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mook 4 hours ago

Isn't 32bit counter 49 days? Assuming that one was counting milliseconds, at least.

Only remember that because that's the limit for Windows 95…

repiret 3 hours ago | parent [-]

100ns intervals. My favorite part of that story is how long after Windows 95 was released before anybody discovered the bug.

justsomehnguy an hour ago | parent [-]

That's because people actually powered off their computer after work/leisure sessions. Someone on an unlimited night dial-up could had discovered it well before "anybody" but it's not like there was a built-in function to actually send a crash report to Redmond.

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