• Patch now! Google Chrome's GPU code has a zero-day

    From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 26 11:53:52 2022
    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to David G. Brooks on Sat Nov 26 21:12:34 2022
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are programmers really this thick?

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Sat Nov 26 22:13:22 2022
    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?


    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    "An infinitely complex system can fail in an infinite number of ways".

    But then, no doubt you are an experienced programmer and know all this?

    John.

    --
    Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday and all is well.

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to John Hill on Sat Nov 26 22:25:20 2022
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to" and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts, are all sent to try us.

    --
    Tim

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to TimS on Sat Nov 26 22:38:44 2022
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:25:20 -0000, TimS <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to" >> and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Just don't make mistakes. Think at every line you write. Just pretend you're writing code for an automated car or a life support machine in a hospital.

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to TimS on Sun Nov 27 09:14:37 2022
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> >>> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to" >> and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow the KISS principle.

    John.

    --
    Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change,
    the courage to change the things I can,
    and the wisdom to know the difference.

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to John Hill on Sun Nov 27 09:59:23 2022
    John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >>> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to" >>> and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse. >>
    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow the KISS principle.

    These guys who delight in knocking certain applications and their
    developers have no idea how difficult it as always been in developing user friendly systems. And then they have the cheek to accuse some of
    deliberately writing malicious code. Going back to my s/w dev days in the 70’s and 80’s I don’t know how we ever managed to produce useable s/w systems with the crude tools we had available at the time.

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Sun Nov 27 09:21:00 2022
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:38:44 GMT, "Commander Kinsey" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:25:20 -0000, TimS <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >>> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to" >>> and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse. >>
    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Just don't make mistakes. Think at every line you write. Just pretend you're writing code for an automated car or a life support machine in a hospital.

    It's not about single lines of code. It's about the entirety of what is going on.

    --
    Tim

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  • From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to John Hill on Sun Nov 27 11:37:38 2022
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >>> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to" >>> and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse. >>
    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow the KISS principle.

    John.

    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one. My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started
    his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!

    --
    Kind regards
    David

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  • From Chris@21:1/5 to TimS on Sun Nov 27 12:43:32 2022
    On 27/11/2022 09:21, TimS wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:38:44 GMT, "Commander Kinsey" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:25:20 -0000, TimS <[email protected]> wrote: >>
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >>>> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Just don't make mistakes. Think at every line you write. Just pretend you're writing code for an automated car or a life support machine in a hospital.

    It's not about single lines of code. It's about the entirety of what is going on.

    Exactly. Your code could be perfect in every way, but the libraries you
    are using - which all code requires - may introduce the vulnerability.

    Github have a nice system now of informing you of dependencies in your
    code which have new security fixes and encouraging you to bump your
    dependency versions.

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  • From WolfFan@21:1/5 to David G. Brooks on Sun Nov 27 09:37:22 2022
    On Nov 26, 2022, David G. Brooks wrote
    (in article <k7ngL.2606062$%[email protected]>):

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-p
    atched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Or simply don’t use Chrome. It’s a massive security violation even when it’s not hacked: it feeds data to Google.

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  • From Joerg Lorenz@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 27 16:34:59 2022
    Am 26.11.22 um 12:53 schrieb David G. Brooks:
    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Stop this malwarebyte-ad-crap!
    Only the very naive use Google Chrome/Chromium. Mac user and Chrome!?
    This is a sacrilege!

    --
    Gutta cavat lapidem (Ovid)

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to David G. Brooks on Sun Nov 27 16:31:57 2022
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >>>> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.

    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one. My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started
    his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!


    Good for him! And for your son, though I was sad to read "late". I dodged
    that bullet; my eldest son has just come home after a year in hospital in Canada.

    John.

    --
    Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday,and all is well.

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  • From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to John Hill on Sun Nov 27 16:56:39 2022
    On 27/11/2022 16:31, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    [....]
    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.

    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one. My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started
    his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!


    Good for him! And for your son, though I was sad to read "late". I dodged that bullet; my eldest son has just come home after a year in hospital in Canada.

