Thursday, January 29, 2004
Sells Brothers -- Chris's Home on the Web: "Longhorn Meetup
I don't know what a 'Meetup' is, but I signed up for a 'Longhorn Meetup' in 97007 (and I wasn't the first). Will it hurt?"
I just signed up for 98103. We'll see what happens.
I don't know what a 'Meetup' is, but I signed up for a 'Longhorn Meetup' in 97007 (and I wasn't the first). Will it hurt?"
I just signed up for 98103. We'll see what happens.
Raymond Chen has an interesting discussion of Integer overflow in the new[] operator. Integer overflow is an emerging security threat. The attacker finds a way of tricking the system into trying to allocate a buffer based on an integer calculation that overflows. The result is a too small buffer that is at risk for buffer overflow.
It would certainly be nice if the compiler folks could throw an exception or return NULL in these cases. At the assembly level, you could certainly throw an exception with just a few instructions. In the meantime the wise programmer will make sure this can't occur.
It would certainly be nice if the compiler folks could throw an exception or return NULL in these cases. At the assembly level, you could certainly throw an exception with just a few instructions. In the meantime the wise programmer will make sure this can't occur.
The Sells Spout: "Surprised by Microsoft's Openness"
An interesting comment from Chris Sells. Perhaps I need to get some more MS content into my blog.
An interesting comment from Chris Sells. Perhaps I need to get some more MS content into my blog.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
The Eagle Is Grounded: "While America works to protect intellectual property, everyone else is innovating."
Have we taken IP right too far? I'm not ready to jump on the open source band wagon, but there may be a rational middle ground.
Have we taken IP right too far? I'm not ready to jump on the open source band wagon, but there may be a rational middle ground.
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
So I just downloaded NewsGator and entered the wonderful world of RSS feeds. And now I discover that Blogger supports feeds. Will see how this plays out. Subscribe to my feed.
