The Old New Thing

May 6, 2004 - The Old New Thing

Chris Pratley's history lesson

May 6, 2004 May 6, 2004 05/6/04
Raymond Chen
If you haven't read it yet, check out Chris Pratley's voluminous discourse on various aspects of the history of Word. It packs more history into one entry than I do all year. And that was a sequel! You can read the first half, too. In fact, the good stuff keeps on coming. just read it all...

Scripting is a two-edged sword

May 6, 2004 May 6, 2004 05/6/04
Raymond Chen
A three line VB script will disable your firewall. The advantage of scripting is that you can control so many things with just a few lines of code. The disadvantage of scripting is that bad people can control so many things with just a few lines of code. I wonder how long it will be before there's a virus that disables the firewall...