From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
To: Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>
Cc: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Breaking system configuration in stable kernels
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:18:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200110120218.f9C2IFUD004907@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> of "11 Oct 2001 16:54:41 -0400." <m3itdl28z2.fsf@belphigor.mcnaught.org>
Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> said:
> davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes:
>
> > Microsoft has actually had two good ideas; the software floating
> > point in the FORTRAN compiler for the 8080 CP/M system (one extra bit
> > of precision) and MS-CHAP to prevent clear text passwords from passing
> > on the net.
>
> Kerberos predates the latter by quite a bit.
And numerical analysis types will tell you that extra precision in
intermediate results is *EVIL* ;-)
--
Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-12 2:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <01Oct8.234022edt.62391@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca>
2001-10-09 18:55 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-10-09 19:30 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-11 18:15 ` bill davidsen
2001-10-11 20:54 ` Doug McNaught
2001-10-12 2:18 ` Horst von Brand [this message]
[not found] <007e01c152c7$2f7d39b0$1a01a8c0@allyourbase>
2001-10-15 21:43 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-10-08 15:54 Bill Davidsen
2001-10-08 19:35 ` Kain X
2001-10-09 20:00 ` Tim Moore
2001-10-09 20:13 ` Tim Moore
2001-10-15 22:19 ` Bill Davidsen
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