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Message-ID: <803399A45C7A20C228790C00@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
Date: Wed Jul 6 21:12:10 2005
From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Paul Schmehl)
Subject: alert: the 111111 bug
--On Wednesday, July 06, 2005 14:31:17 -0500 Ron DuFresne
<dufresne@...ternet.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>
>> --On July 4, 2005 12:03:02 AM +0100 lsi <stuart@...erdelix.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > For this customer 11/11/11 in the date field means, don't process
>> > this record, which will obviously cause problems with legitimate
>> > transactions on that date.
>> >
>> > I suspect using a new field to flag a state, instead of "special"
>> > data, would have been more appropriate.
>> >
>> Not to worry. The 11th of November, 2011 is a Saturday. No one will be
>> working that day. :-)
It was a joke. A *joke*. Did anyone *seriously* think I actually looked
it *up*?
See the smiley????
Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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