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From: Alain
Date: 29 Feb 2008 10:55:37
Message: <47c82af9$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/02/28 12:08:

> *I* know that, but go explain it to naive users, who have "buffer 
> overflow = security exploit" on their heads.
> 
> http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/05/17/buffer-overflows.aspx 
> 
> 
> Also, the buffer didn't overflow. It reached a limit, and stopped there. 
> So such a message would be incorrect anyway.
So "Buffer full" or "Buffer limit reatched" would be a more correct message.

-- 
Alain
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You know you've been raytracing too long when you can recite your high school 
Trig book from memory.


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