    Thank you. Nick was just 28 when he died in January 1999, so he'd have
    been 52 next month. There was nobody for me to blame; no cause for his
    death was found. :-(

    A year in hospital is such a /very/ long time. My heart goes out both to
    him and to you, John. Is he set to recover to 'normal' now, or is that
    not to be? Regardless, I send him my very best wishes.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to TimS on Sun Nov 27 18:55:06 2022
    On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 09:21:00 -0000, TimS <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:38:44 GMT, "Commander Kinsey" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:25:20 -0000, TimS <[email protected]> wrote: >>
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >>>> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Just don't make mistakes. Think at every line you write. Just pretend you're writing code for an automated car or a life support machine in a hospital.

    It's not about single lines of code. It's about the entirety of what is going on.

    Then think about that too.

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to David G. Brooks on Sun Nov 27 18:28:49 2022
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 16:31, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    [....]
    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.

    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one. My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!


    Good for him! And for your son, though I was sad to read "late". I dodged
    that bullet; my eldest son has just come home after a year in hospital in
    Canada.

    Thank you. Nick was just 28 when he died in January 1999, so he'd have
    been 52 next month. There was nobody for me to blame; no cause for his
    death was found. :-(

    A year in hospital is such a /very/ long time. My heart goes out both to
    him and to you, John. Is he set to recover to 'normal' now, or is that
    not to be? Regardless, I send him my very best wishes.



    He's far from well, I fear, and recovery will take a long time and probably never be complete. But there were at least four occasions when we thought
    he we'd lost him. His wife did a excellent job keeping us informed.

    Thank you for your wishes.

    J.


    --
    Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday,and all is well.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Alan B on Sun Nov 27 23:10:20 2022
    On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 09:59:23 -0000, Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:

    John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated >>>>>> to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows, >>>>>> which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code >>>> that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    These guys who delight in knocking certain applications and their
    developers have no idea how difficult it as always been in developing user friendly systems. And then they have the cheek to accuse some of deliberately writing malicious code. Going back to my s/w dev days in the 70’s and 80’s I don’t know how we ever managed to produce useable s/w systems with the crude tools we had available at the time.

    Because back then programmers had brains. Now any Tom Dick and Harry tries to code using tools and screws it all up.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to John Hill on Tue Nov 29 10:14:50 2022
    On 27/11/2022 18:28, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 16:31, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    [....]
    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.

    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one. My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life! >>>>

    Good for him! And for your son, though I was sad to read "late". I dodged >>> that bullet; my eldest son has just come home after a year in hospital in >>> Canada.

    Thank you. Nick was just 28 when he died in January 1999, so he'd have
    been 52 next month. There was nobody for me to blame; no cause for his
    death was found. :-(

    A year in hospital is such a /very/ long time. My heart goes out both to
    him and to you, John. Is he set to recover to 'normal' now, or is that
    not to be? Regardless, I send him my very best wishes.

    He's far from well, I fear, and recovery will take a long time and probably never be complete. But there were at least four occasions when we thought
    he we'd lost him. His wife did a excellent job keeping us informed.

    Thank you for your wishes.

    J.

    You are welcome. :-)

    It's none of my business, I know, John, but I keep wondering. Was your
    son badly injured in an accident or is he suffering from a long-term
    illness.
    Has his wife come with him to your home to help look after him .... and
    you?!!

    D.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From whisky-dave@21:1/5 to David G. Brooks on Tue Nov 29 05:22:52 2022
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern
    programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started
    his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!

    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?


    --
    Kind regards
    David

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to whisky-dave on Tue Nov 29 15:39:26 2022
    On 29/11/2022 13:22, whisky-dave wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>>>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>>>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    VERY!

    When John said this - "But then, no doubt you are an experienced
    programmer and know all this?" he was, in my opinion, being facetious.

    >My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started
    his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!

    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?

    No, I never did. :-(

    Did you read here? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254352620?answerId=258162085022#258162085022

    The ASC forum wasn't too helpful, was it?

    --
    David

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to David G. Brooks on Tue Nov 29 16:55:03 2022
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 18:28, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 16:31, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    [....]
    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.

