Jun 1, 2026
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The placeholder name for the Windows 8 experience was “modern”
Modern this and that.
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May 19, 2026
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What is the history of the ERROR_ARENA_TRASHED error code?
The storage control blocks were destroyed.
May 18, 2026
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Just shows that nobody cares about debugging the parity flag any more
Reported incorrectly since the day it was written.
May 5, 2026
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A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures
I want to speak to your manager.
Apr 21, 2026
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Sure, xor’ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out, but why not sub?
Somehow xor became the most popular version.
Apr 17, 2026
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Forgotten message from the past: LB_INITSTORAGE
Preallocating memory to avoid quadratic behavior.
Apr 14, 2026
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Why was there a red telephone at every receptionist desk?
Not a direct line to Bill Gates's office.
Apr 7, 2026
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Were there any Windows 3.1 programs that were so incompatible with Windows 95 that there was no point trying to patch them?
The permanently ineligible list.
Mar 24, 2026
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Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older version
A very primitive version of recovery.
Mar 10, 2026
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A snappy answer when asked about dressing casually at IBM
Oh, this old thing?