Mar 27, 2017
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How real-mode Windows loaded code from the disk, and how you could use that to minimize disk swapping
Send in the clones.
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Mar 14, 2017
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Why is Alt+D the keyboard shortcut for putting focus on the address bar?
Because it was Ad&dress.
Feb 22, 2017
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Those Year 2000 disaster preparedness trucks were originally there for a different reason
Originally for long-haul testing in the power-unstable Pacific Northwest.
Dec 30, 2016
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The invisible work of preparing PC BIOSes for the year 2000
Nursing the BIOS into the new century.
Nov 16, 2016
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When you decide to travel at the speed of light, you have to accept the consequences
Lots of things break down.
Nov 1, 2016
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Windows file system compression had to be dumbed down
Adjusting the trade-off.
Oct 31, 2016
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This processor has no stack (insert spooky laughter)
Nothing to push here.
Oct 24, 2016
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Why is Identical COMDAT Folding called Identical COMDAT Folding?
Common data, as in FORTRAN.
Oct 18, 2016
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Was it intentional that the Media Control Interface has the same acronym as a telecommunications company?
Why yes, actually.
Sep 22, 2016
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Dither me this
Where did the error go?