PeopleSoft 'implementations' have been making life miserable for those of us at UW (University of Waterloo) for years now. I'm guessing it's mostly due to vendor lock-in. It's not surprising to me that they're doing poorly elsewhere. Their systems are used for our co-op job system and our student information system (choose classes, view grades/transcripts, etc). Finally, as I'm about to graduate, they are using the talent we have at Waterloo to hire some co-op students to write our own system, at least for the job portion of it. Sigh.
Here, name is not a character array but a single character in memory. The stprintf function expects its first parameter to be a character array, so the programmer had to use the&operator to get the address of name, rather than its value. The result is an obvious buffer overflow. A string that includes the filename, which could be under an attacker's control, gets copied over whatever data resides in the memory region following name. That this code works at all seems purely accidental. Memory corruption occurs even when legitimate.ins files are used. An attacker who included a file with a long name or a name containing particular characters might be able to crash the program or, possibly, execute malicious code. This bug sheds light on the vendor's software engineering practices, because it is a very unusual error for an experienced C++ programmer to make. Characters and character arrays are very different constructs in C++. Students using the language for the first time might confuse the two, but experienced programmers who understand basic concepts like pointers would be unlikely to confuse them. The probability that an experienced C++ programmer would make such a mistake or overlook it during even a cursory review of the code is exceptionally low. This suggests to us that after this code was written it was not reviewed by any other engineers at Diebold.
And since this has always been publicly available... it is just information demanding to be released from it's bonds.
it's = it is, contraction
its = belongs to it, possessive form.
As an example, "It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner."
To test which you should use, simply replace its/it's with 'it is' and see if the sentence still makes sense.
And to those who say 'who cares, you know what I meant!111', remember this: if your only native language is English and you can't master it, then you're the master of no language.
It's a lot better for the submitter to link to his own blog post and put a personal, biased opinion on the submission instead of doing what you said. You'd think that editors would strip out such biased garbage from submissions and let, you know, the community make those statements instead of reporting them as news. Then again, it's not like they've ever cared to do that.
Let's see how many people are outraged when Apple does something like this, as opposed to say, Sony or Microsoft. I'm definitely not approving or defending any company doing this kind of thing, but I do expect a bit of a disconnect as to the reaction. Call me cynical.
Homer, meanwhile, uses a pickaxe to make some speed holes in his own car.
Ned: Whatcha diddely-doin', neighbor? Homer: Aw, putting speed holes in my car. Makes it go faster.
Ned: Is that so? Well, gee, maybe the old Flanders-mobile could use
some -- [a shot rings out] aah! [Ned collapses]
[he gets up slowly] Wow! Lucky I always keep a bible close to
my heart -- [boom!] aah! [Ned collapses]
[he gets up] Ho ho, lucky I was wearing an extra large piece of
the True Cross today. I think I'll go inside.
[a shot hits Homer's pick axe] Homer: What keeps doing that?
Tony: I told you we should have bought more than three bullets. Let's
just grab him! -- Louie the henchman, not the marksman, "Homer the Clown"
Our "amendments" are called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (I'd have used the official link but it seems the laws page of Justice Canada is down..)
Our freedom of expression (freedom of speech) is listed in section 2. As far as the second amendment, we don't really have a need to carry guns.
I'm one of those bilingual Canadians. Where I come from, bilingual typically means French and English since they are the two official and most popular languages. Those who are bilingual are often that way from birth.. the way I see it is if you speak French in Ontario you speak English as well. You catch English like a cold, it's simply much easier. The concept of putting off dementia if you're bilingual is an interesting one, since I have some memories in French and some in English.
I find it sort of funny that whenever I want to find a place to download the garbage mentioned in stories, I can't.. I can only remember Gator letting you go on their website to directly download what it is you wanted.
(For those wondering, sometimes I feel like downloading things just so I can play with it if I wanted to, in a VM for example, where a snapshot can make everything go away)
This also happened in Ottawa in 2005. This story and this story sum up the incident. I was in Ottawa at the time, and I keenly remember the US Embassy lying to our face about using this signal. "Oddly" enough, the problem stopped once the CBC contacted the Embassy and asked them about it. Too bad those engineers didn't get to trace the signal back. What also got to me while trying to get through downtown is how the embassy is allowed to eat up a lane of traffic for their precious concrete walls, as if there was ever a real danger in Canada. I heard that those walls were tested in Canada because of the low risk, I guess it's convenient to test concrete walls and signal jamming here.
