Nice episode's but they only last about a minute. So you probably will look 20 times at the intro (same music, same graphics) And after four times it got on my nerves.
Open Source probably the solution but not BSD!
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I've read the article and can derive three possible solutions.
Slick interface
Good sponsor
Open source
Since a slick interface would mean development and they current development is in limbo(with two shipable inferfaces in stock!!) I really don't think that an option.
Second option is a sponsor, but since nobody is willing to buy pgp, I don't really think sponsorship will be attrictive to sponsors.
Leaves only one option:)
Indeed, Libraries are a good alternative, and yes I did mean StrToInt.
The fun part of this whole exercise was that we had a test-program that would test these function on various conditions - (underflow, overflow, bounderies, syntax errors). I can't remember if we actually tested the library StrToInt. But sometimes we lay to much faith in libraries, and i guess that's the bigest security risk of all.
That's probably the reason why so many programmers say: If you want to have good software you'll have to write it yourself... Although i must agree that OpenSource is the best step in making software bug-proof. I remain sceptic on the question if OpenSource is actually hack-proof.
Make it hack-proof and we will make a better hacker!
He does have some interesting points but I fear it is just all politics doing the talking here.
A nice way to come in the publicity and gather a few voters.
Security is very important in today's software
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I'm teaching programming in a college in holland, and we have a nice course here to write a "simple" IntToStr. The outcome is so suprising, nobody thinks about simple things like:
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It goes to show, it is easy to catch the under/overflows (and even that doesn't happen all to often) but writing good software is hard. This book is definitly going to be on my teachers wish list for this year.
The suit set off a firestorm of protest on the Net, with many charging that the 1-Click technology was not innovative enough to warrant a patent. The suit also touched off a larger debate over Internet-related patents.
I would be interested in discovering exactly how they settled this. A pattent on the 1-click technology should never been issued in the first place. In my opinion a lot of Internet technologies were pattented, look at an earlier/. article and have a good laugh: Slashdot infringing on Microsoft patent #US5819032
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a computer having a communications port coupled to a back channel to the publisher, a processor, and a display; like a browser connecting to a web server
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Hmmm this thing also work on a noisy mother in law?
Nice episode's but they only last about a minute. So you probably will look 20 times at the intro (same music, same graphics) And after four times it got on my nerves.
- Slick interface
- Good sponsor
- Open source
Since a slick interface would mean development and they current development is in limbo(with two shipable inferfaces in stock!!) I really don't think that an option. Second option is a sponsor, but since nobody is willing to buy pgp, I don't really think sponsorship will be attrictive to sponsors. Leaves only one option42........ Nope doesn't work. Beige... hmmm
Indeed, Libraries are a good alternative, and yes I did mean StrToInt. The fun part of this whole exercise was that we had a test-program that would test these function on various conditions - (underflow, overflow, bounderies, syntax errors). I can't remember if we actually tested the library StrToInt. But sometimes we lay to much faith in libraries, and i guess that's the bigest security risk of all. That's probably the reason why so many programmers say: If you want to have good software you'll have to write it yourself... Although i must agree that OpenSource is the best step in making software bug-proof. I remain sceptic on the question if OpenSource is actually hack-proof.
Make it hack-proof and we will make a better hacker! He does have some interesting points but I fear it is just all politics doing the talking here. A nice way to come in the publicity and gather a few voters.
-Minus not followed by digit
It goes to show, it is easy to catch the under/overflows (and even that doesn't happen all to often) but writing good software is hard. This book is definitly going to be on my teachers wish list for this year.-several minus signs after each other
-minus preceded by a digit
Slashdot infringing on Microsoft patent #US5819032
quote: a computer having a communications port coupled to a back channel to the publisher, a processor, and a display; like a browser connecting to a web server