Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:20:06 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft dies after 47 days (was: Moving on and check out my .sig) Message-ID: <199903060520.XAA60093@unix.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <19990306130741.N490@lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Mar 6, 99 01:07:41 pm"
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In reply: > From POPmail Fri Mar 5 20:52:10 1999 > Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <19990306130741.N490@lemis.com> > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:07:41 +1030 > From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> > To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> > Cc: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@sarnoff.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Microsoft dies after 47 days (was: Moving on and check out my .sig) > References: <36DDB131.630AF7F1@newsguy.com> <Pine.HPP.3.96.990304135414.3628D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> > X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i > In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990304135414.3628D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 01:54:43PM -0500 > WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog > Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia > Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 > Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 > Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 > Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Precedence: bulk > X-DPOP: DPOP Version 2.00j > X-UIDL: 920688748.000 > [moving from -hackers to -chat] > > On Thursday, 4 March 1999 at 13:54:43 -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > > >>> Note my .sig. 49.7 days is how long it takes a 32-bit millisecond counter > >>> to roll over to zero. It's kind of hilarious that nobody seems to have had > >>> windows up that long until now. > >> > >> What's worse is that this problem looks obvious. I wonder if whoever > >> was responsible for this part of the code did not simply think along > >> the line "Windows running for 49 days straight? Get real!" > > > > A mentioned this to a few of my co-workers who responded, "what part of > > Windows". Is there a page that has the gory details somewhere? > > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q216/6/41.asp NOTE: If this product was already installed on your computer when you purchased it from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and you need this fix, please call the Pay Per Incident number listed on the above Web site. If you contact Microsoft to obtain this fix, a fee may be charged. This fee is refundable if it is determined that you only require the fix you requested. However, this fee is non-refundable if you request additional technical support, if your no-charge technical support period has expired, or if you are not eligible for standard no-charge technical support. [Does this not cover 95% of all win95 installations? "Bugs for Bucks 101"] jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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