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I wouldn't have guessed that from the title. What I got was something security related to MariaDB. And that's because I got used to the funny gifs and the `hack
by mistaken 11y ago
I wouldn't have guessed that from the title. What I got was something security related to MariaDB. And that's because I got used to the funny gifs and the `hacking is cool` mentality of the security industry...
- kasey_junk 11y agoIt's a fairly long running and well known series. The first one was published a couple of years ago and was themed around the Carly Rae Jepsen song titled "Call Me Maybe" that was popular at the time. From that a testing harness named Jepsen was also developed.
- mistaken 11y agoSure, no problem with that. I just don't understand why we can't call e.g. a buffer overflow in software X a buffer overflow in software X instead of "Adventures in Memoryland!!! The bug, that 0wnzors your boxorz!!".
- yid 11y ago> I just don't understand why we can't call e.g. a buffer overflow in software X a buffer overflow in software X instead of "Adventures in Memoryland!!! The bug, that 0wnzors your boxorz!!". Since you appear to be sincere, it's because sometimes a lot of people like to interact in human ways, which includes a bit of storytelling to relieve the monotony of just the facts.
- helper 11y agoWe? Who is we? Aphyr can call it whatever he wants.
- RyanZAG 11y agoIt has nothing to do with security. The series is about database consistency - whether or not the data stored in distributed systems is valid.
- mistaken 11y agoI didn't say it was related.
- tedunangst 11y agoAhem. "What I got was something security related to MariaDB."
- mistaken 11y agoYes, that was my first impression guessing from the title. All I'm saying is that the title should be a rough approximation of the article so that the reader can have some vague idea of the contents.