1) Batch files still work in all versions of windows, although you may have to brush up on what all they do. I still think it's the best way to automate tasks in windows.
Oh, I know it. Far less of a vital skill now than in 1997 though.
Earlier this year I had to modify a batch file that was used as a startup script to remap network drives at startup on a POS terminal. The problem was that the script was running before the network was active, so it couldn't yet find the drives. Didn't take much work to put a delay into the script. Of course there's also the multitude of batch files on the Hirens tools cd to extract and run the various applications without needing to install them. That's all been done by the creator of the cd though.
So that's just once since I started this job that my knowledge of batch files has been useful.
It's quite probable that my bra technique will be used at a similar rate.
And Queenie, I'm not complaining about the accessability. It's just that I'm really going to miss the look on a girl's face as she realises her bra is falling away and my other hand hasn't left her thigh.