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A comment on Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms [pdf].

Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by wildmusings on Sunday September 18, 2016 @09:49AM (#12525283)
Actual title: Twice the Bits, Twice the Trouble

Better title: Double the Bits, Double the Trouble

Might seem stupid, but something like that can play a big role in memorability. I don't think we'd all remember "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit" by name if it didn't have such a delicious title.

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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by JBiserkov on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:34AM (#12525460)
I agree. One possible reason against it though is that 'double' by itself is also used as a type denoting 'double precision floating point number'
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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by gruez on Sunday September 18, 2016 @11:24AM (#12525648)
>I don't think we'd all remember "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit" by name if it didn't have such a delicious title.

Am I the only person here that doesn't like "for fun and profit" titles?

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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by wildmusings on Sunday September 18, 2016 @12:29PM (#12525878)
Was it overused at that point? My understanding is that people started abusing it after Smashing the Stack...

"Smashing the Stack" is also the best part.

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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by poshli on Sunday September 18, 2016 @01:01PM (#12526045)
not as bad as ".... considered harmful"
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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by ludamad on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:05AM (#12525340)
Why do you think that's a better title?
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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by VodkaHaze on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:21AM (#12525405)
Because that's what team rocket would chant if they upgraded their servers
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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by wildmusings on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:17AM (#12525387)
"Double [the] trouble" is a somewhat common idiomatic phrase. It rhymes "double" with "trouble", and the word "double" has a pleasant ring to it in its own right.
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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by Razengan on Sunday September 18, 2016 @01:36PM (#12526201)
Yes, it has a nice woody quality, "twice" is too tinny.
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Re:Vulnerabilities Induced by Migrating to 64-Bit Platforms ... by shioyama on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:11AM (#12525368)
I guess because "double" rhymes with "trouble" maybe?
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