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http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/12/06/1312254.shtml

Sheesh.  Oops.

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That's awesome.

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Yep, last night at some point when I rebooted my computer (after installing a Windows update from Microsoft), my system croaked.  boot.ini was gone.  It was a bit annoying, although easy enough to fix.  I didn't find out why until today.

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PostIcon Posted on: Dec. 06 2007,15:47 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Didn't know u still played?

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I started up again a couple of weeks ago.  It's fun again, although it probably won't last much longer.

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PostIcon Posted on: Dec. 15 2007,08:16 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Here's their "oops, our bad, here's what happened."

http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=526

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Least they tried to explain it.  This is worlds better than anything OSI ever said.

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PostIcon Posted on: Dec. 15 2007,11:48 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
I read that as "we're kinda dumb, lazy, and rush things out."

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I read that as "we're kinda dumb, lazy, and rush things out."

Yeah, it looks like a simple enough construct in the script that it should've been checked.

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Looks like they just got complacent.  After awhile the simpler commands (like delete) are things you just assume you know the details of how they are going to work.  You should still test it, but sometimes you get complacent.

Now if they had put it in with a leading /, then yeah, that would have been pretty stupid.

Edited by TPRJones on Dec. 15 2007,14:43

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Software Q&A folk should be naturally suspicious of any code.

Edited by Malcolm on Dec. 15 2007,15:12

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Why doesn't Windows protect its system startup files? That's a good question, one that I have asked myself in these last few days and wish I knew the answer. But of course I'm not going to blame Microsoft for our mistake. Windows doesn't protect those files and therefore software developers must take care not to touch them. We should have been more careful.


Kudos to the guy on that one.  Especially since it's so trendy to blame poor programming practices from software vendors on Microsoft now days.
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