The Old New Thing

Isn't every dinner at a technology conference a geek dinner?

I'm always amused when somebody announces that they're having a geek dinner at a technology conference. I mean, at a conference like that, every dinner is a geek dinner. The geek density is so high, +4 enchanted vorpal swords quiver in fear. [Update 8am: Fixed broken permalink. Yay, they broke a permalink...

What is the maximum number of timers a program can create?

As MSDN correctly notes, "Timers are a limited global resource." How limited are they? (We're talking about timers created by .) Not as limited as they once were. Originally, there were eight timers total for the entire system. When there are only eight timers, you have to be very careful not to waste them and to destroy them when they aren'...