The Old New Thing

March 15, 2011 - The Old New Thing

Raymond's highly scientific predictions for the 2011 NCAA men's basketball tournament

March 15, 2011 Mar 15, 2011 03/15/11
Raymond Chen
Once again, it's time for Raymond to come up with an absurd, arbitrary criterion for filling out his NCAA bracket. This year, I look at the strength of the school's football team, on the theory that a school with a strong football team and a strong basketball team has clearly invested a lot in its athletics program. My ranking of football ...

Why can't Explorer decide what size a file is?

March 15, 2011 Mar 15, 2011 03/15/11
Raymond Chen
If you open Explorer and highlight a file whose size is a few kilobytes, you can find some file sizes where the Explorer Size column shows a size different from the value shown in the Details pane. What's the deal? Why can't Explorer decide what size a file is? The two displays use different algorithms. The values in the Size column are ...