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  • L l a u r e n

    been there ... done that took me ages to figure out why the network slowed down after a while ... then i discovered that a newbie mcse dude had put a purdy 3d screen saver on the server even tho the monitor was always kept off!!! duh!!


    "traffic lights are for people who can't make their own decisions"
    biz stuff   about me

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    David Stone
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    lauren wrote: mcse dude More evidence for my point that MCSEs are almost worthless. I've had MCSEs who knew less about Microsoft software than I do.


    I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round. -Peterchen on VS.NET

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      How I read your response: :eek: - Eek! someone believes that! :omg: - OMG! he really does believe that :wtf: - WTF! no way, and he knows the root password :rolleyes: - I remember the linux virus I wrote... :laugh: - they never saw it coming! Mwahahahaha! - Nitron


      "Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb

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      Tim Smith
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      Hah Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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        How I read your response: :eek: - Eek! someone believes that! :omg: - OMG! he really does believe that :wtf: - WTF! no way, and he knows the root password :rolleyes: - I remember the linux virus I wrote... :laugh: - they never saw it coming! Mwahahahaha! - Nitron


        "Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb

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        Nice translation :laugh:

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          Nice. :) Shog9 ------

          That why you have a dual processor system. One for system, one for the screen saver - Mark Nischalke on Win2k server administration

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          I feel so honored, I've made it to a sig.

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            I had a discussion last night with what could only be nicely discribed as a Linux bigot. One of the arguements was that Windows sucked because friends of his got blue screens on NT 4 servers. Linux is a far superior network OS because you can start the machine, walk away, and come next year and it will still be running. Didn't seem phased by the evidence that a W2K machine can be the same way. This person also used the tired aurguement that no worthwhile network OS could be taken down by a simple email virus. Even went so far to say viruses were impossible for Linux.

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            Barry Lapthorn
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            To be fair, *nix systems tend have 99.9999% stability or thereabouts, and the architecture is such that offending processes can be shut down and restarted at the drop of a hat without affecting the rest of the system. Win32 on the other hand has a different architecture and the stability in my experience is less than that of a *nix system. I'm not too sure what the stability of linux is though in comparison to say, solairs, but I'd expect it to be rather good. People measure the success of OS based on what they choose. You could argue that windows is superior due to it's richer API and programming tools. MacOSX for it's usability and appearance. Regards Barry

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              The nice thing about bigots is that they seem to be evenly distributed across anything. You have your Mac bigots, Windows biguts, Linux bigots... :-D I think the core difference between Linux and Windows is the assumptions made about its users. Windows tends to think that users don't want to spend a lot of time setting up and installing, and want something up and running and ready to go as quickly as possible. Linux, on the other hand, gives the users control over just about every aspect, so the user can spend some time setting it up just right. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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              Matt Newman
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              Navin wrote: You have your Mac bigots, Windows biguts, Linux bigots... I have a neigbor that is a Linux and a Mac bigot, what does that make him? -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss:
              "Well, the guy that's giving you a hard time is a f***in moron, and you can tell him thats straight from another Linux user." - John Simmons on Linux Users
              Just do the American thing and shoot him... - Jim Crafton on Linux Users
              Wh3n my l33t skillz 1mpr0v3, I w1ll h4ck M$, 4nd th3n wh0 w1ll b3 l4ugh1ng ? N0t Bill. H4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4. - Christian Graus

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                Navin wrote: You have your Mac bigots, Windows biguts, Linux bigots... I have a neigbor that is a Linux and a Mac bigot, what does that make him? -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss:
                "Well, the guy that's giving you a hard time is a f***in moron, and you can tell him thats straight from another Linux user." - John Simmons on Linux Users
                Just do the American thing and shoot him... - Jim Crafton on Linux Users
                Wh3n my l33t skillz 1mpr0v3, I w1ll h4ck M$, 4nd th3n wh0 w1ll b3 l4ugh1ng ? N0t Bill. H4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4. - Christian Graus

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                Matt Newman wrote: I have a neigbor that is a Linux and a Mac bigot, what does that make him? Clueless and unemployed

