on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:08:37AM -0800, Tom (tb.31123.nospam@comcast.net) wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 01:54:38AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> > on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:43AM -0800, Tom (tb.31123.nospam@comcast.net) wrote:
> > > [snip everybody]
> > > I have this belief that for any arbitrary large block of code, the
> > > # of undiscovered root exploits to be very large (I actually
> > > beleve the # to be limitless -- humans are infinitely clever).
> >
> > I have this belief that the moon is made out of green cheese and
> > that all the good ones are dead.
> >
> > Care to state the basis for your belief, or its relevance to
> > reality?
>
> I said it's intuition. Intution is not logic. It is not proof. It
> is not intended to be proof. Which makes responding to the rest of
> your arguments pointless.
An inelegant retreat, but nonetheless.
If you'd care to make a profit from your musings, you might care to
focus your attentions on the works fo Knuth and Bernstein.
Knuth pays $2.56 for each bug found in his software or books. Given
your intuition, my intuition is that you should find this to be a
limitless income stream.
Bernstein pays $500 for each verifiable security hole in qmail.
Following the same premise as for Knuth, you should find this a
similarly lucrative opportunity. You might find the page detailing this
offer of interest:
http://cr.yp.to/qmail/guarantee.html
Peace.
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Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Backgrounder on the Caldera/SCO vs. IBM and Linux dispute.
http://sco.iwethey.org/
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