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The Story Behind a Windows Security Patch Recall
bheer writes "Raymond Chen's blog has always been popular with Win32 developers and those interested in the odd bits of history that contribute to Windows' quirks. In a recent post, he talks about how an error he committed led to the recall of a Windows security patch."
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Protesting KFC?
kill...Killl...KILL
:)
KILL!
Ok I fell better.
That's funny. The origin of my sig, if you didn't know already can be found here. It presents an apt analogy of human reactions to danger (wolves).
Science never settles, never rests.
Troll does not mean "something with which I disagree". It means that someone is saying something they don't believe in order to elicit a desired response. But it is the honest truth that supporting Microsoft is supporting illegal, anticompetitive behavior. There is simply no way around that. And there is no way around the fact that modding the above comment as Troll is an abuse of the moderation system.
The CHP tried to recruit me to be a field officer and drive around issuing people tickets they don't really deserve. I straight up told the cop who was trying it that I don't believe in the system, with its criminalization of victimless crimes, and widespread use of selective enforcement. See, I just happen to be the kind of guy who will actually stick up for what I believe in. And I am honest to a fault.
So before you mod me troll, perhaps you should consider that maybe, just maybe I might have a point. But you should definitely consider that I never troll. I piss people off enough just sharing my honest opinion. But before you believe that makes my comments Flamebait, read the Moderation FAQ and provided you understand English, you will be enlightened.
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WTF is this?
How do they get the story title to link directly to goatse? Where did this "story" come from? Certainly it was never on the front page... is it a journal entry? I don't get it!
Why doesn't the IP address that automatically posts to it every few minutes get banned? I found it erroneously while searching for something else on Slashdot. WTF???!!!
It has 3124 posts as of right now (will go up very soon). Will it make the hall of fame for most active story when it hits 3202 posts?
Very bizarre.
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