* * * * * Microsoft Madness > I was surprised to find “Property of Acme Widgets, 301-555-1212” in the > .EXE file from 0x6000 to 0x14FFF. The compiler had obviously just grabbed a > big chunk of disk space and stuffed it into the file, without bothering to > clear it first. > Via RobotWisdom, [1] Uncleared disk space and MSVC [2] Even scarier are the articles about Microsoft [3] and nuclear material tracking. Shudder [1] http://www.robotwisdom.com/ [2] http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/21.50.html#subj5 [3] http://www.microsoft.com/ Email author at sean@conman.org .