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  1. Re:remote deauthorization by Kadin2048 · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Microsoft Talks Daily With Your Computer

    I can only assume that somewhere in the bowels of the NSA exists an "Office of Cyber-Warfare," and within that office is someone tasked with writing and keeping up-to-date the nastiest, most destructive computer and network worms ever. If there's no explicit law against a particular weapon, I think it's a good assumption to make that the U.S. has one (or three, or five thousand).

    That said, I'm not sure if initiating a computer-virus war would really be a good idea. It seems like we're definitely throwing stones out the window of a glass house there; do we really want to give our enemy a really good virus that they could tweak and throw back at us? Especially given the totally inappropriate places we use Windows? I think it's a mode of warfare that we have more to lose than to gain by employing, versus practically any other enemy.

  2. Re:take advantage and exploit that by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on Ballmer on Innovation

    Mandatory monkey-boy link.

  3. Re:hmm... by Curtman · · Score: 2, Informative · on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond

    Mandatory link.

  4. Old and well known fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Windows 2003 and XP SP2 Vulnerable To LAND Attack
    for the "intelligent" ships

    I think this is exactly what grand-parent was referring to!.

  5. Re:Little known fact by smittyoneeach · · Score: 1 · on Windows 2003 and XP SP2 Vulnerable To LAND Attack

    Yeah, but it was really small, a micro-soft kill, if you will...

  6. Like the Yorktown by mr100percent · · Score: 1, Troll · on Air Force Orders Up A Custom Windows Monoculture
    Well, the Navy built their own Smart Ship running windows NT, which crashed due to a divide-by-zero error and was dead in the water for almost 3 hours. They had to tow it back to the base. I hope the Air force takes this into account, as their stuff doesn't drift.

  7. Happens all the time. by nazgul000 · · Score: 3, Informative · on ATMs Susceptible to Windows Viruses

    Windows-based ATM crashes happen all the time.

    Windows ATMs have been everywhere for awhile -- the days of OS/2 cash machines being the only story in town are long gone.

    Nothing to see here, move along.

  8. Re:Wow. by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Ballmer

    Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers ...

    Obligatory link. And lets not forget monkeyboy. That guy should be doing commercials for Mennen. I recommend "Cyclone"

  9. Re:Wow. by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Ballmer

    Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers ...

    Obligatory link. And lets not forget monkeyboy. That guy should be doing commercials for Mennen. I recommend "Cyclone"

  10. Re:Microsoft used false advertising for Windows 98 by HarvardAce · · Score: 2, Informative · on Microsoft Found Guilty of Misleading Advertising

    Link to a video showing the aforementioned BSOD: http://www.windowscrash.com/albums/movies/gates_30 _240.mov

  11. Re:My fav by CPlusPlusOwnsYou · · Score: 1 · on Behind The Coolest Gadgets - Linux or Windows?

    My favourite has always been the Windows Cell phones.

  12. Windows... by CPlusPlusOwnsYou · · Score: 1 · on Behind The Coolest Gadgets - Linux or Windows?

    We all know windows is the most stable OS for embedded devices.

  13. Windows... by CPlusPlusOwnsYou · · Score: 1 · on Behind The Coolest Gadgets - Linux or Windows?

    We all know windows is the most stable OS for embedded devices.

  14. Windows... by CPlusPlusOwnsYou · · Score: 1 · on Behind The Coolest Gadgets - Linux or Windows?

    We all know windows is the most stable OS for embedded devices.

  15. Windows... by CPlusPlusOwnsYou · · Score: 1 · on Behind The Coolest Gadgets - Linux or Windows?

    We all know windows is the most stable OS for embedded devices.

  16. Re:Microsoft by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on WiX Project Lead Interviewed On CPL Licensing

    I'm not sure how this is a reply to my post, but I'll go with it.

    No, we haven't seen either.

    Oh yeah.. One more thing, lets all have a good laugh at the king of the zealots: Monkey Boy Ballmer

    Thats WAY funnier than the GNU Stallmans.