    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one. My late son was awarded >>>>> the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>>>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life! >>>>>

    Good for him! And for your son, though I was sad to read "late". I dodged >>>> that bullet; my eldest son has just come home after a year in hospital in >>>> Canada.

    Thank you. Nick was just 28 when he died in January 1999, so he'd have
    been 52 next month. There was nobody for me to blame; no cause for his
    death was found. :-(

    A year in hospital is such a /very/ long time. My heart goes out both to >>> him and to you, John. Is he set to recover to 'normal' now, or is that
    not to be? Regardless, I send him my very best wishes.

    He's far from well, I fear, and recovery will take a long time and probably >> never be complete. But there were at least four occasions when we thought
    he we'd lost him. His wife did a excellent job keeping us informed.

    Thank you for your wishes.

    J.

    You are welcome. :-)

    It's none of my business, I know, John, but I keep wondering. Was your
    son badly injured in an accident or is he suffering from a long-term
    illness.
    Has his wife come with him to your home to help look after him .... and you?!!

    D.



    He was perfectly fit until last November, went into hospital for what
    should have been a minor op but problems cropped up.

    Since they live in Canada, practical support has had to come from his
    wife's family. She is Canadian.

    John.

    --
    Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday,and all is well.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to whisky-dave on Tue Nov 29 16:55:03 2022
    whisky-dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a >>>>>>> high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild


    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and >>>>> time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>>>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    I did wonder about that myself. Especially as I too have a degree in
    physics, from Oxford.


    My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started
    his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!

    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?


    --
    Kind regards
    David




    --
    Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday,and all is well.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to John Hill on Tue Nov 29 17:30:58 2022
    On 29/11/2022 16:55, John Hill wrote:
    whisky-dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>
    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the >>>>>>>> browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild


    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and >>>>>> more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    I did wonder about that myself. Especially as I too have a degree in
    physics, from Oxford.

    I just KNEW that you are more clever than most folk posting here! ;-)

    Yet have you no clue about what transpired here?

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254352620?answerId=258162085022#258162085022

    >My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!

    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?


    --
    Kind regards
    David

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to John Hill on Tue Nov 29 17:32:47 2022
    On 29/11/2022 16:55, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 29/11/2022 13:22, whisky-dave wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>
    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild

    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>>>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    VERY!

    When John said this - "But then, no doubt you are an experienced
    programmer and know all this?" he was, in my opinion, being facetious.

    Correct.

    Thank you. :-D

    My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!

    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?

    No, I never did. :-(

    Did you read here? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254352620?answerId=258162085022#258162085022

    The ASC forum wasn't too helpful, was it?

    --
    David

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to David G. Brooks on Tue Nov 29 18:51:14 2022
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 29/11/2022 16:55, John Hill wrote:
    whisky-dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>
    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild.

    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild


    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>>>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    I did wonder about that myself. Especially as I too have a degree in
    physics, from Oxford.

    I just KNEW that you are more clever than most folk posting here! ;-)

    Yet have you no clue about what transpired here?

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254352620?answerId=258162085022#258162085022

    My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life!

    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?


    --
    Kind regards
    David




    Come off it, David. It's not all that relevant. And it's a very long time
    ago, anyway.

    And as for the link, no.

    John.
    --
    Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday,and all is well.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From David G. Brooks@21:1/5 to John Hill on Tue Nov 29 19:06:12 2022
    On 29/11/2022 18:51, John Hill wrote:
    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 29/11/2022 16:55, John Hill wrote:
    whisky-dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>
    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild. >>>>>>>>>>
    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild


    Why do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are >>>>>>>>> programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>>>>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    I did wonder about that myself. Especially as I too have a degree in
    physics, from Oxford.

    I just KNEW that you are more clever than most folk posting here! ;-)

    Yet have you no clue about what transpired here?

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254352620?answerId=258162085022#258162085022

    My late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>>>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life! >>>>
    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?


    --
    Kind regards
    David




    Come off it, David. It's not all that relevant. And it's a very long time ago, anyway.

