Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:46:59 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OFF-TOPIC but ... you will laugh !! Message-ID: <F794E8CA-D390-4B6E-946D-67A902324C56@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAAAAAMlhQg4w2tRPm6AzBpR1myEBAEnUYfcg5UhEhlr/jyTqQmAAAAAgAfoAABAAAAC4XDtxLEkVQplNpq9sr9A6AQAAAAA=@ilanw.com> References: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAAAAAMlhQg4w2tRPm6AzBpR1myEBAEnUYfcg5UhEhlr/jyTqQmAAAAAgAfoAABAAAAC4XDtxLEkVQplNpq9sr9A6AQAAAAA=@ilanw.com>
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Not surprising. Gates and Microsoft didn't develop DOS. They bought it. On Nov 2, 2005, at 20:27, Moffatt, Chris wrote: > It is a reserved word from the DOS days (like "prn") I think it > stands for > "console" > > Actually, you can't create a folder named: > > CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, > COM7, COM8, > COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Aggelos > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:31 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: OFF-TOPIC but ... you will laugh !! > > An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere named as > "con". > This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... > At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer > why this > happened! > Try it out yourself... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > !DSPAM:43699b10336331518010033! > >
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