From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <575e1a150912252144q3eeff2c8kf93deb07f4811939@mail.gmail.com> References: <9bb898929a0ba282cef00c948014ceb4@ladd.quanstro.net> <575e1a150912252144q3eeff2c8kf93deb07f4811939@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:50:26 +1100 Message-ID: <775b8d190912252150h1a04f305vb85c3674a66cc48a@mail.gmail.com> From: Bruce Ellis To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [9fans] quote of the day Topicbox-Message-UUID: b27d5ec0-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 it doesn't work, it doesn't have to, and it's secret! perfect documentation for shitware. brucee On 12/26/09, Jamie Gavahan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 03:43, erik quanstrom wrote: > > "Do not spend too much time trying to figure out why this math works. > > The basis for the computation is complicated; the important point is > > that this is how Microsoft operating systems do it, and it works. Note, > > however, that this math does not work perfectly." > > - Microsoft EFI FAT32 File System Specification, p. 32 > > Even better is that it is referred to as "a clever piece of arithmetic" two > pages earlier. > > - jamie > >