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<blockquote data-quote="Banned" data-source="post: 7102988" data-attributes="member: 256491"><p><span style="font-family: 'times'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Navy">මේවා Magic නෙමේ බන්, හැබැයි අන්තිම එක ගැන නම් තාම විස්තරයක් නැ.</span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><strong>MAGIC #1</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are: </span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">PRN</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">AUX</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">NUL</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">LPT1</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">COM1</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">Potential drive letter - A: to Z:</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">A number of others</span></li> </ul><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkRed">If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder". Moreover, if you try to use a reserved name to name a file such as a Notepad or Microsoft Word document you will generally receive an error message</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><strong>MAGIC #2</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Alas, the truth is far less compelling. It appears that a lot of other character strings in the pattern 4 letters, 3 letters, 3 letters and 5 letters will give the same result. For example, the phrase "Bill fed the goats" also displays the garbled text</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: Blue">MAGIC #3</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">You can alter the results of the rand() function by adding numbers in the round brackets. The first number controls the number of paragraphs while the second number controls the number of sentences in each paragraph. For example, using "rand(3,5)" will add three paragraphs of five sentences each. Leaving the brackets empty will add the default number of paragraphs and sentences, which is set at three sentences and three paragraphs.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Far from being a mystery, this is a well-documented feature of Microsoft Word that simply allows sample text to be quickly added to a document for testing purposes. Microsoft can in fact "explain the result" and does so in <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B212251" target="_blank">an article on the MS Support website</a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: Blue"><strong>Magic #4</strong></span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">There was no flight Q33N... the flights involved were...</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">*American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">* United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">* American Airlines Flight 77 from Dulles to Los Angeles</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">* United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="color: Navy"></span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="color: Navy">Google එකට මගේ ස්තුතිය.........මේ ටික සොයා දුන්නට..........<img src="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/icons/sq/11.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Banned, post: 7102988, member: 256491"] [FONT=times][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=Navy]මේවා Magic නෙමේ බන්, හැබැයි අන්තිම එක ගැන නම් තාම විස්තරයක් නැ.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/B][/FONT] [COLOR=Blue][B]MAGIC #1[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are: [/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]PRN[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]AUX[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]NUL[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]LPT1[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]COM1[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]Potential drive letter - A: to Z:[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]A number of others[/COLOR] [/LIST] [COLOR=DarkRed] If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder". Moreover, if you try to use a reserved name to name a file such as a Notepad or Microsoft Word document you will generally receive an error message[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue][B]MAGIC #2[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]Alas, the truth is far less compelling. It appears that a lot of other character strings in the pattern 4 letters, 3 letters, 3 letters and 5 letters will give the same result. For example, the phrase "Bill fed the goats" also displays the garbled text [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Blue]MAGIC #3[/COLOR] [/B] [COLOR=DarkRed]You can alter the results of the rand() function by adding numbers in the round brackets. The first number controls the number of paragraphs while the second number controls the number of sentences in each paragraph. For example, using "rand(3,5)" will add three paragraphs of five sentences each. Leaving the brackets empty will add the default number of paragraphs and sentences, which is set at three sentences and three paragraphs. Far from being a mystery, this is a well-documented feature of Microsoft Word that simply allows sample text to be quickly added to a document for testing purposes. Microsoft can in fact "explain the result" and does so in [URL="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B212251"]an article on the MS Support website[/URL]. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue][B]Magic #4[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]There was no flight Q33N... the flights involved were... *American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles * United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles * American Airlines Flight 77 from Dulles to Los Angeles * United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco [SIZE=5][B][COLOR=Navy] Google එකට මගේ ස්තුතිය.........මේ ටික සොයා දුන්නට..........[IMG]http://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/icons/sq/11.gif[/IMG][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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