Re: alert: the 111111 bug

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Wednesday, July 06, 2005 14:31:17 -0500 Ron DuFresne 
<dufresne () winternet com> wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>
> > --On July 4, 2005 12:03:02 AM +0100 lsi <stuart () cyberdelix 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 () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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