Comments on: Identify http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/ Drama! Intrigue! Geekiness! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vinayak http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-79 vinayak Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:45:36 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-79 Am i not getting a single pt for t-h-r-e-e w-h-o-l-e lines of ans?? ;) Am i not getting a single pt for t-h-r-e-e w-h-o-l-e lines of ans?? ;)

]]> By: vinayak http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-59 vinayak Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:10:30 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-59 Old MS-DOS (.exe files) and the newer Microsoft Windows PE (Portable Executable) .exe files supposedly start with the ASCII string 'MZ' (0x4D5A), the initials of the designer of the file format, Mark Zbikowski. "Magic number" on Wiki should do the magic! Old MS-DOS (.exe files) and the newer Microsoft Windows PE (Portable Executable) .exe files supposedly start with the ASCII string ‘MZ’ (0x4D5A), the initials of the designer of the file format, Mark Zbikowski. “Magic number” on Wiki should do the magic!

]]> By: srikanth http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-27 srikanth Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:29:55 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-27 Bikiran: we are strong believers in the No Comment Left Behind policy, and hence will gladly approve even late comments :-). BTW, the next question is not CS centric at all; have a go at it :-) Bikiran: we are strong believers in the No Comment Left Behind policy, and hence will gladly approve even late comments :-).

BTW, the next question is not CS centric at all; have a go at it :-)

]]> By: Biki http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Biki Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:37:54 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-26 dude ..u guys put up the results by the time i posted my comment ...but i still submitted it ... did want my hard work to go wasted :) dude ..u guys put up the results by the time i posted my comment …but i still submitted it … did want my hard work to go wasted :)

]]> By: Biki http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Biki Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:35:52 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-25 Mark Zbikowski ...phew ... very CS centric question ... an EE guy like me needs a lot of hard work to get such things :) ... had no clue what "the magic number" was .... Mark Zbikowski …phew … very CS centric question … an EE guy like me needs a lot of hard work to get such things :) … had no clue what “the magic number” was ….

]]> By: Anuj http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Anuj Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:53:15 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-24 Mark Zbikowski and the file format is the DOS Executable File Format. Mark Zbikowski and the file format is the DOS Executable File Format.

]]> By: prabhu_dc http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-23 prabhu_dc Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:21:53 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-23 Well I guess someone would have already caught the rabit. Anyways, Mark Zbikowski Wikipedia Excerpt as following. "Old MS-DOS .exe files and the newer Microsoft Windows PE (Portable Executable) .exe files start with the ASCII string 'MZ' (0x4D5A), the initials of the designer of the file format, Mark Zbikowski. The definition allows 'ZM' as well but it is quite uncommon." Well I guess someone would have already caught the rabit.

Anyways,
Mark Zbikowski

Wikipedia Excerpt as following.
“Old MS-DOS .exe files and the newer Microsoft Windows PE (Portable Executable) .exe files start with the ASCII string ‘MZ’ (0x4D5A), the initials of the designer of the file format, Mark Zbikowski. The definition allows ‘ZM’ as well but it is quite uncommon.”

]]> By: srikanth http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/comment-page-1/#comment-21 srikanth Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:20:46 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2007/08/14/identify/#comment-21 Mark Zbikowski. Blatantly Googled: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zbikowski Mark Zbikowski. Blatantly Googled: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zbikowski

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