From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13257 invoked by alias); 17 Sep 2007 19:04:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 13208 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Sep 2007 19:04:59 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.artimi.com (HELO mail.artimi.com) (194.72.81.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:04:51 +0000 Received: from rainbow ([192.168.8.46]) by mail.artimi.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:04:48 +0100 From: "Dave Korn" To: "'all measurements accurate to three insignificant figures'" References: <001001c7f94a$20ccb050$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B657068AB590@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> Subject: RE: Microsoft can't count! Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:53:00 -0000 Message-ID: <002301c7f95d$9e63bdc0$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B657068AB590@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List X-SW-Source: 2007-q3/txt/msg00195.txt.bz2 On 17 September 2007 19:51, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote: > Dave Korn wrote on Monday, September 17, 2007 12:45 PM: > >> On 17 September 2007 17:34, One Angry User wrote: >> >>> On a chilly Monday morning, the 17th day of September, 2007, Dave >>> Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: >>> >>>> Another stunning display of skill, innovation, talent, and sheer >>>> unmitigated competence from Microsoft, as they attempt to count up to >>>> four. And fail! >>>> >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829019 >>>> >>>> MORE INFORMATION >>>> There are currently three released versions of the .NET Framework: . The >>>> .NET Framework 3.0 . The .NET Framework 2.0 >>>> . The .NET Framework 1.1 >>>> Service Pack 1 (SP1) is the latest service pack. >>>> . The .NET Framework 1.0 >>>> Service Pack 3 (SP3) is the latest service pack. >>> >>> They are used to much larger numbers... >>> >>> OAU >> >> Or perhaps just none too clear on the difference between a release >> version and a release series. >> >> Whatever the case, it's vulgar and unprofessional of them! >> >> cheers, >> DaveK > > But it's vulgar and unprofessional by design. Remember that MS designs its > products to be easy to use by people who don't know what they are doing. > The side effect is that it makes if harder to use by people who DO know > what they're doing. So MS counting professionally would be out of > character. I have some bad news. Microsoft just rushed a standard through the ISO fast-track acceptance process, and now they've standardised the new value of three as being four. Now I've go back over all my old geometrical software and figure out how to implement evaluatePIlikeIndiana97.[*] cheers, DaveK [*] - that's 1897, of course :) -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....