You can only put so much on a command line. If you want to patch 22000 machines you are going to have a command line that is over 22000 words long. Thats why I used cat file | while read x.
The curly braces limit where the varible name ends. eg if x='cheese' $xy is an unset var but ${x}y is 'cheesey'. I normally use them more then I really have to out of habit.
The general public sounds a lot like some girls I know: Every time they are lied to, they believe it, but every time they are told the truth, the think it is a lie (this is why jerks get all the girlfriends).
In less words:
The whole world is microsofts bitch.
After every security failure or crash causes damage people just cover the bruses and convince themselves microsoft will change.
There's no way you'd catch our business using OpenBSD
Thats your loss. OpenBSD is a great system and just because Theo can come across as rude and arrogant doesn't mean he can't pull together a great system.
I try to respect people for what they do well, not hate them for their faults.
If we all send Phoenix an email they might get the message that a lot of people don't want this.
The lazy can cut and paste the one below and send it to custsupport@phoenix.com
The less lazy might want to change a few words or write their own email.
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Customer support,
I don't believe your recent deal with microsoft is going to work out in the interests of your customers.
Microsoft aim to make it harder to use other operating systems on the same hardware as theirs. They are using their existing monopoly in operating systems to produce a monopoly in BIOS software. As alternative operating systems become more widespread your new BIOS will be less competitive in the marketplace.
This deal will also cause your customers to become suspicious of your motives and less inclined to choose your BIOS where others can be used.
Personally I don't intend to buy motherboards with your BIOS, or recommend that any of the companies I work for do until this deal is cancelled. It is important to me that hardware I buy is general purpose and can run linux or FreeBSD as well as windows.
Firstly I must disagree about your first point. It does try to run itself automaticly by presenting itself as a.wav file around half the time.
But you are quite right when you say: It exploits STUPID FUCKING USERS.
I'm amazed just how dumb a lot of so called technical staff are. The fucking -security manager- where I work ran the attachment on the last fake microsoft mail -TWICE-. UNIX guys I work with were running it too! They said it was an attachment so they had to run it to see what it was. How do these people get though life when they are so easily conned??
OK, Ignorant office staff might run this thing, but technical staff? Security staff?
This is indeed a problem caused by -STUPID- -FUCKING- -USERS-.
This is something I've beleived for a long time. Security through obscurity (i.e. preventing reserach in areas that may be dangerous), just does not work.
I know that, You know that. But try telling a country full of microsoft users that.
Macdonalds does indeed represent everything that is wrong with modern society.
Too quick, Too easy, Formula food served by formula staff.
I would join your boycott but I've already been boycotting them for 6 years. You will find a better range of food at a cheaper price at the nearest supermarket.
Perhaps they will brainwash students into thinking operating systems should crash, That losing data is normal, and that having to reboot your computer after even the smallest change shows good design.
Perhaps they will also teach why compatability with open standards is to be avoided at all costs.
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'Rob Enderle is to journalism wht arthur andersen is to accounting. What a lowlife lying asshole! He must work for microsuck'
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You are clearly a troll with no idea about UNIX at all.
Go back to drooling over your pictures of bill gates and spanking your monkey.
actually, all sorts of viruses would be attracted to a steaming pile of shit.
So thats why there are so many windows viruses about.
You can only put so much on a command line.
If you want to patch 22000 machines you are going to have a command line that is over 22000 words long. Thats why I used cat file | while read x.
The curly braces limit where the varible name ends. eg if x='cheese' $xy is an unset var but ${x}y is 'cheesey'. I normally use them more then I really have to out of habit.
The general public sounds a lot like some girls I know: Every time they are lied to, they believe it, but every time they are told the truth, the think it is a lie (this is why jerks get all the girlfriends).
In less words:
The whole world is microsofts bitch.
After every security failure or crash causes damage people just cover the bruses and convince themselves microsoft will change.
There's no way you'd catch our business using OpenBSD
Thats your loss. OpenBSD is a great system and just because Theo can come across as rude and arrogant doesn't mean he can't pull together a great system.
I try to respect people for what they do well, not hate them for their faults.
Imagine patching 20,000 desktops and 2,000 servers
/tmp/patch ...oh windoze you said, in that case your screwed.
cat serverlist | while read x
do
scp patch ${x}:/tmp
ssh $x
done | tee log
MS is sitting on $46 million in cash
It's true, but they really don't want to spend the monthly cola budget on silly things like security.
