Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.
At 8:28 AM +0200 9/29/04, Eugen Leitl wrote: The mind boggles. Even more interesting: how many heads have rolled due to this? None, of course. Microsoft is the new IBM. As in, Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft... Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond)
Personal aside. I've started working for a medical device company.
This is not so far from security programming, as checking your
inputs, robustness, and being able to justify time spent inspecting
and testing are all common to both domains.
But today I learned that a device that keeps you heart going, should
it forget how, has a field that rolls over in about 40+ days. But hey,
euthanisia
is underappreciated. Reboot that pacer!
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People who are willing to rely on the government to keep them safe are
pretty much standing on Darwin's mat, pounding on the door, screaming,
Take me, take me!--Cael in A.S.R.
Sunder wrote:
Q: How do you cause an 800-plane pile-up at a major airport?
A: Replace working Unix systems with Microsoft Windows 2000!
The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to
prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times.
That would be 49.71026961805556 days, or (curiously
enough) 4294967295 (0x) milliseconds. Known problem with Win95
('cept they call Win95 a server).
How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.
Q: How do you cause an 800-plane pile-up at a major airport? A: Replace working Unix systems with Microsoft Windows 2000! Details: http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2275 --Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--- + ^ + :Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. /|\ \|/ :They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country /\|/\ --*--:and our people, and neither do we. -G. W. Bush, 2004.08.05 \/|\/ /|\ : \|/ + v + :War is Peace, freedom is slavery, Bush is President. -
Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 14:37, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to
prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times.
That would be 49.71026961805556 days, or (curiously
enough) 4294967295 (0x) milliseconds. Known problem with Win95
('cept they call Win95 a server).
How the heck do they keep a Win95 machine up for 49 days? I think 1 day
is a more realistic MTBF.
Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.
Sunder wrote:
Q: How do you cause an 800-plane pile-up at a major airport?
A: Replace working Unix systems with Microsoft Windows 2000!
Details: http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2275
Got to love the spin...
The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to
prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times.
That would be 49.71026961805556 days, or (curiously
enough) 4294967295 (0x) milliseconds. Known problem with Win95
('cept they call Win95 a server).
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