It's still not a license to write things the wrong way, nor an excuse for poor language skills. French is my first language and I know the difference between the two and employ the words correctly. If you forced yourself to get it right a long time ago, by now it would come naturally and you wouldn't have to think about it. As I say to all the anglophone apologists: if you're not good in your only tongue, then you're not good in ANY language.
I was going to go take pictures of it myself (I drink one of those pouches a day, almost), but it's easier to find it on the internets
This is exactly what it looks like, I have 2 of those bags downstairs (and a few empty ones I haven't taken out of the fridge yet)
The little thing on the bag is to cut open the milk, most pitchers have little holes specially made to fit the little clip on top
I also found this image. Tee hee. (Again, that's exactly as you find it in stores today). I think this is what others refer to as 'full cream' milk (not skim/1|2%/low fat)
There's a bit of a tribute site here but it's pretty old (based on what the bag of milk looks like).. The person also really sucks at cutting the hole, it usually comes out much nicer if you do it right
P.S. I believe British Columbia may use the jugs, Ontario uses the bags (which is why I was bothered by California's milk, which comes in jugs, I'm used to the bags)
P.P.S. In Australia, the norm is 'full cream' milk, and 2% (which is the norm here in Ontario) is not too normal there, another difference in milk I've experienced in the world
Slashdot Mirror
You're actually both wrong.
It's both hockey and lacrosse.
See the National Sports of Canada Act
Reference counting. Insert obvious garbage collection joke here.
Tee hee.
PeopleSoft 'implementations' have been making life miserable for those of us at UW (University of Waterloo) for years now. I'm guessing it's mostly due to vendor lock-in. It's not surprising to me that they're doing poorly elsewhere. Their systems are used for our co-op job system and our student information system (choose classes, view grades/transcripts, etc). Finally, as I'm about to graduate, they are using the talent we have at Waterloo to hire some co-op students to write our own system, at least for the job portion of it. Sigh.
Adblock Plus + an auto-updating filter = I don't know how I used the web without it
http://adblockplus.org/en/
From page 51:
.ins files are used. An attacker who included a file with a long name or a name
Issue 5.2.24: AV-TSX startup code contains blatant errors.
287 TCHAR name;
288 _stprintf(&name, _T(''\\Storage Card\\%s''), findData.cFileName);
289 Install(&name, hInstance);
Here, name is not a character array but a single character in memory. The stprintf function
expects its first parameter to be a character array, so the programmer had to use the&operator
to get the address of name, rather than its value. The result is an obvious buffer overflow. A
string that includes the filename, which could be under an attacker's control, gets copied over
whatever data resides in the memory region following name.
That this code works at all seems purely accidental. Memory corruption occurs even when
legitimate
containing particular characters might be able to crash the program or, possibly, execute
malicious code.
This bug sheds light on the vendor's software engineering practices, because it is a very
unusual error for an experienced C++ programmer to make. Characters and character arrays
are very different constructs in C++. Students using the language for the first time might
confuse the two, but experienced programmers who understand basic concepts like pointers
would be unlikely to confuse them. The probability that an experienced C++ programmer
would make such a mistake or overlook it during even a cursory review of the code is
exceptionally low. This suggests to us that after this code was written it was not reviewed
by any other engineers at Diebold.
That's gold Jerry! Gold!
And since this has always been publicly available... it is just information demanding to be released from it's bonds.
it's = it is, contraction
its = belongs to it, possessive form.
As an example, "It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner."
To test which you should use, simply replace its/it's with 'it is' and see if the sentence still makes sense.
And to those who say 'who cares, you know what I meant!111', remember this: if your only native language is English and you can't master it, then you're the master of no language.
Obligatory video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=oWorVoeZd3A
It's a lot better for the submitter to link to his own blog post and put a personal, biased opinion on the submission instead of doing what you said. You'd think that editors would strip out such biased garbage from submissions and let, you know, the community make those statements instead of reporting them as news. Then again, it's not like they've ever cared to do that.
Let's see how many people are outraged when Apple does something like this, as opposed to say, Sony or Microsoft. I'm definitely not approving or defending any company doing this kind of thing, but I do expect a bit of a disconnect as to the reaction. Call me cynical.
