Apologies first of all. This post goes way beyond the normal scope of my “professional profile” blog, but I think this issue warrants a brief diversion from (ir!)regular service. On May 31st, Irish voters will be offered the opportunity to accept or reject the EU Stability Treaty. I am by no means a committed...
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This is a few months old now, but essential reading for all programmers: http://cwe.mitre.org/top25/
I hope this was machine translated!
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2010/0522/1224270887952.html
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