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December 2007 - Posts

2007 year-end link clearance

Random stuff.
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Microthink: If you can't measure it, then it doesn't exist

The paradox of management.
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You mean, you have computers in Taiwan?

Myopic world views.
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What was the role of MS-DOS in Windows 95?

It acted as the 16-bit legacy device driver layer.
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How do I mark a shortcut file as requiring elevation?

Set the "Run As" flag.
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Not every first-chance exception is a security vulnerability

It could be one of those that is expected, caught, and handled.
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Wall Street bonus season's trickle-down

Other industries step up for a piece of that bonus pie.
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How did wildcards work in MS-DOS?

Life was simpler but looked more complicated.
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Unwittingly enveloped in the Santarchy

Swarms of red-suited partiers.
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The compatibility constraints of your side effects: Beeping

Why does the Welcome screen beep?
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AppInit_DLLs should be renamed Deadlock_Or_Crash_Randomly_DLLs

I don't know why it's there but it doesn't work.
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When selecting system colors, match but don't mix

Choosing color pairs.
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Why is my starting directory ignored when I elevate a command prompt?

To avoid current directory attacks.
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What seems obvious today may have been impractical then

What can you do with 16KB of memory?
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The magical healing properties of safe mode - bonus content

The "Oh no it's all messed up please fix it" mode
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Welcome to the Microsoft email culture

Your email address is your identity.
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How do 16-bit programs start up?

Lots of registers.
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