So, in all the free time you guys have 
this is an interesting read sent to me by my friend David :
https://slate.com/technology/2019/1...oftware-history.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab
The subject line is deliberate. This is about code mistakes, raider software (viruses) lost Mars orbiter, bitcoin and landing on the Moon
Along the way you will find the two sentences in quotes below and my reaction (no quotes). You'll also begin to appreciate the bizarrely well constructed SHORT code snips that have influenced the world. There's a one-line virus! Yup.
Like Facebook? Catch the tracking pixel at work. {{GOOD GRIEF GRIFFIN.... Someone tracks how many times the LIKE 'button' is pressed. A sorry life I mess with by NEVER pressing it .}} edit : except in B4X Fora
Some of this stuff is So deep inside the software, OS etc you wonder at the depth of knowledge of people who do things to violate our machines, time and world :
Here are your two sentences - noted because we all do stuff on these devices.... Now go make coffee, tea or your fancy and relax for a while...
"This is done by giving lower priority to users that are anticipated to require more resources."
Now, that's just witchcraft : how do they know?
And so is this :
"Just three lines of code that make all 3G and 4G cellular networks around the world work."
this is an interesting read sent to me by my friend David :https://slate.com/technology/2019/1...oftware-history.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab
The subject line is deliberate. This is about code mistakes, raider software (viruses) lost Mars orbiter, bitcoin and landing on the Moon
LOVE THIS, this is true programming geek humour :
TC WHIMPER -1 # YES. DONT DO POODOO. DO BAILOUT.
.... Yup it's in the Moon lander codeAlong the way you will find the two sentences in quotes below and my reaction (no quotes). You'll also begin to appreciate the bizarrely well constructed SHORT code snips that have influenced the world. There's a one-line virus! Yup.
Like Facebook? Catch the tracking pixel at work. {{GOOD GRIEF GRIFFIN.... Someone tracks how many times the LIKE 'button' is pressed. A sorry life I mess with by NEVER pressing it .}} edit : except in B4X Fora
Some of this stuff is So deep inside the software, OS etc you wonder at the depth of knowledge of people who do things to violate our machines, time and world :
Heartbleed could have allowed perpetrators to steal unencrypted secret information, including credentials and encryption keys, through a buffer over-read vulnerability that affected millions of devices.
Here are your two sentences - noted because we all do stuff on these devices.... Now go make coffee, tea or your fancy and relax for a while...
"This is done by giving lower priority to users that are anticipated to require more resources."
Now, that's just witchcraft : how do they know?
And so is this :
"Just three lines of code that make all 3G and 4G cellular networks around the world work."
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