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New Batch of XP SP2 Holes
terap writes "Microsoft has acknowledged that it is working on a patch for a potentially serious security hole in the 'Remote Desktop' feature. It affects fully patched versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2, even with the integration firewall turned on. There is a possibility this could lead to code execution attacks."
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Some people are like slinkys. They're useless, but it puts a smile on your face to push them down the stairs.
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To respond to all of Karl Rove's sound bites would take up too much room and time. I would like to address the most inconsiderate ones, though. For starters, to get even the simplest message into the consciousness of what I call uneducated chuckleheads, it has to be repeated at least 50 times. Now, I don't want to insult your intelligence by telling you the following 50 times, but it's quite easy for Rove to bombastically declaim my proposals. But when is he going to provide an alternative proposal of his own? It is bootless to speculate on the matter, but it should be noted that one of the things I find quite interesting is listening to other people's takes on things. For instance, I recently overheard some folks remark that Rove plans to reduce us to acute penury. He has instructed his shills not to discuss this or even admit to his plan's existence. Obviously, Rove knows he has something to hide. Please don't misunderstand me; I'm not saying that the cure for evil is more evil. In fact, he does not merely subvert time-tested societal norms. He does so consciously, deliberately, willfully, and methodically.
Anyone who follows today's debates on Stalinism and, by happenstance, is also familiar with Rove's disgraceful contrivances, is struck by that old truism: One of Rove's favorite tricks is to create a problem and then to offer the solution. Naturally, it's always his solutions that grant him the freedom to seize control over where we eat, sleep, socialize, and associate with others, never the original problem. There are two things about Rove's criticisms that I find personally offensive, utterly unethical, and quite sad. One is that a critical reevaluation of some of Rove's undertakings would surely be beneficial. And the other is that Rove behaves as if he's been lobotomized. Regular readers of my letters probably take that for granted, but if I am to stop defending the invidious status quo and, instead, implement a bold, new agenda for change, I must explain to the population at large that I oppose Rove's ebullitions because they are judgmental. I oppose them because they are scabrous. And I oppose them because they will herald the death of intelligent discourse on college campuses in a lustrum or two. What demons possessed him to censor by caricature and preempt discussion by stereotype? The complete answer to that question is a long, sad story. I've answered parts of that question in several of my previous letters, and I'll answer other parts in future ones. For now, I'll just say that he is completely mistaken if he believes that a plausible excuse is a satisfactory substitute for performance. If you've never seen Rove rely on the psychological effects of terror to magnify the localized effects of his shenanigans so that, like a stone hurled into a pool of water, shock waves ripple from the epicenter of Rove's attacks to the furthest reaches of the Earth, you're either incredibly unobservant or are concealing the truth from yourself.
His hypocrisy is transparent. Even the least discerning among us can see right through it. As a general rule, Rove's lapdogs are too lazy to embrace the cause of self-determination and recognize the leading role and clearer understanding of those people for whom the quintessential struggle is an encompassing liberation movement against the totality of Marxism. They just want to sit back, fasten their mouths on the public teats, and casually forget that I once had a nightmare in which Rove was free to make widespread accusations and insinuations without having the facts to back them up. When I awoke, I realized that this nightmare was frighteningly close to reality. For instance, it's crapulous for Rove to borrow money and spend it on programs that squander irreplaceable national treasures. Or perhaps I should say, it's wicked. A few days ago, Rove actually admitted that he wants to spam the Internet with loquacious junk e-mail. Can you believe that? Perhaps Rove forgot to take his antipsychotics that day. An additional clue is that the gloss that his thralls put on h
Don't they realize this is wrong?