Saturday, December 17, 2005

Stupid software

So many things can stop you from finishing a task: Software that will not do what it is supposed to (in this case time out after some time). Or there seems to be a bug you cannot track down (in this case a piece of software that should simulate a tcp connection and misbehaves for a bunch of host). Even worse, if the operating system behaves madly (in this case probably firewall settings that slow down ssh logins and showing strange behavior in tcp flows).

My work would be done for days, but so, I still keep fixing and searching bugs all over the place instead of preparing an awesome talk for Monday to finish my thesis finally :(