Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 13:54:43 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@sarnoff.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving on and check out my .sig Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990304135414.3628D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <36DDB131.630AF7F1@newsguy.com>
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On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > Note my .sig. 49.7 days is how long it takes a 32-bit millisecond counter > > to roll over to zero. It's kind of hilarious that nobody seems to have had > > windows up that long until now. > > What's worse is that this problem looks obvious. I wonder if whoever > was responsible for this part of the code did not simply think along > the line "Windows running for 49 days straight? Get real!" A mentioned this to a few of my co-workers who responded, "what part of Windows". Is there a page that has the gory details somewhere? - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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