The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003

Re:The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 by bentcorner on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @11:29AM (#6521837)

The more I think about it, the more programming (and computers in general) frustrate me. In the non-digital world, the general rule is small mistakes lead to small consequences (for example, overcooking food will result in it burning and getting worse over time).

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Re:The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 by lcedp on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @12:04PM (#6522097)

But not watching your cooking process can also result to blowing up whole building due to gas explosion. More often it would be just bad meal, of course. But more often small mistake in a program will just result to a compile error or bad behavior.

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Re:The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 by Patrick_Devine on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @12:05PM (#6522103)

Isn't this also what makes computers so wonderful? Small amounts of code let you do amazing things.

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