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Yavor Doganov |
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Subject: |
www/fun/jokes gnu-overflow.html |
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:10:33 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 09/11/02 14:10:33
Modified files:
fun/jokes : gnu-overflow.html
Log message:
Split <pre> contents. Don't include footer-min.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/fun/jokes/gnu-overflow.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
Patches:
Index: gnu-overflow.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/fun/jokes/gnu-overflow.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -b -r1.6 -r1.7
--- gnu-overflow.html 5 Nov 2008 00:45:28 -0000 1.6
+++ gnu-overflow.html 2 Nov 2009 14:10:25 -0000 1.7
@@ -1,88 +1,85 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-
<title>GNU-Overflow - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
-
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-
<h2>GNU-Overflow</h2>
-<pre>
-The recursive acronym "GNU's Not Unix" harbors a stack overflow bug that
-can cause the English language to crash and may allow arbitrary linguistic
-commands to be executed, according to a message posted on gnu.acronym.bug
-this morning. All sites running GNU software are urged to apply a
-temporary patch which changes the expansion of the acronym to "GNU Needs
-Users", until a permanent patch is avaliable. GNU project founder Richard
-M. Stallman is currently hunting the error in the acronym he created over
-a decade ago.
-
-"Linguistic bugs are notoriously difficult to track down," Stallman told
-segfault.org via email. "The capacity of the stack depends on the memory
-of the person reading the buggy text. In addition, there is not yet any
-English interface to gdb, which means searching manually through coredumps
-to find the problem."
-
-Most people experience the stack overflow at around 600 expansions of the
-acronym. In practice, few people have cause to carry the expansion this
-far, so the main concern lies with the security risk posed by the bug.
-Although no exploit has yet been discovered, a malicious user could
-theoretically embed commands into the same section of text as the acronym
-expansion, allowing them to change the syntax of the language, redefine
-words, and create new figures of speech with arbitrary meanings.
-
-Many on the net saw the bug as a chance to reopen old holy wars. "The
-stack problems that are endemic in the computer industry today are a
-direct result of the widespread adoption of English as the language of
-choice," said one Dothead. "English is a fine tool for low-level
-descriptions and expository writing, but it offers too many
-inconsistencies and is far too unstable to use in production environments.
-It's time to move to languages like Esperanto that feature built-in stack
-protection." When it was pointed out that he had written his comment in
-English, the poster went into an incoherent rant, finishing with "La cina
-industrio, kun fama milijara tradicio, pli kaj pli largskale produktas
-ankau komputilon! Sed kiel aspekta la cina komputil-merkato el la vidpunko
-de la aplikanto? Mi provos respondi al tiu demando lau personaj spertoj en
-la plej granda cina urbo, Sanhajo!"
-
-FUD Week magazine was quick to cash in on the incident, as well. "It is
-clear that freeware cannot be relied upon to keep the English language
-secure," says an online editorial. "We suggest that these `computer
-hippies` get their acts together before attempting hippopotamus nap delta
-foley snurk tin possibility."
-
-Meanwhile, an anxious public waits for the restoration of the GNU acronym.
-Until the bug is fixed, we urge you to download the temporary patch from
-your nearest mirror site and keep in mind that this process of continuous
-revision is what has made both free software and human language into
-forces to be reckoned with.
-
-Jake Berendes contributed to this report.
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-<a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a>
-in the GNU Humor Collection.</p>
-
-<div class="infobox">
-<h4 id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</h4><p>The joke on this page was
-obtained from the FSF's <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/";>email
-archives</a> of the GNU Project.</p>
+<p>The recursive acronym “GNU's Not Unix” harbors a stack
+overflow bug that can cause the English language to crash and may
+allow arbitrary linguistic commands to be executed, according to a
+message posted on <tt>gnu.acronym.bug</tt> this morning. All sites
+running GNU software are urged to apply a temporary patch which
+changes the expansion of the acronym to “GNU Needs Users”,
+until a permanent patch is avaliable. GNU project founder Richard
+M. Stallman is currently hunting the error in the acronym he created
+over a decade ago.</p>
+
+<p>“Linguistic bugs are notoriously difficult to track
+down,” Stallman told <tt>segfault.org</tt> via email.
+“The capacity of the stack depends on the memory of the person
+reading the buggy text. In addition, there is not yet any English
+interface to GDB, which means searching manually through coredumps to
+find the problem.”</p>
+
+<p>Most people experience the stack overflow at around 600 expansions
+of the acronym. In practice, few people have cause to carry the
+expansion this far, so the main concern lies with the security risk
+posed by the bug. Although no exploit has yet been discovered, a
+malicious user could theoretically embed commands into the same
+section of text as the acronym expansion, allowing them to change the
+syntax of the language, redefine words, and create new figures of
+speech with arbitrary meanings.</p>
+
+<p>Many on the net saw the bug as a chance to reopen old holy wars.
+“The stack problems that are endemic in the computer industry
+today are a direct result of the widespread adoption of English as the
+language of choice,” said one Dothead. “English is a fine
+tool for low-level descriptions and expository writing, but it offers
+too many inconsistencies and is far too unstable to use in production
+environments. It's time to move to languages like Esperanto that
+feature built-in stack protection.” When it was pointed out that
+he had written his comment in English, the poster went into an
+incoherent rant, finishing with “La cina industrio, kun fama
+milijara tradicio, pli kaj pli largskale produktas ankau komputilon!
+Sed kiel aspekta la cina komputil-merkato el la vidpunko de la
+aplikanto? Mi provos respondi al tiu demando lau personaj spertoj en
+la plej granda cina urbo, Sanhajo!”</p>
+
+<p>FUD Week magazine was quick to cash in on the incident, as well.
+“It is clear that freeware cannot be relied upon to keep the
+English language secure,” says an online editorial. “We
+suggest that these ‘computer hippies’ get their acts
+together before attempting hippopotamus nap delta foley snurk tin
+possibility.”</p>
+
+<p>Meanwhile, an anxious public waits for the restoration of the GNU
+acronym. Until the bug is fixed, we urge you to download the
+temporary patch from your nearest mirror site and keep in mind that
+this process of continuous revision is what has made both free
+software and human language into forces to be reckoned with.</p>
+
+<p>Jake Berendes contributed to this report.</p>
+
+<p><a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a> in the GNU Humor
+Collection.</p>
+
+<h4 id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</h4>
+<p>The joke on this page was obtained from the
+FSF's <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/";>email archives</a> of the GNU
+Project.</p>
<p>The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this joke.</p>
-</div>
</div>
-<!--#include virtual="/server/footer-min.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
<p>
Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>. There are
-also <a href="http://www.fsf.org/about/contact.html";>other ways to
-contact</a> the FSF.
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>. There are
+also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> the FSF.
<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
</p>
<p>
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/11/05 00:45:28 $
+$Date: 2009/11/02 14:10:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
@@ -103,24 +100,25 @@
<div id="translations">
<h4>Translations of this page</h4>
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+<!-- If you add a new language here, please -->
+<!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
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+<!-- use the 3-letter ISO 639-2. -->
+<!-- Please use W3C normative character entities. -->
<ul class="translations-list">
<!-- English -->
<li><a href="/fun/jokes/gnu-overflow.html">English</a> [en]</li>
</ul>
-
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