Greg Stigers <[log in to unmask]> wrote

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>Well. I had my meeting with the data center admins, and there concern is
>that by not changing the LIMIT, even though we take down the server and
>listener jobs and NS itself, is that someone could dial into one of the
>old modems hanging off of a DTC. I love my job. I am very hard pressed
>to imagine this actually happening. This is not a normal means of access

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Isn't that what programming is all about? Anticipating the un-imaginable?
I know that in my career I have written untold thousands of lines of code
specifically to handle situations that I truly don't believe will ever
occur. Look at any program and you will find a fairly high percentage of
the code is to deal with what should not happen and a smaller percentage
dealing with what should.

This is especially true with event driven programming like VB. I wish I
had a dollar for each time I have said aloud "Now why would anybody click
on that?." Of course it is a rhetorical question. The fact is that if they
can do it, they will.

So the moral of the story is even if you can't imagine it, you must be
ready for it.

Doug.
Doug Werth                                     Beechglen Development Inc.
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