The Old New Thing

February 13, 2004 - The Old New Thing

Stories of going through airport security

February 13, 2004 Feb 13, 2004 02/13/04
Raymond Chen
I went through security three times at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before my flight to Newark. My original flight was cancelled due to inclement weather in Newark, so I get rescheduled onto another flight that arrived three hours later. I thought to myself, "That's strange. Both flights are going to Newark. It's not like the ...

Bad version number checks

February 13, 2004 Feb 13, 2004 02/13/04
Raymond Chen
Version numbers. Very important. And so many people check them wrong. This is why Windows 95's GetVersion function returned 3.95 instead of 4.0. A lot of code checked the version number like this: Now consider what happens when the version number is reported as 4.0. The major version check passes, but the minor version check fails since 0...