On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:02:12 -0500
Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream:
> A bit OT but:
[snip]
> He is tired of windows98 crashing several times per day.
> So, he is going to install XP professional ($20 [no upgrade] from his
school
> bookstore.) I may be tempted at that price.
> Joel
Please check out the patches. For anyone anywhere to take complete
control of your XP machine, all you have to do is ... connect to the
Internet.
I'm sorry, this is frighteningly stupid -- even for M$. Imagine
_millions_ of zombies in the hands of a 13 year old who wants to DDOS
everyone off the Internet.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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