You're mixing something up. The post isn't talking about the $BitMap file, which is the volume bitmap. It's talking about the :$I30:$BITMAP attribute, which is present in any non-resident directory including the root directory.

Actually C:\:$i30:$bitmap is not opened behind the scene every type you open C:\. There are a few reasons but one reason is because the index bitmap is only needed when allocating or deallocating index blocks. It only comes into play when you are making the directory larger (e.g. creating files) or smaller (e.g. deleting files).

Almost all files under C:\Windows\System32 are hardlinks to corresponding files under C:\Windows\WinSxS. So if you are calculating Windows footprint by counting both of these directories, you are overcounting by a huge margin.

All modern cellphones have GPS in them. What they *NEED* are apps that emulate a sextant.

That's fine, as long as there are parental controls in place.

America is not missing out on the next industrial revolution, exactly. They are deliberately skipping over the robots that make the robots, focusing instead on the robots that make the robots that make the robots. They are manually building prototypes now.

Woe to those who have taken a vow of silence.

Imagine if those who have taken a vow of celibacy had to fornicate just one little time to assert their right to remain celibate.

Did they look on the floor nearby? Did they look in the couch? How about near where they put their keys?

You ever get one stuck in your exhaust pipe? It ain'tÂpretty.

Pretty sure it means autobiographical pilot.

The final dollar value of the fine is actually $4,294,967,295 to be exact. This happens to be the highest amount the US DOJ computer system supports currently. VW should consider themselves lucky this time.

Wish I hadn't already replied to this thread so I could mod you up!

If Apple makes $2bn and all their competitors collectively lose $2bn, then what % of the industry's profits does Apple take?

If Hillary becomes president, then it's pointless.

Exactly. Hillary plans to run the Internet from personal DNS servers in her basement.

Ad-Block is there, but it'll be less useful very soon

Argh!! I just installed it. Why will it be less useful soon?

I clap my hands. That assumes, of course, that I know I'm happy.