Linux-Advocacy Digest #249, Volume #35 Thu, 14 Jun 01 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals (Rick)
Re: Linux penetration MUCH lower than previously claimed ("Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)")
Re: "This will not happen again," said the Microsoft spokesperson. "Period."
("Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)")
Re: *Newbie* Linux/Windows 98 Dual Boot (GreyCloud)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Bob Hauck)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Bob Hauck)
Re: More micro$oft "customer service" (Bob Hauck)
Linux wins again.... ("Linux Admin")
MSnbc calls MS on MS's FUD campain! ("Linux Admin")
Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
About Amiga... (John Bayko)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Colin Day)
Re: netscape 6.1 - anyone? (Terry Porter)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Colin Day)
Re: *Newbie* Linux/Windows 98 Dual Boot ("Paolo Ciambotti")
Re: netscape 6.1 - anyone? (Terry Porter)
Re: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-032 : SQL Query Method Enables ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: Windows makes good coasters (Terry Porter)
Re: Why did Eazel shutdown? ("Paolo Ciambotti")
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: soc.men,soc.singles,alt.fan.rush.limbaugh
Subject: Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 21:29:32 -0400
"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
>
> drsquare wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:41:26 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> > (Cray Drygu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> >
> > >Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > >>Heterosexual contact - -
> > >>MALE 23,361 -
> > >>FEMALE 43,128 -
> > >>TOTAL - 66,490
> > >
> > >Hey look, you proved him right.
> > >
> > >By the way, how's the paint on your V key doing? You've been doing a
> > >heck of a lot of pasting recently. Too bad your pasted stats don't
> > >make sense as a reply to over half the posts you replied to with them.
> >
> > And the fact that there is no evidence that the stats are even close
> > to valid.
>
> Other than the coffins...
>
You miaght also like to know, that according to lates statistics, we
havnet seen the median case yet. Do you have any idea what that means?
> And the Gay-"rights" activists always running around demanding
> MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE AIDS research
>
> If Gays aren't the overwhelming victims of AIDS, then why is
> it an issue for gay activists?
>
> Hmmmmmmmm?
>
> --
> Aaron R. Kulkis
== In this country== the largest percentage of HIV infected people ( as
far as we know) are homosexuals. In the rest of the world, they are
overwhelmingly heterosexual. In this country gay activists are quite
vocal and some are quite prominent, so they get noticed.
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From: "Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux penetration MUCH lower than previously claimed
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:27:43 +1200
GreyCloud wrote:
> Peter K�hlmann wrote:
>
>>Chad Myers wrote:
>>
>>>Who cares what you run in your home. We're talking about
>>>real businesses making critical decisions that effect their
>>>bottom line. It appears that they don't chose Linux.
>>>
>>>
>>Yeah, yeah, Chad. By your definition IBM is no *real* business.
>>
>>Moron.
>>
>>Peter
>>
>
> Chads just pissed because he didn't sell off his MS stock in time last
> year.
> He must have lost at least 2/3 of its original value by now.
> By spreading FUD he is hoping his stock will improve.
>
I never invested in those crappy tech stocks, I have shares in Capital
Properties, United Networks and Auckland Airport, where I earn 11%
interest a year. Long term investments give the best return to those who
are willing to wait.
Matthew Gardiner
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From: "Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: "This will not happen again," said the Microsoft spokesperson.
"Period."
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:30:13 +1200
GreyCloud wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
>
>>http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6270970.html?tag=tp_pr
>>
>>Hey everyone! Microsoft said they will NEVER
>>make a botched patch again!
>>How reassuring!
>>
>>Let's all set our watches now and see
>>how long before this promise is broken!
>>
>> --------== Posted Anonymously via Newsfeeds.Com ==-------
>> Featuring the worlds only Anonymous Usenet Server
>> -----------== http://www.newsfeeds.com ==----------
>>
>
> Hehehe... and Chad says that Sun screws up on patches... Bwahahahaha!
