Overclocking Causes Crashes

[NogginBoink]

For those of you who haven't heard the name Raymond Chen, you can, with only a little exaggeration, think of him as the guy that wrote Windows 95.

Raymond is a simply brilliant guy, and he has a blog that contains many fascinating nuggets of information that AT'ers would find valuable.

In today's post, Raymond explains how overclocking causes crashes.

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/04/12/407562.aspx

-Noggin

 

[Smilin]

There are a couple of his funnier emails hanging on the cube walls over at MS.

"How virtual memory is like a temp agency"

"Why the fonts folder is like that inlaw in prison that you don't ever really talk about" (you know he won't go away, you just hope he stays quiet and out of trouble)

Yeah, he's one of those scary smart guys whose intelligence gives him a natural wit.

 

[Nothinman]

I haven't heard of him, but saying he wrote Win95 then calling him brilliant seems like a bit of an oxymoron to me...

 

[agnitrate]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
I haven't heard of him, but saying he wrote Win95 then calling him brilliant seems like a bit of an oxymoron to me...

Woah, woah, woah. So you're saying building an OS that's based on the principle of user/kernel levels is a good thing? Blasphemy!

I'll stick to my Windows 3.11 For Workgroups thank you very much!

 

[user1234]

is he like on MS pension or something (yeah he must be stock option rich by now) or is he getting paid for blogging ?

 

[Smilin]

He works at MS or did at one time.

Despite 95s vast weaknesses compared to NT based and other OSs the fact that he's able to contribute to the development of an OS does put him a notch above the average developer.