From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25271 invoked by alias); 17 Sep 2007 20:53:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 25259 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Sep 2007 20:53:01 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nihcessmtp.hub.nih.gov (HELO NIHCESSMTP.hub.nih.gov) (128.231.90.115) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:52:47 +0000 Received: from NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov ([156.40.71.205]) by NIHCESSMTP.hub.nih.gov with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:52:45 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Microsoft can't count! Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:09:00 -0000 Message-ID: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B657068AB593@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> In-Reply-To: <002301c7f95d$9e63bdc0$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List" X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00196.txt.bz2 Dave Korn wrote on Monday, September 17, 2007 3:05 PM: > On 17 September 2007 19:51, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote: >=20 >> Dave Korn wrote on Monday, September 17, 2007 12:45 PM: >>=20 >>> On 17 September 2007 17:34, One Angry User wrote: >>>=20 >>>> On a chilly Monday morning, the 17th day of September, 2007, Dave >>>> Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: >>>>=20 >>>>> Another stunning display of skill, innovation, talent, and sheer >>>>> unmitigated competence from Microsoft, as they attempt to count >>>>> up to four. And fail!=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;829019 >>>>>=20 >>>>> 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. >>>>=20 >>>> They are used to much larger numbers... >>>>=20 >>>> OAU >>>=20 >>> Or perhaps just none too clear on the difference between a >>> release version and a release series.=20 >>>=20 >>> Whatever the case, it's vulgar and unprofessional of them! >>>=20 >>> cheers, >>> DaveK >>=20 >> 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=20 >> know what they're doing. So MS counting professionally would be out >> of=20 >> character. >=20 > 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.=20=20 >=20 > Now I've go back over all my old geometrical software and > figure out how to implement evaluatePIlikeIndiana97.[*]=20 >=20 > cheers, > DaveK >=20 > [*] - that's 1897, of course :) But isn't that how computers work? In base 2, the only digits are 0 and 1 = so both 3 and 4 are undefined, meaningless, and, therefore, effectively ide= ntical.