June 6, 2005 | The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

Adam Felber teaches us how to avoid setting off motion detectors

Raymond Chen June 6, 2005 Jun 6, 2005 06/6/05

In a sidebar discussion on this week's episode of Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, Adam Felber explains that "you can foil most motion detectors with a pair of insulated gloves, a piece of plywood, and a hat." [Windows Media] [RealPlayer...

A quick puzzle about security and synchronization

Raymond Chen June 6, 2005 Jun 6, 2005 06/6/05

This quick puzzle floated past one of our internal discussion groups. In Process B, the OpenEvent succeeds, but the WaitForSingleObject returns immediately instead of waiting. Explain. [Correction: I confused the matter by passing TRUE as the third parameter, thereby creating an event that is initially signalled. Change it to ...

The Old New Thing

June 6, 2005 | The Old New Thing

Adam Felber teaches us how to avoid setting off motion detectors

A quick puzzle about security and synchronization

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