>
>
Chads actually using Solaris 2.6, meaning he can't apply patches over
files that are currently running or being accessed by other
applications. Version 7 & 8 address these issues. If he really did know
what he was doing, he would drop down into maintainance mode, which
shuts off all services and unnecessary back groud tasks, then he will
not have any problems applying the patches.
Matthew Gardiner
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *Newbie* Linux/Windows 98 Dual Boot
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:31:51 -0700
Ayende Rahien wrote:
>
> "Big Daddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Is their any performance loss or interference from a dual boot system.
>
> No.
> > Do the 2 partitions work together well?
>
> No, Linux works with Windows well enough, but installing Windows9x would
> prevent you from booting to Linux, because 9x takes over the MBR.
> Remember to have a boot disk for Linux handy if you decide to re-install
> Win9x.
>
> And remember, *.advocacy is no a good place to ask questions in.
That's a simple one to fix tho. Just as long as the user has made an
emergency boot diskette, they boot it and login. Then just type in the
necessary lilo plus option(s).
And reboot and back in business.
--
V
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Reply-To: bobh = haucks dot org
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 01:44:09 GMT
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:27:03 -0500, B. P. Uecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bob Hauck wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I care because people like her cause people like you to say "Windows
> sucks, it can't do ___".
Well, I don't say that, at least not about NT. It doesn't suck,
although I don't prefer it. Win9x, OTOH, now that does suck, but not
because of what I read on Usenet.
> Oh, you're a developer, say no more.
I'm not sure I want to know what that's supposed to mean. I mostly
don't write NT or Linux software except as a sideline. The majority of
my code lives inside of some dedicated device.
> I'll bet there are rootkits in just about every server on the LAN.
Everything's behind a FreeBSD firewall except the web/ftp server. I've
seen no evidence of any rootkits. But then, I tend my little Linux
development server in the lab and let the other people do the same.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Reply-To: bobh = haucks dot org
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 01:44:11 GMT
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:17:21 +0200, Ayende Rahien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, this is such a basic thing in NT, that it cast serious doubts
> about her comptence in administrating NT in the first place.
I actually think it was more a case of paranoia. She just didn't like
the idea of letting people upload at all, so she came up with a reason
to disallow it.
> You may want to suggest to her boos that someone should check the
> configuration of your NT boxes. Security audit is rarely a bad thing,
> anyway.
Well, yeah, that's true. I don't think we've every had one. But it is
a small company. If I were to suggest that, chances are good that I'd
be elected to do it <g>.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: More micro$oft "customer service"
Reply-To: bobh = haucks dot org
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 01:44:28 GMT
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:35:11 +0200, Sandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmmm, but are you free to develop a PS interpreter and sell it for money?
Apparently. <http://www.artofcode.com/> makes a PS interpreter that
they sell for money. The older versions are released as open source.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: "Linux Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux wins again....
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:45:38 -0700
Linux stops Solaris and the best the over priced W2K can do is come close
to a tie on one benchmark while falling far behind on another!
http://www.sysadminmag.com/articles/2001/0107/0107a/0107a.htm
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From: "Linux Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MSnbc calls MS on MS's FUD campain!
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:52:12 -0700
MSnbc (remember what the MS stands for) shines a light on MS FUD!
http://www.msnbc.com/news/587140.asp?cp1=1
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: soc.men,soc.singles,alt.fan.rush.limbaugh
Subject: Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:02:01 -0400
Rick wrote:
>
> "Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> >
> > drsquare wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:41:26 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> > > (Cray Drygu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> > >
> > > >Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > >>Heterosexual contact - -
> > > >>MALE 23,361 -
> > > >>FEMALE 43,128 -
> > > >>TOTAL - 66,490
> > > >
> > > >Hey look, you proved him right.
> > > >
> > > >By the way, how's the paint on your V key doing? You've been doing a
> > > >heck of a lot of pasting recently. Too bad your pasted stats don't
> > > >make sense as a reply to over half the posts you replied to with them.
> > >
> > > And the fact that there is no evidence that the stats are even close
> > > to valid.
> >
> > Other than the coffins...
> >
>
> You miaght also like to know, that according to lates statistics, we
> havnet seen the median case yet. Do you have any idea what that means?
