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Dell Ships Infected Motherboards
An anonymous reader writes "Computer maker Dell is warning that some of its server motherboards have been delivered to customers carrying an unwanted extra: computer malware. It could be confirmation that the 'hardware trojans' long posited by some security experts are indeed a real threat."
That's some great QA you've got going on over there.
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pwned.
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**This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.**
Customer: Hi, my computer won't POST.
Steve (Samir): Okay, sir, first we must try a few things. Is the machine currently plugged in?
**3 hours later**
Steve: Sir, the problem appears to be a faulty motherboard. Unfortunately your system is out of warranty. Luckily, while the system was operational, our integrated key-logger was able to pull your shipping address and credit card numbers. We have billed you for a replacement system and it should be there in 3-5 business days. Someone will need to sign for it, perhaps your oldest daughter. Justine is turning into a fine looking young-lady, by the way.
Its not bad enough they ship with windows ?
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If you consider being able to recognize a McDonalds sign as a sign for McDonalds as your criterion for literacy, then yes, I'd say we've achieved 99% literacy.
There's no schooling like the old schooling. Say, could you hear him screaming down his acoustic coupler?
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.