She did surrender. From the CBC story
Sarkozy defeated his rival, Socialist Party Leader Ségolène Royal, who conceded minutes after polls closed at 8 p.m. local time
Ripped from snpp:
Homer, meanwhile, uses a pickaxe to make some speed holes in his own
car.
Ned: Whatcha diddely-doin', neighbor?
Homer: Aw, putting speed holes in my car. Makes it go faster.
Ned: Is that so? Well, gee, maybe the old Flanders-mobile could use
some -- [a shot rings out] aah! [Ned collapses]
[he gets up slowly] Wow! Lucky I always keep a bible close to
my heart -- [boom!] aah! [Ned collapses]
[he gets up] Ho ho, lucky I was wearing an extra large piece of
the True Cross today. I think I'll go inside.
[a shot hits Homer's pick axe]
Homer: What keeps doing that?
Tony: I told you we should have bought more than three bullets. Let's
just grab him!
-- Louie the henchman, not the marksman, "Homer the Clown"
Our "amendments" are called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (I'd have used the official link but it seems the laws page of Justice Canada is down..)
Our freedom of expression (freedom of speech) is listed in section 2. As far as the second amendment, we don't really have a need to carry guns.
You do realize what U.S.C stands for right? (here's a hint.. you wouldn't cite it in Canada..)
Quebec is actually the 'biggest' province by landmass, but yes, Ontario (where I'm from) is the biggest population-wise
Où est-ce que j'ai laissé mes lunettes?
I'm one of those bilingual Canadians. Where I come from, bilingual typically means French and English since they are the two official and most popular languages. Those who are bilingual are often that way from birth.. the way I see it is if you speak French in Ontario you speak English as well. You catch English like a cold, it's simply much easier. The concept of putting off dementia if you're bilingual is an interesting one, since I have some memories in French and some in English.
You win
No individual recognition. Less money than a nobel. Lame.
I find it sort of funny that whenever I want to find a place to download the garbage mentioned in stories, I can't.. I can only remember Gator letting you go on their website to directly download what it is you wanted.
(For those wondering, sometimes I feel like downloading things just so I can play with it if I wanted to, in a VM for example, where a snapshot can make everything go away)
Can you say anything if you just ask?
This also happened in Ottawa in 2005. This story and this story sum up the incident. I was in Ottawa at the time, and I keenly remember the US Embassy lying to our face about using this signal. "Oddly" enough, the problem stopped once the CBC contacted the Embassy and asked them about it. Too bad those engineers didn't get to trace the signal back. What also got to me while trying to get through downtown is how the embassy is allowed to eat up a lane of traffic for their precious concrete walls, as if there was ever a real danger in Canada. I heard that those walls were tested in Canada because of the low risk, I guess it's convenient to test concrete walls and signal jamming here.
It's still not a license to write things the wrong way, nor an excuse for poor language skills. French is my first language and I know the difference between the two and employ the words correctly. If you forced yourself to get it right a long time ago, by now it would come naturally and you wouldn't have to think about it. As I say to all the anglophone apologists: if you're not good in your only tongue, then you're not good in ANY language.
I visit the websites for the articles.
Sure it does
I was going to go take pictures of it myself (I drink one of those pouches a day, almost), but it's easier to find it on the internets
This is exactly what it looks like, I have 2 of those bags downstairs (and a few empty ones I haven't taken out of the fridge yet)
The little thing on the bag is to cut open the milk, most pitchers have little holes specially made to fit the little clip on top
I also found this image. Tee hee. (Again, that's exactly as you find it in stores today). I think this is what others refer to as 'full cream' milk (not skim/1|2%/low fat)
There's a bit of a tribute site here but it's pretty old (based on what the bag of milk looks like).. The person also really sucks at cutting the hole, it usually comes out much nicer if you do it right
P.S. I believe British Columbia may use the jugs, Ontario uses the bags (which is why I was bothered by California's milk, which comes in jugs, I'm used to the bags)
P.P.S. In Australia, the norm is 'full cream' milk, and 2% (which is the norm here in Ontario) is not too normal there, another difference in milk I've experienced in the world
The headline reminded me of the (in?)famous lifecycle
Well put.