http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspxWe had a thread recently about the oddly named SafeHandle.DangerousGetHandle()… Which raised a few other oddly named methods from platforms past: FDangerouslyCommitToDiskCacheButNotActuallyToDisk (or some approximation, from OLE) SetMetafileBitsBetteren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#2459474Mon, 07 May 2007 10:48:08 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2459474El laberinto de piedra » Blog Archive » SafeHandles<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://arnulfoperez.com/blog/2007/05/07/safehandles/">http://arnulfoperez.com/blog/2007/05/07/safehandles/</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2459474" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#416788Thu, 12 May 2005 10:20:39 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:416788Luke's Blog<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=416788" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#367728Sat, 05 Feb 2005 15:31:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:367728Jani JärvinenThese aren't really method names, but nice constant values I've seen (or used) during the years. Hexadecimal fun in the style of &quot;BEEFCACE&quot;. <br> <br>const uint LEGACY_VALUE = 0xDEADBEEF; <br>const uint THUMBS_UP = 0xB00BBABE; <br>const uint ERROR_TOTAL_FAILURE = 0xFACE0FF; <br>const bool FALSE_FLAG = (0xCE0 == 0xDEAF); <br>const bool DEBUG_STATE = (0xDECAF + 0xC0FFEE == 0xBAD); <br><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=367728" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#359970Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:27:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:359970Howard HoySure Enough. I found a Windows 3.1 Migration in my Registry. I posted a picture of it here. Check out the string value I found. <br><a target="_new" href="http://www.doyousnap.com/portal/albums/7/103.aspx">http://www.doyousnap.com/portal/albums/7/103.aspx</a><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359970" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#359672Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:15:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:359672StephenI know this isn't a method, however, It's always puzuled me as to why this registry key exists: <br> <br>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Windows 3.1 Migration Status <br> <br>I'm sure you can't upgrade 3.1 to xp?<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359672" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#359642Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:42:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:359642MattNdisDestroyLookaheadBufferFromSharedMemory always struck me as a bit lengthy, but Pavel's has it beat by 6.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359642" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#359512Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:33:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:359512J.net<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359512" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#359585Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:12:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:359585DuncanThere is a tale ofg a variable called &quot;Live_RSA_Usages&quot; which mutated over time to &quot;Liversausages&quot;..yeuch.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359585" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#359549Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:28:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:359549JeremySuperJason: Would that mean you could have an assembly loading function called AssLoad()?<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359549" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx#359532Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:04:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:359532SuperJasonOne more, a guy here wrote a function called &quot;ShowMoreLabelMore&quot;. Another wrote one called &quot;HideMostOfMenu&quot;.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359532" width="1" height="1">