From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-03 11:07:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!204.94.211.44!enews.sgi.com!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!not-for-mail From: Ben Pfaff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Date: 03 Aug 2001 14:01:43 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Sender: blp@pfaffben.user.msu.edu Message-ID: <87k80lf2ew.fsf@pfaffben.user.msu.edu> References: <9kci3p$ri$1@elf.eng.bsdi.com> <9kdeuv$dfh@augusta.math.psu.edu> <9kecu6$f8i@augusta.math.psu.edu> Reply-To: pfaffben@msu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: pm336-08.dialip.mich.net X-AUTHid: pfaffben X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11243 comp.lang.c:71953 comp.lang.c++:79759 comp.lang.functional:7269 Date: 2001-08-03T14:01:43-04:00 List-Id: kaz@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku) writes: > I don't know whether there is a word for ``mistake'' which also has > conntations of severity, so that it's inapplicable to situations like > ordering the wrong soft drink. I checked an online thesaurus, and > it came up with nothing. ;) "Blunder"? -- "I should killfile you where you stand, worthless human." --Kaz