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No but he did use it as padding for CDROM distro of Windows so that the discs had unique ID's The Secret history of Microsoft BOB https://www.youtube.com/watch

by Zenst 5y ago

No but he did use it as padding for CDROM distro of Windows so that the discs had unique ID's The Secret history of Microsoft BOB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXHu9OmLd8Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXHu9OmLd8Y

miohtama 5y ago
This was awesome video. Bob the blob. How to make sure crypto is correct. A mathematician who could not take calls after 5pm.
- Zenst 5y ago
  Oh he has many brilliantly told historical stories and on top, still gets his hands dirty and recently did benchmark of compilers. One of the few channels upon YT I'd recommend a sub.
  - EvanAnderson 5y ago
    This seems like as good a place as any to bring this up, if only to see if I'm the only one. I want to watch Dave Plummer's videos but there's something eerily wrong about the amount his lips move (very little) versus his diction (which is very good). It sets off some instinctual discomfort I can't put my finger on. It feels like some kind of ventriloquism act. That said, I've enjoyed his videos. I just wish his mouth movements didn't make my brain feel all funny.
    - Zenst 5y ago
      I do get a sorta de-sync with lips and words in many video's, but then the system I use to watch them is hitting the wall of its life (core2duo) and the autistic spectrum aspect and facial hair will also play into that. I know they do for me and if you think first hearing yourself back on a recording is odd sounding, wait until you see yourself speak on video. Some people are in their element, others, you will get that underlying sense of awkwardness. Which for some (like myself) will talk fast and any facial nuance will be an afterthought long past most attention spans as they race to keep up with the words being spoken.
LocalH 5y ago
That means that teeeechnically, this easter egg exists on every such shipped copy of Windows XP
- Zenst 5y ago
  Good point, one I shall raise with Dave next open chat. Fact he hates easter eggs as he does any hidden code. Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't tell him.
userbinator 5y ago
Sadly, that might be a bit of a joke/urban legend based on the fact that this is the only evidence I've found of anyone actually attempting to verify it: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/12476/did-the-windows-xp-cd-include-microsoft-bob https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/12476/did-the-w... It mentions some interesting logic around OEMBIOS.BIN, which the OP or anyone else curious might want to investigate.

by Zenst 5y ago

miohtama 5y ago

This was awesome video. Bob the blob. How to make sure crypto is correct. A mathematician who could not take calls after 5pm.

Zenst 5y ago
Oh he has many brilliantly told historical stories and on top, still gets his hands dirty and recently did benchmark of compilers. One of the few channels upon YT I'd recommend a sub.
- EvanAnderson 5y ago
  This seems like as good a place as any to bring this up, if only to see if I'm the only one. I want to watch Dave Plummer's videos but there's something eerily wrong about the amount his lips move (very little) versus his diction (which is very good). It sets off some instinctual discomfort I can't put my finger on. It feels like some kind of ventriloquism act. That said, I've enjoyed his videos. I just wish his mouth movements didn't make my brain feel all funny.
  - Zenst 5y ago
    I do get a sorta de-sync with lips and words in many video's, but then the system I use to watch them is hitting the wall of its life (core2duo) and the autistic spectrum aspect and facial hair will also play into that. I know they do for me and if you think first hearing yourself back on a recording is odd sounding, wait until you see yourself speak on video. Some people are in their element, others, you will get that underlying sense of awkwardness. Which for some (like myself) will talk fast and any facial nuance will be an afterthought long past most attention spans as they race to keep up with the words being spoken.

LocalH 5y ago

That means that teeeechnically, this easter egg exists on every such shipped copy of Windows XP

Zenst 5y ago
Good point, one I shall raise with Dave next open chat. Fact he hates easter eggs as he does any hidden code. Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't tell him.

userbinator 5y ago

Sadly, that might be a bit of a joke/urban legend based on the fact that this is the only evidence I've found of anyone actually attempting to verify it: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/12476/did-the-windows-xp-cd-include-microsoft-bob https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/12476/did-the-w... It mentions some interesting logic around OEMBIOS.BIN, which the OP or anyone else curious might want to investigate.