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- From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
- Subject: Re: Future Amiga chipsets
- References: <1992Dec23.213015.7607@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: Molecular Simulations, Inc.
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 18:52:13 GMT
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- Charles C. Bundy (ccb8m@onyx.cs.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
- :
- : [Unix Worm]
- :
- : Yes, and it isn't BS. You underestimate the intelligence of yer average
- : undergrad.
- :
-
- Then why doesn't it happen more often? Compare, for example, the PC/Mac
- scene, where the anti-virus programs have to be updated with new data every
- couple of weeks?
-
- :
- : What academic institution do you know of that doesn't have Sun's scattered
- : across the place. Locking up computing resources at a university is an
- : oxymoronic. Most of the industrial places I've worked at required escort
- : at the door, but their systems weren't locked up! As a matter of fact
- : Boeing is pretty much an open shop, tho Cray research had to lock down
- : their dial in access in 1990, because of some hacker geek... Twas a damn
- : pain for those of us trying to do research/work remotely.
- :
-
- You've got a good point. I went to BU, where there was little more than
- VT220's hooked up to a couple of VAX/BSD machines, and IBM terminals connected
- to some sort of VM mainframe.
-
- :
- : [Code example]
- :
- : It uses dynamic referencing implicitly.
- :
-
- Obviously, but it uses no pointers or dynamic allocation, and could have been
- written by a second-week CS student.
-
- :
- : No twit, I was implying that you didn't know what you were talking about
- : concerning Unix viruses...
- :
-
- I do not, but it's certainly easier to create one on a DOS/MacOS/AmigaOS
- machine than it is under Unix.
-
- :
- : Charles C. Bundy IV
- :
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- | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
- | Drummers do it... | Burlington, MA USA | in my book of memories. |
- | ... In rhythm! | jerry@msi.com | -- Guns N' Roses |
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