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From: T Wake on 7 Feb 2007 10:13 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eqcko9$8qk_002(a)s924.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <mMmdnXlTA4drSFXYnZ2dnUVZ8seinZ2d(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:eq9ts5$8ss_007(a)s807.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <0LKdnfp6w6j5-VrYnZ2dnUVZ8seinZ2d(a)pipex.net>, >>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>> >>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>news:eq78ue$8qk_003(a)s1004.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>>> In article <eq56kc$h3d$6(a)blue.rahul.net>, >>>>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >>>>>>In article <eq4ksf$8ss_009(a)s795.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>>>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>>>>>[......] >>>>>>>Most of the code I wrote didn't do calculations. Most of OS >>>>>>>code simply moves bits without error. >>>>>> >>>>>>Now that Windows is the most common OS, >>>>> >>>>> Except Windows isn't an OS. >>>> >>>>What is the OS on a windows XP machine then? >>> >>> An OS that had an application's footprint shoved into its exec. >> >>In an OS which has had an applications footprint shoved into it's exec no >>longer an OS? > > It is still an OS but its security abilities is completely compromised. > Note that the application in my statement is the thingie called Windows. yes, but I am confused on terminology. With a Windows XP machine, what you do call the OS?
From: Ken Smith on 7 Feb 2007 10:16 In article <eq9tv5$8ss_008(a)s807.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >In article <eq8rv7$v7q$6(a)blue.rahul.net>, > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: [.....] >>Vista is really a shell. It contains a bunch of XP code. Whenever OS >>like stuff needs to be done, Vista passes the command to the XP code. >>Which then passes it down to some Win98 code that fires up DOS and runs >>the operation through QBasic. This is why Vista needs so much RAM. > >So all they did is rinse, repeat previous releases? I expected >this but I had my hopes up. ARe you sure that's what they did? Yes, it is quite well documented. At Microsoft "code reuse" is considered a major goal. This is why all Microsoft applications bring up the BSOD code. >Do you know who did the work? Obviously Billy doesn't code anymore. A lot of the work was done in India by the teenaged son of the person they thought they were hiring. In this version many of the easter eggs come with a side of rice. >/BAH -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 7 Feb 2007 10:18 In article <OtidnQWNJOAtcVTYnZ2dnUVZ8qrinZ2d(a)pipex.net>, T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: [.....] >yes, but I am confused on terminology. With a Windows XP machine, what you >do call the OS? The Linux on the other partition. > > -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: T Wake on 7 Feb 2007 10:19 "Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message news:eqcqkn$1co$4(a)blue.rahul.net... > In article <OtidnQWNJOAtcVTYnZ2dnUVZ8qrinZ2d(a)pipex.net>, > T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > [.....] >>yes, but I am confused on terminology. With a Windows XP machine, what you >>do call the OS? > > The Linux on the other partition. :-) Fair one
From: Tony Lance on 7 Feb 2007 11:03
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