Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 23:27:15 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, davidg@Root.COM Subject: Re: Memory init pattern Message-ID: <8469.798100035@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Apr 95 19:48:00 CDT." <m0s0IWA-0004vvC@nemesis.lonestar.org>
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> Fine. I still Strongly recommend picking something that doesn't mean > anything or is otherwise harmless in meaning, such as 0xbad1bad2. > Still easy to spot or search for - and no one can complain. I'm sorry, I'm just having a hard time believing at all that we're arguing about hexadecimal patterns to fill memory with. Perhaps this is a flashback, or I simply ate some ergot-tainted bread this morning and am now in the full-throes of an LSD induced hallucination. I think it's safe to say that a race of creatures which worries overmuch about potentially hidden meanings in arbitrary patters of numbers is a race of creatures who's time is up, geologically speaking, and should have the good grace to wipe themselves off the face of the map so that the NEXT dominant species (mutant cockroaches, most likely) can have its well-deserved turn. Jordan
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