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Microsoft server crash nearly causes 800-plane pile-up
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:08:59 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Eric Ulevik <eulevik () gmail com> Date: September 28, 2004 8:57:10 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Microsoft server crash nearly causes 800-plane pile-up Reply-To: Eric Ulevik <eulevik () gmail com> The 49.7 day expiry sounds like rollover of the number of milliseconds since boot, as returned by the Windows API GetTickCount(). This is a problem in the application software, rather than the operating system. On the other hand, in the early 90's using GetTickCount() was recommended. Dealing with rollover was tricky - we incorporated code from Microsoft into our financial software to handle rollover correctly. Regards, Eric Ulevik ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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