On 1/4/06, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/4/06, Tanner Lovelace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/4/06, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's been a few weeks since I read the BBV report with the details of > > > the hack, so I just re-scanned it. > > > > > > Actually, the exploit DIDN'T involve or require changes to the > > > accubasic interpreter. The full details are available here: > > > Um, isn't that exactly what I said? I didn't say it required changes > > to the interpreter, I said he preloaded postive and negative votes > > on the card. > > Not to stir things up any more than we have already, but what you said > exactly was: > > > What happened here was that the accubasic INTERPRETER was > > programmed with 5 positive and 5 negative votes and so when they ran > > the test to make sure there were 0 votes before starting the test, it did, > > indeed, say that there were zero votes. > > Of course I emphasized the word INTERPRETER. > > Just trying to keep earning those frequent pedant points. <G>
I don't know about you, Rick, but I've always used the phrase "programming an interpreter" to indicate writing a program for an interpreter because to have it mean actually writing the interpreter itself would be silly. Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
