Microsoft Finally To Patch 17-Year-Old Bug

eldavojohn writes "Microsoft is due for a very large patch this month, in which five critical holes (that render Windows hijackable by an intruder) are due to be fixed, in addition to twenty other problems. The biggest change addresses a 17-year-old bug dating back to the days of DOS, discovered in January by their BFF Google. The patch should roll out February 9th."

Comments

Re:Hooray for you typical Slashdot idiot!

[the1337g33k]

Hooray for you typical slashdot troll!

Re:a bug thats older then i am lol

[cryoman23]

mom... howd u know i was on /. better yet howd u know my user name....

Re:Linux Patch

[Anonymous Coward]

"And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them." (Ezekiel 4:12-13)

Sounds like Linux.

Re:When is /. going to actually do more then just

[TempestRose]

Why do I always NOT have mod points when I really need them? +1 Fucking HooRah! Go get em...

Re:You joke, but I think he'd like to

[Zero__Kelvin]

"I though I wonder if Linus meant "We are not the streamlined, small, hyper-efficient microkernel I envisioned 15 years ago.".

Andrew Tanenbaum was for a microkernel architecture. Linus argued in favor of a monolithic architecture,as you can see here.

Re:Linux Patch

[Anonymous Coward]

That's an interesting verse, thanks.

I'll make sure to discuss it in bible class tomorrow. I don't know, maybe we'll go bake some barley cakes.

Re:Maybe I'll have to take your word for it?

[Zero__Kelvin]

"...and YOUR Slash number has six digits. Mine has five."

Which goes to show that you can have a lower Slashdot ID than someone and still have started using Linux after they did ;-)

Of course, I already alluded to that possibility. I didn't say that binarylarry can't be a long time Linux person. I said that you can't make jokes that play off the idea that you are when your SlashID is 7 digits without an emoticon.

"See? I can count backwards! :)"

That's great that you can count. Now lets see if you can subtract ;-)

Number of users between me and binarylarry: 1186880
Number of users between me and binarylarry: 1326989
Number of users between you and me: 140,109

See the difference?

Re:Maybe I'll have to take your word for it?

[Zero__Kelvin]

"Apparently your Slashdot ID doesn't make you any smarter.

Having a higher one certainly didn't work for you.

I wonder if Linus meant "We are not the streamlined, small, hyper-efficient microkernel I envisioned 15 years ago.".

But what I was getting at was perhaps if Linux chose a more modular design like a Microkernel, it would be less bloated. Although it was in jest, as I think if they chose a Microkernel it would probably have ended up like Hurd and I'd be typing this from a Mac.

OK. So in other words there is no humor in your "jest", you stated that Linus envisioned Linux as a microkernel when he always argued for the monolithic approach, and we can further confirm that a high Slash # doesn't make you funnier any more than it makes you smarter. Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

Re:Maybe I'll have to take your word for it?

[binarylarry]

Dear Sir,

You are a clueless moron.

Regards,
binarylarry

Re:Maybe I'll have to take your word for it?

[Zero__Kelvin]

"(I think you meant the second line to be between ME [Timex] and BL.)"

You are correct, which brings me to another difference between me an binarylarry. I can admit when I make a mistake ;-)

Re:Maybe I'll have to take your word for it?

[Zero__Kelvin]

SVN user