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Date: October 30th, 2002

Buffer overflows likely to be around for another decade

30 October, 2002 (22:12) | Computer | No comments

Oh my just what we needed to hear - the single biggest flaw in all OS’s is not going to be easily fixed. This is not an MS problem alone. It affects all operating systems because virtually all OS’s were written in C and buffer overflows are common in apps written in C.
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THIS LAND IS MY LAND

30 October, 2002 (11:37) | Sociology | 1 comment

An interesting personal account of a transplanted American growing up in Canada. It really illustrates that, despite the many superficial similarities, we are two very different cultures.
Yes we speak a similar language, read the many of the same books (although I doubt many Americans read CanLit), watch the same movies and listen to the same [...]

Is this man Jack the Ripper?

30 October, 2002 (09:45) | Literarature | No comments

Mystery writer Patricia Cornwell believes she has uncovered the true identity of Jack the Ripper and in the process she spent some 6 million dollars of her own money. While she has unearthed probably the best evidence to date it is still not conclusive. Short of finding a written confession by a credible suspect I [...]

 

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