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Re:The .zip file specification is flawed by asmithmd1 on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:18PM (#13172646)
Yes, this happened with a building built in NYC in the late 1970's:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_t...

An undergraduate doing a class project on the building uncovered the flaw.

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Re:The .zip file specification is flawed by mmahemoff on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:20PM (#13172993)
"It was only after seeing the documentary that she began to learn about the impact that her undergraduate thesis had on the fate of Manhattan."

Amazing story.

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