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Microsoft Discloses Security Flaws in XP and WMPlayer

An anonymous reader writes: "Salon is running a story on Microsoft's disclosure of a number of security flaws in WinXP and Windows Media Player, versions 6.4 and 7.1. The story also states that there are 2 critical vulnerabilities in Commerce Server 2000. Will I ever get the bang for my MS buck?"

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  1. Is it safe? by Vidmaster_Steve · · Score: 5, Funny

    INT, STORE, NIGHT. CUSTOMER walks into a near empty store, he steps through the doors cautiously, peering around curious as to where the hell the clerks are.

    Customer: Hello..? uh... hello...? I want ta get a copy of Windows XP. Is anybody here?

    CLERK, unseen: Is it safe?

    Customer: Is what safe?

    Clerk: Is it safe?

    Customer, preturbed: Yes... It's safe. It's very safe...

    Clerk: Is it safe?

    Customer: Lissen! Are you going to come out, or what?

    Clerk: Is it safe?

    Customer: THIS ISN'T FUNNY!

    Clerk 2: It puts the lotion on its skin and puts it in the basket.

    Clerk: Shut up man. Is it safe? Is it safe? IS IT SAFE?

    Customer: STOP IT! I JUST WANT A COPY OF WINDOWS XP! (Customer breaks down to the floor, sobbing) I just want a copy of XP...

    Clerk: Is it safe?

    Customer screams and runs out of the store, climbs into his car, which immediatley spins out and slams into a fire hydrant. The car bursts into flame. The customer bails from the car and runs down the darkened, abandoned street. He gets a half dozen steps from the car, and then he, illogically and without reason, bursts into flame himself.

    Clerk 1: Thirty seconds, You owe me five bucks.

    Clerk 2: I don't have five bucks.

    Clerk 1: Take it from the register.

    On-topic discussion part.

    THEY TOLD ME IT WAS SAFE! I TRUSTED YOU MICROSOFT! I TRUSTED YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU! YOU BLEW IT UP, YOU MANIACS YOU BLEW IT UP!
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    "Yes, but on love.
    And whisky.
    But mainly whisky."

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  2. Oh please... by red5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will I ever get the bang for my MS buck?

    Oh please, when was the last time you actually bought a microsoft product?

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  3. Re:Bang! by ForceOfWill · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh you'll get your bang out of a MS product alright. No boom? No boom _today_, boom tomorrow, there's always a boom tomorrow.
    Yeah, when it XPlodes :)
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