r/todayilearned • u/Cafe-Cappuccino • 22d ago

TIL there is a "zip bomb" that is only 42 kilobytes when zipped, but 4.5 Petabytes when uncompressed. Frequent Repost: Removed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_bomb
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u/ac1084 22d ago

What if I refuse to "upgrade" from Vista? I'll take my chances.

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u/reqnin 22d ago

Then you should be more concerned about bigger security vulnerabilities than a zip bomb.

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u/Nothing-But-Lies 22d ago

Vista is so unstable that viruses can't even run

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u/SanityOrLackThereof 22d ago

Vista IS the virus.

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u/ubsr1024 22d ago

"That's my secret, I'm always infected..."

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u/kaddorath 22d ago

laughs in Millenium Edition

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u/Know1Fear 22d ago

Iā€™m having flashbacks of constantly reinstalling drivers or booting into safe mode just to get ME to work

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u/kaddorath 22d ago

ME sucked so much, I had a 286 (I think it was) that ran on 3.1 and defaulted to that, haha.

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u/TetheredToHeaven_ 22d ago

lmfao vista with the phat L

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u/pizdec-unicorn 22d ago

Vista = big brain

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u/ohpee64 22d ago

Why would you even consider upgrading from Vista?

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u/Judoka229 22d ago

Why would I even upgrade to Vista when I have all 23 floppy disks for Windows 95??

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u/StanleyPain 22d ago

All I need is DOS šŸ¤£

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u/Judoka229 22d ago

The good old days.

Cd /c: /games/raptor/rap.exe

Something like that. Long time ago and I was 5 lol

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u/StanleyPain 22d ago

Hahah. Wrong slashes. "/" Is for *Nix and "\" is for DOS/Windows šŸ˜Š

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u/ibadlyneedhelp 22d ago

was that Raptor: Call of the Shadows?
Man, I miss that game

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u/Judoka229 22d ago

Hell yes it was.

It is available on steam!

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u/ibadlyneedhelp 22d ago

Worried about what your late 30's will bring?

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u/abigail-the-female 22d ago

Typing this from my abacus

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u/ohpee64 22d ago

Do you have the floppies for office as well??