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xfalmp · 10-18-2005, 07:01 AM

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An Indian discovered that nobody can create a folder anywhere named as "con".

This is something pretty cool... and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened.

Try it out yourself...

Well, it's true here. Any ideas?

MindyBlingBucks · 10-18-2005, 07:04 AM

I couldn't make one either. Wonder why that is.

Quagmire · 10-18-2005, 07:08 AM

con is short for "console" for output purposes. it would likely cause conflicts, so they disallowed it for file folder naming.

wdforty · 10-18-2005, 07:09 AM

Wow, that's weird. Nice find.

StuartD · 10-18-2005, 07:11 AM

convicts will never have a good place to keep their con files

Tom_PM · 10-18-2005, 07:22 AM

Ah the good old days of "copy con dosomething.bat"

u-Bob · 10-18-2005, 07:38 AM

old, old, old... ancient.

tons of advisories have been published about this... going way back to 1999.

Fucksakes · 10-18-2005, 08:23 AM

thats def. weird, surprized I never ran into that problem yet.

Manowar · 10-18-2005, 08:24 AM

wow, never noticed before

SmokeyTheBear · 10-18-2005, 08:28 AM

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At Microsoft the whole team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened.

not true.. maybe billy didn't know but....

xfalmp · 10-18-2005, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

not true.. maybe billy didn't know but....

Well yeah, I just quoted the email I received.

Noir · 10-18-2005, 03:05 PM

i remember doing one thing in i think 95, where you name a directory something liek "ladies and gentlemen microsoft is proud blah blah"

long ass name. when you opened it it played a video of the developers names and such

dicknixon · 10-18-2005, 03:42 PM

I don't think you can do any of these:

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

SmokeyTheBear · 10-18-2005, 04:02 PM

i have a cool one for FIREFOX users..

put the word HOME in your address bar and hit go or enter

Jace · 10-18-2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i have a cool one for FIREFOX users..

put the word HOME in your address bar and hit go or enter

haha, that is fun

Jace · 10-18-2005, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i have a cool one for FIREFOX users..

put the word HOME in your address bar and hit go or enter

looks like it has something to do with google and the first result being nasa for the home search

SmokeyTheBear · 10-18-2005, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace

looks like it has something to do with google and the first result being nasa for the home search

yah but it freaks people out..

would be cool if you could gain #1 spot and make it something cooler

Paul Waters · 10-18-2005, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dicknixon

I don't think you can do any of these:

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

Ah... someone else remembers DOS.

reynold · 10-18-2005, 07:17 PM

Weird, I just tried it!

Shoehorn! · 10-18-2005, 07:21 PM

I can create one.

On my Mac.

Screaming · 10-18-2005, 07:23 PM

damn that is a new one on me

Chio · 10-18-2005, 07:28 PM

YARGH! Nice trick, but I didn't get nasa, I got a homepage listing of all members on home.myip

Shoehorn! · 10-18-2005, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i have a cool one for FIREFOX users..

put the word HOME in your address bar and hit go or enter

Mine goes to nasa.gov.

Spunky · 10-18-2005, 07:35 PM

Learn something new everyday

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dicknixon Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 548	I don't think you can do any of these: CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

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