Define median case.
>
> > And the Gay-"rights" activists always running around demanding
> > MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE AIDS research
> >
> > If Gays aren't the overwhelming victims of AIDS, then why is
> > it an issue for gay activists?
> >
> > Hmmmmmmmm?
> >
> > --
> > Aaron R. Kulkis
>
> == In this country== the largest percentage of HIV infected people ( as
> far as we know) are homosexuals. In the rest of the world, they are
> overwhelmingly heterosexual. In this country gay activists are quite
> vocal and some are quite prominent, so they get noticed.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
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can defeat the email search bots. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
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From: John Bayko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,misc.invest.stocks
Subject: About Amiga...
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 02:07:54 GMT
On this thread earlier, I mentioned Amiga, and what the current
company is up to. At the time I knew they were going to be in involved
in a major, but unnamed PDA. Turns out that it's the Sharp Zaurus, but
the announcement is not widely circulated because the big news was that
that product is switching to Linux. The Amiga DE will run on top of
that, with Java also provided by the Tao Group.
Apparently a few other Linux PDAs will include the Amiga environment.
Just FYI.
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:16:31 -0400
Chad Myers wrote:
>
> So you've made my point for me, it's the intelligence of the user.
Not entirely. UNIX/Linux tends to protect even root from this by not
having browsers that associated scripts with script interpreters.
>
> Why don't you run perl scripts from root? Because you know better.
>
> Why do people run VBScripts as Administrator in Windows? Because
> they don't know better.
>
But the not knowing any better included not knowing that they were
launching a VB Script in the first place.
Colin Day
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: netscape 6.1 - anyone?
Reply-To: No-Spam
Date: 15 Jun 2001 02:08:12 GMT
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:50:05 +0200, Ayende Rahien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Burkhard W�lfel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Did anyone of you try out ns6.1 preview yet?
>>
>> I wonder if it is "advocable"...
>
> No, it isn't.
> If you want to advocate something, advoacte Mozilla.
Yep, and Mozilla is fantastic these days!
> Advocating NS is about as hopeless as advocating Win3.0 as a server platform
Exactlyseing as Netscape is now ownedby AOL!
> for money & life critical mission. (Then again, I wouldn't advocate any
> consumer level OS to those roles)
>
>
>
--
Kind Regards from Terry
My Desktop is powered by GNU/Linux.
Free Micro burner: http://jsno.downunder.net.au/terry/
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From: Colin Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:19:57 -0400
Donn Miller wrote:
>
> I just thought about this, and I suppose you're right. If someone
> attached a perl script in your email, with extension .pl, and you had a
> mime type set up for .pl scripts, then, yes, it would be possible to
> cause some damage by having your browser launch the script. Of course,
> since you're talking about unix, it would have to be a browser-based
> email client, which would be Netscape.
>
But Netscape does NOT have such mime type configuration.
> Trouble is, Perl hasn't yet caught on for writing virii. :-) Also,
> you'd most likely need to have a mime-type configured to launch the
> script. Theoretically, it could happen, but realistically, I can't see
> it. It's just that hackers haven't yet thought about writing Perl virus
> attachments. :-)
>
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From: "Paolo Ciambotti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *Newbie* Linux/Windows 98 Dual Boot
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:18:07 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Big Daddy"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is their any performance loss or interference from a dual boot system.
Not at all.
> Do the 2 partitions work together well?
I have never had a problem.
I presently have Win98SE on one hard drive, and Linux on the other. I did
have a dual-boot partitioned system that I created with Partition Magic,
but with the falling disk prices I'd recommend keeping the two systems
physically separate. That way MSFT can't sneak up and bite you in the ass
by screwing with the MBR in new and unusual ways. A paltry hundred bucks
buys a heckuva lot of peace of mind.
I can do anything I want to the Windows VFAT disk from Linux, but Win98
doesn't even recognize the Linux EXT2 filesystem. I like it that way,
and I wanna keep it that way.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: netscape 6.1 - anyone?
