of spite.

The Provisional Government claimed that it would organize elections once the First World War had concluded, but in spite of the initial agreement in July 1917, they declared Russia a republic and began preparations for elections in the " Preparliament ", later named the Council of the Russian Republic.

" She claimed Johnson had a fear that Hawaii would send representatives and senators to Congress who would oppose segregation, in spite of Johnson's record as a supporter of civil rights for blacks ( Johnson had hedged in his support for the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to avoid splitting his party, giving it modest support and was to finally break up a Southern Democratic attempt to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1960 ).

However, Carr claimed that it wasn't the hypnotherapy itself that enabled him to quit-" I succeeded in spite of and not because of that visit " and " I lit up the moment I left the clinic and made my way home ...".

In spite of changes made by Hollingworth to rectify the soap opera's early problems ( ratings improved over the course of the show's run, as did the quality of the storylines ), it was claimed that this was not enough to justify its continued production, and incoming Controller of BBC1 Alan Yentob cancelled the programme, which had been commissioned by his predecessor Jonathan Powell.

Roberston's nomination was confirmed by the Senate, in spite of the opposition of Conkling, who claimed the right of Senators to control federal patronage in their home states.

Regarding his involvement with the Democratic Party Živković claimed that he is " only a member " in spite of some views who saw his potential comeback to the party executive board.

In spite of the photographs, and many witnesses who had heard his men specifically seek out Frankensteen and Reuther, security director Bennett claimed — " The affair was deliberately provoked by union officials.

The series was proclaimed as a copy of the BBC series The Office, although initially the producers claimed it was based on a character from a past ProSieben comedy, in spite of many elements resembling the The Office.

Although he used a variety of Chestnut models in his films, including the " Pal ", his favourite boat was a red " Fort " Chestnut Prospector, a 16 foot canvas covered wood canoe that he claimed was the most versatile design ever manufactured, in spite of the popularity of more durable and modern construction techniques and materials.

In spite of François's questionable tactics, it cannot be claimed that he is a Doppelgänger, in its traditional sense, since he is ultimately out for the success of his " creator.

Lord Wavell claimed during his meeting on 27 August 1946 that Gandhi had told him, " If India wants bloodbath she shall have it ... if a bloodbath was necessary, it would come about in spite of non-violence ".