Foxes in charge of the henhouse?

[jducoeur]

It's somehow appropriate that a computer magazine is subject to a major software Oops. A few minutes ago, I happened to glance at my back issues of Dr. Dobb's Journal (one of the oldest computer magazines around), and noticed the spine of the March issue. Based on the example of the other issues, it should say:

Dr. DOBB'S JOURNAL    PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES    #358 MARCH 2004

In fact, it says:

94 POINTS FROM TOP    265 POINTS FROM TOP    573 POINTS FROM TOP

Comments

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

"Dr Dobbs Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia - Running Light Without OverByte". Wasn't that the original name?

[jducoeur]

Yes, although they dropped most of the title many years ago...

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

We need some sort of generic name for "Message Goes Here"-type errors...y'know, like Buffer Overflows or PILEs (Programmer-induced Limit Errors, aka "Your last name can only be 8 characters long" errors).