Reply-To: No-Spam
Date: 15 Jun 2001 02:12:50 GMT
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:10:22 +0100, dw133 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, I'm back :)
>
> spicerun wrote:
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Burkhard W�lfel"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Did anyone of you try out ns6.1 preview yet?
>>
>> Why? Mozilla-0.9.1 works better....and I'm confident enough to say that
>> even before even seeing ns6.1...... if ns6.0 was any indication (The mozilla
>> version out then was even better than ns6.0 when it was released).
>
> It really pisses me off when people who obviously haven't got two clues
> to rub together
In your esteemed opinion you mean.
> talk about something they know nothing about. In short:
> a) NS 6.1 beta1 is based on Mozilla 0.9.1, so how can 0.9.1 work any
> better?
Based ?
> b) NS 6.1 final could well end up being based on Mozilla 1.0
Then they better release the code for it.
> c) If Netscape die, Mozilla probably will too (Netscape make up 90%+ of
> the work on Mozilla)
Thats cool, we will still have the version of Mozilla we are using now,
and have other browsers to use anyway.
--
Kind Regards from Terry
My Desktop is powered by GNU/Linux.
Free Micro burner: http://jsno.downunder.net.au/terry/
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-032 : SQL Query Method Enables
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:17:34 -0400
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
> Matt, if you want to get into a pissing match about bugs, thats your
> perogative, but all products have them, and the 60 or so security patches
> for Red Hat 7.0 are a good example.
>
How many vulnerabilities gave SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR access to a user via
the webserver?
Hmmmmmmmmmm?
> "Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9g6jet$f7r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > When a client connection to a SQL Server is terminated, it remains cached
> > for a short period of time for performance reasons. One SQL query method
> > contains a flaw that has the effect of making it possible for one user's
> > query to reuse a cached connection that belonged to the sa account.
> >
> > Exploiting this vulnerability would enable an attacker to execute the
> query
> > using the administrator's security context. This would give her the
> ability
> > to take any desired action on the database; moreover, it would give her
> the
> > ability to run extended stored procedures, thereby giving her the
> > opportunity to run code of her choice and assume de facto control of the
> > server itself.
> >
> > Patch availability:
> >
> > a.. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0:
> >
> >
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q299/7/17.asphttp://support
> > .microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q299/7/17.asp
> >
> > Is this Chads glorious, secure SQL server he raves on about? my god, a
> > Microsoft product having security problems, GOOD LORD NO! HOW CAN THAT BE?
> >
> > Matthew Gardiner
> > --
> > I am the blue screen of death
> > nobody hears your scream's
> >
> > Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
> > however, in New Zealand and Australia
> > a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
> >
> >
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
L: This seems to have reduced my spam. Maybe if everyone does it we
can defeat the email search bots. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: Windows makes good coasters
Reply-To: No-Spam
Date: 15 Jun 2001 02:21:33 GMT
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 07:49:43 +1200,
Stuart Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Why not?
>
> Joe User had enough trouble using DOS, bash is more complicated
>
>
Howso?
Dos lacks up-arrow command history and command search, this makes DOS
*harder* to use.
Dos is a single user system, this makes Dos *harder* to use.
--
Kind Regards from Terry
My Desktop is powered by GNU/Linux.
Free Micro burner: http://jsno.downunder.net.au/terry/
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From: "Paolo Ciambotti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why did Eazel shutdown?
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:34:40 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Stuart Krivis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2001 18:53:02 -0700, GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>>
>> No,... identity fraud is a very real threat in the US. There are
>> dozens of news articles here of identity theft that has caused people
>> nightmares.
>>
>>
> But anonymous posting to usenet is not likely to prevent identity theft.
> It's more likely that the minimum-wage employee at the restaurant you
> ate at last night is selling your info.
Bzzzzttttt! Give that man a cigar!
You're absolutely correct. Most forms of crime involving identity theft
are still being committed the old-fashioned way. Your own mailbox is your
worst enemy; mail theft is still responsible for most of the complaints
filed that allege identity related crimes.
But internet crime is on the rise also as crooks become more sophiticated.
So just assume that everything you put out on the internet is public
information and you can't go wrong.
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