  17. BSODs by tepples · · Score: 1 · on XPde 0.5 - A Linux Desktop for Windows Users

    Only NT has the true BSOD

    I'll give you that "Please insert the disk:" is not a blue screen of death, but if you claim that Windows 9x blue error screens aren't BSODs, then why do people refer to the "An exception 0E has occurred at blah:blahblah in VxD" and "This computer is busy or has become unstable" screens as "blue screen of death"?

  18. Re:You mean by CatPieMan · · Score: 1 · on Public BSOD Sightings?

    Um, I sure hope you are Mr David himself, of The windows crash site as he is the only person I really said was allowed to use my picture of the drumscape crashing (took it on vacation while down at Ocean City, NJ).

    Not that I really mind, I just want photo credit where credit is due.

    -CPM

  19. At least we can all agree on something. by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on Linus Holds Forth On the Future of Linux

    with a particular eye towards developers

    Steve Ballmer thinks so too

    ;)

  20. Re:2003 server way better than other MS Offerings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Windows 2003 takes 5% away from Linux

    > Last week, I came across from first core dump when I was
    > playing around with the Cisco VPN tool and it core dumped
    > (it was due to bad drivers, couldnt find native ones) giving a
    > BAD_POOL_CALLER error a bunch of times.

    Uhhh, yeah. Isn't that officially called a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)?

  21. Ha! by Coppit · · Score: 1 · on Windows ATMs by 2005
    You're forgetting that there are actaully some smart people in the banking industry that will realize that having your ATM's running windows hooked up to the internet is a bad idea. The people that make these kinds of decisions are not fools.
    Shows what you know

  22. Stand back.. by usrerco · · Score: 3, Funny · on Walking Animatronic Dinosaur At Disney Park

    Well, I just hope he's not running Windows.

  23. Be sure to send those crash photos to these guys.. by usrerco · · Score: 1 · on Worm vs. Worm Battle Slows Networks
    Send those windows crash photos to these folks.. they collect 'in the field' screenshots:

    http://www.windowscrash.com/

    ..they have everything from ATMs to giant billboards and massive two story LED signs on the sides of buildings.

  24. Be sure to send those crash photos to these guys.. by usrerco · · Score: 1 · on Worm vs. Worm Battle Slows Networks
    Send those windows crash photos to these folks.. they collect 'in the field' screenshots:

    http://www.windowscrash.com/

    ..they have everything from ATMs to giant billboards and massive two story LED signs on the sides of buildings.

  25. Be sure to send those crash photos to these guys.. by usrerco · · Score: 1 · on Worm vs. Worm Battle Slows Networks
    Send those windows crash photos to these folks.. they collect 'in the field' screenshots:

    http://www.windowscrash.com/

    ..they have everything from ATMs to giant billboards and massive two story LED signs on the sides of buildings.

  26. Be sure to send those crash photos to these guys.. by usrerco · · Score: 1 · on Worm vs. Worm Battle Slows Networks
    Send those windows crash photos to these folks.. they collect 'in the field' screenshots:

    http://www.windowscrash.com/

    ..they have everything from ATMs to giant billboards and massive two story LED signs on the sides of buildings.

  27. $6k sysadmin snare trap? by usrerco · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Fuel Cell Powered Backup System
    Is the console in that picture sporting a big ole BSOD..?

    If so, maybe it was caused by a sysadmin snaring their ankle in those power cords hanging out of the front of the unit.. or maybe that power switch sticking out like a chair prevented a falling object from hitting the ground :/

    I hate to be mean, as it's obviously a new product, and from a company that is likely new to machine room ergonomics, but it appears to have a few case design flaws that will probably contribute to downtime as much as the power outage the unit was designed to prevent.

    Sure is a cute little thing though.. maybe in a future version they'll recess the cords in a well, and recess the power switch away from where it can accidentally be tripped. I like the case design otherwise.

  28. Re:We can only hope by daeley · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Growing Commercialization Threatens Net Security

    I'm puzzled why this was rated as ``off-topic''. Guess there wasn't enough anti-Microsoft content.

    He should have linked to this picture. :)

  29. The REAL site by Coppit · · Score: 2 · on Examples of Programming Gone Wrong?

    Sigh... If someone is going to rip all the pictures, I wish they'd at least give proper attribution. Visit http://www.windowscrash.com for the original collection. I always give attribution.