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I agree with you in that content should never be able to crash software. I disagree with you TV example, however. If the same TV show repeatedly crashed one of
by DrJokepu 14y ago
I agree with you in that content should never be able to crash software.
I disagree with you TV example, however. If the same TV show repeatedly crashed one of the most popular TV models, consumers would blame the show.
- omarrr 14y agowell, that would be stupid
- duaneb 14y agoNot necessarily - I don't understand how software interacts with, for example, digital cable. I've seen certain channels crash my cable box before. It wouldn't be that surprising to see a certain show reliably crash the cable box.
- tjic 14y agoA topic very much like this one makes up a chapter in the wonderful book Godel, Escher, Bach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach Two characters are in a race: one to build an impervious record player, the other to design a record that - when played - sets up feedback in the record player sufficient to destroy it. It's a stunningly simple intro to a fairly deep topic: NP completeness, input validation, etc.