____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 15 January 2008 11:35 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Microsoft Y2K bug circa 1998?
> [...]
>> http://bicbickers.blogspot.com/2008/01/microsoft-y2k-bug-circa-1998.html
>
> .----
> | On January 7, 1998
> | a Tech Support person typed into their database to call me back the
> | next day...
> | but instead of typing 1/8/98 they typed 1/8/08
> |
> | Instead of typing the "9" right next to it they typed "0"
> |
> | Microsoft had called me back 10 years later!
> `----
>
> Classic!
>
> Occasionally I get Emails from the Vole (old software registrations),
> which are sometimes years after the fact. It's creepy as Hell.
Probably the software at the callcenter in Microsoft... there ought to be some
data checking/validation. Is it sensible for someone who takes the call to
respond a decade later? No warning? No restriction on range? Well, here you
are talking about a company that restricts use of RAM to just 3.2 (?) GB and
if you have 4 GB of RAM, then the new Vista patch lies to you! Deliberately.
Vista SP1 to lie about RAM usage. Deliberately!
,----[ Quote ]
| If you right click on "My Computer" and go to properties, it will show the
| amount of RAM that your computer can see. This is perfectly fine, but
| sometimes the ignorant consumer buys 4GB of RAM, and thinks there is a
| problem when their OS only reports 3GB.
| So, what does the richest company in the world do about it?
| Fix the problem at the core?
| Enforce manufacturers to use 64bit?
| nope. They just have their OS lie about it.
`----
http://www.antonywilliams.com/2007/12/vista-sp1-to-lie-about-ram-usage.html
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~~ Best of wishes
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