From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-03 15:13:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!148.122.208.68!news2.oke.nextra.no!nextra.com!news3.oke.nextra.no.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B6B1D86.153D54F1@online.no> From: Tore Lund X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. References: <9kci3p$ri$1@elf.eng.bsdi.com> <9kdeuv$dfh@augusta.math.psu.edu> <9kecu6$f8i@augusta.math.psu.edu> <9TBa7.16564$ar1.61061@www.newsranger.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.67.5.129 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@nextra.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 00:13:00 MEST Organization: Nextra Public Access X-Trace: news3.oke.nextra.no 996876780 130.67.5.129 Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 23:54:14 +0200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11268 comp.lang.c:72020 comp.lang.c++:79836 comp.lang.functional:7280 Date: 2001-08-03T23:54:14+02:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > Its a silly arguement anyway. If everyone started saying "frobozz" whenever they > now say "bug", "frobozz" will just eventually come to mean the same thing. You > can't run away from the meaning people give a concept by meerly changing the > sounds you make with your mouth. Where I used to work, a minor bug was called an "adjustment". If it was more deep-seated, we called it a "hardware problem". Even worse, it was an "occult phenomenon". I bet they called it an "oversight" before that insect was found and the term "bug" was invented. That is the most direct and honest word for it. The effect of an oversight can be quite trivial, but it could also trigger off World War III. If we need a new word, I vote for "oversight". -- Tore