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  • S sreejith ss nair

    Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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    Sreejith SS Nair wrote: This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened! Is there anything hapenning that is unanswered in programming ?


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    • S sumod_madhavan

      Beautiful question. Amazing Question. Where did u get this question. I am proud of Indian Brains. If u don't mind like to contact via mail. My id is sethu_sumod@sify.com or sumod17@yahoo.co.in Tell me the ans for that also Hi i am sumod Menon

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      sumod_madhavan wrote: Beautiful question. Amazing Question. Where did u get this question. I am proud of Indian Brains Sorry to pop your bubble, "con", "lpt",nul,"com(x) etc are all device names. Blogless

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      • S sreejith ss nair

        Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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        Michael P Butler
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        Sreejith SS Nair wrote: Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... LOL. Sounds like somebody doesn't know their DOS. Before posting junk like this, it is better to do some research. Of course, I bet lots of people would be fooled into thinking there was some conspiracy. Maybe they should start teaching the basics in school again. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

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        • S sreejith ss nair

          Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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          Looks like most of you script-kiddies were not around to enjoy the heady days of DOS and all tham thar reserved words. Try typing this into a command window: copy con iamamoron.txt[ENTER] do not pass on chain mail [CTRL-Z] You should now have a nice wee text file to play with.

          Stoopid signatures...

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          • S sreejith ss nair

            Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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            Daniel Turini
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            Sreejith SS Nair wrote: At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates

            Yeah, yeah, just like Bill Gates still spends his whole day programming and answering programming questions. I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

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              Looks like most of you script-kiddies were not around to enjoy the heady days of DOS and all tham thar reserved words. Try typing this into a command window: copy con iamamoron.txt[ENTER] do not pass on chain mail [CTRL-Z] You should now have a nice wee text file to play with.

              Stoopid signatures...

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              legalAlien wrote: [CTRL-Z] or F6 :) xacc-ide 0.0.99-preview2 (now with integrated debugger)

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              • D Daniel Turini

                Sreejith SS Nair wrote: At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates

                Yeah, yeah, just like Bill Gates still spends his whole day programming and answering programming questions. I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                Daniel Turini wrote: just like Bill Gates still spends his whole day programming and answering programming questions. :laugh:

                "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

                cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV

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                  legalAlien wrote: [CTRL-Z] or F6 :) xacc-ide 0.0.99-preview2 (now with integrated debugger)

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                  Daniel Turini
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                  leppie wrote: or F6

                  F6 is only for those who never used a CP/M terminal ;) I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                    leppie wrote: or F6

                    F6 is only for those who never used a CP/M terminal ;) I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                    Daniel Turini wrote: CP/M terminal Is that kind of a Codeproject/Maunder terminal? :laugh: xacc-ide 0.0.99-preview2 (now with integrated debugger)

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                    • S sreejith ss nair

                      Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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                      Sreejith SS Nair wrote: An Indian discovered :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: seems to me that indians are very smart... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!.. :laugh::laugh::laugh: indeed, they hired to many indians.... :laugh::laugh:

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                      • D Daniel Turini

                        Sreejith SS Nair wrote: At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates

                        Yeah, yeah, just like Bill Gates still spends his whole day programming and answering programming questions. I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                        He doesn't????? :-D:-D:-D Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++ My blog http://blogs.wdevs.com/ultramaroon/[^]

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                        • S sreejith ss nair

                          Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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                          Rob Manderson
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                          OMG!!!! Next you'll be telling us that UNIX doesn't allow the creation of /dev Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++ My blog http://blogs.wdevs.com/ultramaroon/[^]

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                          • S sreejith ss nair

                            Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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                            Priyank Bolia
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                            What a foolish post, are you trying to make all Indians fools in front of the whole world. We need a baby's forum too here. Few days ago one of my friend whom I believed to be intelligent asked me the same question, and I was suprised that people don't know that much, just a basic MSDN search would be able to give answer to such basic questions. http://www.priyank.in/

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                            • S sreejith ss nair

                              Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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                              Eytukan
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                              i just got this as an SMS today.. i'm really surprised that these simple things took so many years to reach these guys. "At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!"? :(( Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. --[v]--

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                                Sreejith SS Nair wrote: At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates

                                Yeah, yeah, just like Bill Gates still spends his whole day programming and answering programming questions. I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                                krism42
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                                You'd be suprised how many non programmers I talk to that are absolutely convinced Bill Gates _wrote_ Windows. By himself. Do YOU like monkeys resembling republican presidents?

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                                  Daniel Turini wrote: just like Bill Gates still spends his whole day programming and answering programming questions. :laugh:

                                  "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

                                  cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV

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                                  ThatsAlok wrote: cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV i wonder your Sig. hasn't changed :~ ??. its time. Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. --[v]--

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                                  • S sreejith ss nair

                                    Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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                                    Sreejith SS Nair wrote: An Indian discovered that nobody can create a folder anywhere named as "con"    Sure you can... If you know how!  You cannot use Explorer to do it, so if this person only tried using Explorer, and not via the command prompt or via the APIs directly, they did sloppy work.    Using reserved (device) names like NUL, CON, CLOCK$, AUX, etc. is how many FXP-ers tag and upload unwanted content to an open FTP server.    And yes, MS does know why this is.    Peace! -=- James


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                                    • S sumod_madhavan

                                      Beautiful question. Amazing Question. Where did u get this question. I am proud of Indian Brains. If u don't mind like to contact via mail. My id is sethu_sumod@sify.com or sumod17@yahoo.co.in Tell me the ans for that also Hi i am sumod Menon

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                                      Eytukan
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                                      sumod_madhavan wrote: I am proud of Indian Brains. I was. Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. --[v]--

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                                      • S sreejith ss nair

                                        Something VERY Interesting........... Do try this out. 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... Sreejith Nair [ My Articles ]

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                                        Malcolm Smart
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                                        I've managed, programmatically, to create a folder :- z:\test\my file.. - The two periods at the end of the folder now prevent me from deleting and I can't delete it in the same manner it was created! Any ideas anyone? ********************************************* The sooner you fall behind, the longer you have to catch up.

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                                        • C Chintoo723

                                          The names con, prn, com1, com2, lpt1, lpt2, aux and nul are reserved for devices (console, printer, serial ports). This is very standard in the Microsoft world, so the statement “At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened” is stupid. I just got this message in an email from a friend, the rumour is spreading like a great discovery. So stupid.

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                                          Colin Angus Mackay
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                                          Flace wrote: This is very standard in the Microsoft world, so the statement “At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened” is stupid. Yup - I've known this for at least a decade. Probably first year at Uni' (which would make it 13 years ago)


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