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From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] Did realloc ever zero the new memory?
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 15:16:51 +1000 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1509121505010.61390@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1441931343.25526.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org>

On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Norman Wilson wrote:

>   #$%^&*\{{{
> 
>   NO CARRIER
> 
> +++
> ATH

My favourite would be:

+++
(pause - this was necessary)
ATZ

I.e. a reset.

I think there were even worse ones in the Hayes codes, like ATH3 or 
something.  Dammit, but mental bit-rot is setting in.

Of course, I never did such an evil thing, your honour...  Honest!  Never!

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
 I'll support shark-culling when they have been observed walking on dry land.



       reply	other threads:[~2015-09-12  5:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1441931343.25526.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org>
2015-09-12  5:16 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
2015-09-12  6:47   ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2015-09-13  0:32 Doug McIlroy
2015-09-13  1:15 ` Larry McVoy
2015-09-13  6:09   ` Dave Horsfall
2015-09-14  3:20     ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2015-09-17  4:42       ` Jonathan Gevaryahu
2015-09-13  7:06   ` markus schnalke
2015-09-13 10:32     ` Dave Horsfall
2015-09-13 11:06       ` markus schnalke
2015-09-13 12:13     ` Derek Fawcus
2015-09-13 13:45       ` John Cowan
2015-09-13  1:30 ` Random832
2015-09-13  2:29   ` Charles Anthony
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-09-11 15:41 Norman Wilson
2015-09-11 16:44 ` scj
2015-09-10 19:52 David
2015-09-10 20:10 ` Jim Capp
2015-09-10 20:21   ` Larry McVoy
2015-09-10 20:22     ` David
2015-09-10 20:27       ` Larry McVoy
2015-09-10 20:29         ` David
2015-09-10 20:41     ` Clem Cole
2015-09-11  6:30       ` arnold
2015-09-11 14:36         ` Clem Cole
2015-09-11  0:13 ` Dave Horsfall

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