    Posted on Nov 6, 2022 10:57 AM

    It wasn't THAT long ago!

    And as for the link, no.

    John.

    Did you actually watch one of Savageduck's drone videos? They are
    excellent, especially for an amateur.

    Try here:- https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work-2021/i-g4qL6Ht/0/d530f7d6/1920/Morro%20Bay%20November%2029p-1920.mp4

    Enjoy! :-D

    --
    David

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to John Hill on Tue Nov 29 21:06:47 2022
    On 2022-11-29 18:51:14 +0000, John Hill <[email protected]> said:

    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 29/11/2022 16:55, John Hill wrote:
    whisky-dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote:
    On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>
    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild. >>>>>>>>>>
    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild


    Why

    do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that >>>>>>>> you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics
    from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    I did wonder about that myself. Especially as I too have a degree in
    physics, from Oxford.

    I just KNEW that you are more clever than most folk posting here! ;-)

    Yet have you no clue about what transpired here?

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254352620?answerId=258162085022#258162085022

    My

    late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>>>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life! >>>>
    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?


    --
    Kind regards
    David




    Come off it, David. It's not all that relevant. And it's a very long time ago, anyway.

    And as for the link, no.

    John.

    "not all that relevant" is his forte (along with trolling & cross-posting)
    --
    Cheers ... Mark

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to Mark on Wed Nov 30 10:47:26 2022
    Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2022-11-29 18:51:14 +0000, John Hill <[email protected]> said:

    David G. Brooks <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 29/11/2022 16:55, John Hill wrote:
    whisky-dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:37:40 UTC, David G. Brooks wrote: >>>>>> On 27/11/2022 09:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:25:20 GMT, "TimS" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>
    On 26 Nov 2022 at 22:13:22 GMT, John Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>
    Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:53:52 -0000, David G. Brooks <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to patch a
    high severity vulnerability that's being used in the wild. >>>>>>>>>>>
    Chrome's Stable channel, the home of official releases, has been updated
    to 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows,
    which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

    Mitigation

    Chrome users should ensure they are running the latest versions of the
    browser.

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/11/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-patched-that-was-used-in-the-wild


    Why

    do programmers let these holes in in the first place? Are
    programmers really this thick?

    As a one-writer of software, I know just how difficult it is to write code
    that hasn't gone any holes in it. It can be extraordinarily difficult and
    time-consuming to check every line to be sure that, for instance, that
    you've got the correct choice of "greater than", "greater than or equal to"
    and "not less than". And that is in quite simple modules.

    Off-by-one is perhaps more of a problem.

    It's over thirty years ago now when things were much simpler. Modern >>>>>>>>> programming must be a nightmare! And of course, as things get bigger and
    more complicated and more people get involved, it gets exponentially worse.

    No, things were complicated then too. Sequencing, race conditions, interrupts,
    are all sent to try us.

    Indeed. But considering to whom I was replying, I thought it better to follow
    the KISS principle.

    John.
    The person to whom you were responding has a good degree in Physics >>>>>> from Manchester University, the 'proper' one.

    But how relevant is that ?

    I did wonder about that myself. Especially as I too have a degree in
    physics, from Oxford.

    I just KNEW that you are more clever than most folk posting here! ;-)

    Yet have you no clue about what transpired here?

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254352620?answerId=258162085022#258162085022

    My

    late son was awarded
    the same degree from the same establishment circa 1991 before he started >>>>>> his computing career with ICL, now Fujitsu, in Stevenage.

    *Never assume* - *CHECK* - that's been my watch-phrase all of my life! >>>>>
    Did you ever find out how SD's movies got onto you cloud drive. ?


    --
    Kind regards
    David




    Come off it, David. It's not all that relevant. And it's a very long time
    ago, anyway.

    And as for the link, no.

    John.

    "not all that relevant" is his forte (along with trolling & cross-posting)

    David or me?

    John.

    --
    Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday,and all is well.

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to John Hill on Wed Nov 30 10:54:52 2022
    John Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
    "not all that relevant" is his forte (along with trolling & cross-posting)

    David or me?

    I doubt very much that he’s referring to you ;-)

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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