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bio	website	chrisforman.me.uk
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I've been a developer for nearly 30 years in one form or another. I learnt Pascal at University and my first job was programming in Fortran 66. I've since moved to C# & .NET via Ada, C and C++.

Over the years I've used most operating systems (apart from MacOS), starting with PR1MOS and then moving onto various flavours of Unix. I'm now exclusively on Windows (until a job that requires Unix comes along!).

One of these days I'm going to get round to these books on my Amazon Wish List

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43	What if a USB was plugged in backwards, what would happen, and would Windows warn you?
31	Why is distributing random pieces of a file faster than a contiguous transfer?
27	Why does hardware get slower with time?
24	Are the “.” and “..” entries in a dir listing always the same?
22	Is overclocking legal?

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+10	Why is distributing random pieces of a file faster than a contiguous transfer?
+8	What if a USB was plugged in backwards, what would happen, and would Windows warn you?
-2	Why does hardware get slower with time?
+10	How can I search for all files that have their archive bit set in Windows 7?

20 Questions

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9	Can you really get a trojan in an image file and if so how will it be executed?
7	Why isn't the Skype Chrome extension showing up on my home PC?
5	How can I search for all files that have their archive bit set in Windows 7?
5	How can I set the pinned “Most Visited” urls on the new tab in Google Chrome?
5	PC Blue Screens and then instantly reboots. How do I stop this or find the error later?

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284 windows-7 × 154	76 networking × 21
199 windows-xp × 129	64 command-line × 22
112 performance × 23	60 images × 23
84 hard-drive × 33	59 firefox × 33

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