[CQ-Contest] Natural Progression [was: CK and stuff]

[Ev Tupis]

In the early days of personal computing, there were no issues with "buffer overrun" exploits (loosly defined as 'sending data that the computer didn't expect or "error trap" for') because everyone played nice.  We were all in it "together".

Then, someone decided to see what else they could do if they purposefully forced a "buffer overrun".  Sometimes, forcing such errors provided the perpetrator with unintended access to the host system. After the first exploitation, other people followed.  The result uncovered uncountable "security holes" that required patching.

The same thing happens in all industries...and hobbies/competitions.

It appears that "the SS CK" issue is no different.  I seem to remember an HF contest where you supply your name as a 'check'...where y'all get a kick out of going on the air with the same name from time to time.  In both cases, while this is not the intent...the sponsor says that doing so breaks nothing.  So far, I haven't seen information to the contrary posted.

Regards,
Ev, W2EV