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,FREEMAIL_FROM, LOTS_OF_MONEY 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: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-04 20:37:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional References: <9kci3p$ri$1@elf.eng.bsdi.com> <9kdeuv$dfh@augusta.math.psu.edu> <9kecu6$f8i@augusta.math.psu.edu> Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 15:38:18 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.55.179.16 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 996982638 210.55.179.16 (Sun, 05 Aug 2001 15:37:18 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 15:37:18 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11302 comp.lang.c:72238 comp.lang.c++:80029 comp.lang.functional:7308 Date: 2001-08-05T15:38:18+12:00 List-Id: "Kaz Kylheku" wrote in message news:vABa7.11263$B37.246587@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com... > In article <9kecu6$f8i@augusta.math.psu.edu>, Dan Cross wrote: > >In article , > >Kaz Kylheku wrote: > I don't know whether there is a word for ``mistake'' which also has > conntations of severity, so that it's inapplicable to situations like > ordering the wrong soft drink. I checked an online thesaurus, and > it came up with nothing. ;) Crash? BSoD?