Microsoft sell things by good marketing, not by having good products.
I would rather LIKE to control BIOS from within windows, instead of having to reboot.
It's not BIOS problems that make you reboot windows after changing any little detail. It's badly written software.
If we all send Phoenix an email they might get the message that a lot of people don't want this.
The lazy can cut and paste the one below and send it to custsupport@phoenix.com
The less lazy might want to change a few words or write their own email.
---
Customer support,
I don't believe your recent deal with microsoft is going to work out
in the interests of your customers.
Microsoft aim to make it harder to use other operating systems on the same
hardware as theirs. They are using their existing monopoly in operating systems to produce a monopoly in BIOS software. As alternative operating systems become more widespread your new BIOS will be less competitive in the marketplace.
This deal will also cause your customers to become suspicious of your motives and less inclined to choose your BIOS where others can be used.
Personally I don't intend to buy motherboards with your BIOS, or recommend that any of the companies I work for do until this deal is cancelled. It is important to me that hardware I buy is general purpose and can run linux or FreeBSD as well as windows.
Regards,
-Your Name-
..Hell, I like anyone that writes letter in ascii text.
Go SGI !
These sorts of things take away time that could be better spent discussing vi vs. emacs, Linux vs. Gnu/Linux, and Kirk vs.
vi
Gnu/Linux
Kirk
Now stop asking questions, I'm trying to write songs here.
They tried the same shit 20 years ago with Back to the Future and what happened to that
It became a classic and people remember it 20 years later.
People still say things like - '*some big thing* - Great Scott!'
This virus does not exploit any OS weakness.
.wav file around half the time.
Firstly I must disagree about your first point. It does try to run itself automaticly by presenting itself as a
But you are quite right when you say:
It exploits STUPID FUCKING USERS.
I'm amazed just how dumb a lot of so called technical staff are. The fucking -security manager- where I work ran the attachment on the last fake microsoft mail -TWICE-. UNIX guys I work with were running it too! They said it was an attachment so they had to run it to see what it was. How do these people get though life when they are so easily conned??
OK, Ignorant office staff might run this thing, but technical staff? Security staff?
This is indeed a problem caused by -STUPID- -FUCKING- -USERS-.
Thanks for listening.
Another week, another bug, another thread bashing Microsoft for software weaknesses.
No, we are discussing a explotable bug in lsh, Microsoft didn't write lsh.
All software has bugs! Due to popularity, some software bugs are more actively sought that others.
Just the kind of thing a microsoft paid troll would say, It's one of those stock statements that people use as an excuse for doing a really bad job.
I should start a public list of you guys.
This sounds like a bunch of ignorant suits were herded into a room by MS salespeople...
Thats the way it always starts. Ignorant managers with no technical skills are like putty in microsofts collective hands...
This is something I've beleived for a long time. Security through obscurity (i.e. preventing reserach in areas that may be dangerous), just does not work.
I know that, You know that. But try telling a country full of microsoft users that.
This was mainly because, despite Be's protestations to the contrary, BEOS borrowed many concepts from UNIX.
Maybe they did, but it wasn't all UNIX. The GUI was way better than X could ever be.
I read up to Microsoft, the world's No. 1 software maker and gave up.
They are near the bottom of my list of software writters.
They may be the world's No. 1 money maker, but thats not the same thing.
Macdonalds does indeed represent everything that is wrong with modern society.
Too quick, Too easy, Formula food served by formula staff.
I would join your boycott but I've already been boycotting them for 6 years. You will find a better range of food at a cheaper price at the nearest supermarket.
...A frustrated man will be wriggling in his straight jacket, headbutting the wall of his padded cell, ranting 'I own this, I own you, it's all mine.'
"Another strong dose of trancs for Mr McBride nurse."
Taipei is under cyber attack.
Am I the only one thinking that this can only be GOOD for Taipei?
They will end up with much better systems in a few years if this carries on.
Openoffice, for example, is still missing adequate drawing tools.
GIMP?
Just because MS puts drawing tools into an office suite doesn't make it a good idea. The two things should be seperate.
Perhaps they will brainwash students into thinking
operating systems should crash, That losing data is normal, and that having to reboot your computer after even the smallest change shows good design.
Perhaps they will also teach why compatability with open standards is to be avoided at all costs.
Or have they already done this?
If so, who owns the copyright?
shh, your wake up SCO.