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illusionweaver
May 11th, 2008, 09:12 AM
http://osnews.com/story/19731/The-25-Year-Old-UNIX-Bug

It's amazing how much of an impact this one bug has had.
john_spiral
May 11th, 2008, 09:38 AM
that will teach them for using an MS-DOS filesystem ;-)
Tundro Walker
May 11th, 2008, 04:26 PM
I like how the accusation was initially met with disbelief. Some things never change.
collinp
May 11th, 2008, 04:33 PM
I can't believe they didn't discover that bug for 25 years! Guess Linux and Windows will never get along lol.
Tundro Walker
May 12th, 2008, 04:57 AM
I can't believe they didn't discover that bug for 25 years! Guess Linux and Windows will never get along lol.


"The coincidence here, Herb, is not that we've stumbled across big foot, elvis & space aliens all playing poker at Atlantis. It's that we brought a camera, it has film in it, and it's in focus."

- Bob explains the meaning of "coincidence" to Herb
3rdalbum
May 12th, 2008, 06:55 AM
http://osnews.com/story/19731/The-25-Year-Old-UNIX-Bug

It's amazing how much of an impact this one bug has had.

Almost none really, that's why it was hidden for so long.