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                  How I read your response: :eek: - Eek! someone believes that! :omg: - OMG! he really does believe that :wtf: - WTF! no way, and he knows the root password :rolleyes: - I remember the linux virus I wrote... :laugh: - they never saw it coming! Mwahahahaha! - Nitron


                  "Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb

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                  Brian Delahunty
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                  Excellent :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                    I had a discussion last night with what could only be nicely discribed as a Linux bigot. One of the arguements was that Windows sucked because friends of his got blue screens on NT 4 servers. Linux is a far superior network OS because you can start the machine, walk away, and come next year and it will still be running. Didn't seem phased by the evidence that a W2K machine can be the same way. This person also used the tired aurguement that no worthwhile network OS could be taken down by a simple email virus. Even went so far to say viruses were impossible for Linux.

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                    Jim A Johnson
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                    The reason Linux is so stable is because there are no applications for it.

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                      The reason Linux is so stable is because there are no applications for it.

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                      That is so far from true... Windows bigot ;P Programming in binary is as easy as 01 10 11.

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                        I had a discussion last night with what could only be nicely discribed as a Linux bigot. One of the arguements was that Windows sucked because friends of his got blue screens on NT 4 servers. Linux is a far superior network OS because you can start the machine, walk away, and come next year and it will still be running. Didn't seem phased by the evidence that a W2K machine can be the same way. This person also used the tired aurguement that no worthwhile network OS could be taken down by a simple email virus. Even went so far to say viruses were impossible for Linux.

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                        Chris Losinger
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                        Mark Nischalke wrote: Even went so far to say viruses were impossible for Linux. viruses are actually necessary for Linux - ie. the GPL -c


                        If Ben Affleck is sexy, then the terrorists have won. --Sheerly Avni

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                          Navin wrote: You have your Mac bigots, Windows biguts, Linux bigots... I have a neigbor that is a Linux and a Mac bigot, what does that make him? -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss:
                          "Well, the guy that's giving you a hard time is a f***in moron, and you can tell him thats straight from another Linux user." - John Simmons on Linux Users
                          Just do the American thing and shoot him... - Jim Crafton on Linux Users
                          Wh3n my l33t skillz 1mpr0v3, I w1ll h4ck M$, 4nd th3n wh0 w1ll b3 l4ugh1ng ? N0t Bill. H4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4. - Christian Graus

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                          Matt Newman wrote: I have a neigbor that is a Linux and a Mac bigot He is just an anti-Windows bigot :) Vagif Abilov MCP (Visual C++) Oslo, Norway Hex is for sissies. Real men use binary. And the most hardcore types use only zeros - uppercase zeros and lowercase zeros. Tomasz Sowinski

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                            How I read your response: :eek: - Eek! someone believes that! :omg: - OMG! he really does believe that :wtf: - WTF! no way, and he knows the root password :rolleyes: - I remember the linux virus I wrote... :laugh: - they never saw it coming! Mwahahahaha! - Nitron


                            "Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb

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                            Amit Dey
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                            You are a real funny one, hombre.:)

                            _'My capacity for happiness', he added, 'you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first'.

                            - Marvin, the robot.
                            _Amit Dey sonork: 100:18407 msn: visualcdev

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                              Matt Newman wrote: I have a neigbor that is a Linux and a Mac bigot, what does that make him? Clueless and unemployed

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                              Mark Nischalke wrote: Clueless and unemployed Hey, what do you know? both are true :) -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss:
                              "Well, the guy that's giving you a hard time is a f***in moron, and you can tell him thats straight from another Linux user." - John Simmons on Linux Users
                              Just do the American thing and shoot him... - Jim Crafton on Linux Users
                              Wh3n my l33t skillz 1mpr0v3, I w1ll h4ck M$, 4nd th3n wh0 w1ll b3 l4ugh1ng ? N0t Bill. H4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4. - Christian Graus

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                                Matt Newman wrote: I have a neigbor that is a Linux and a Mac bigot He is just an anti-Windows bigot :) Vagif Abilov MCP (Visual C++) Oslo, Norway Hex is for sissies. Real men use binary. And the most hardcore types use only zeros - uppercase zeros and lowercase zeros. Tomasz Sowinski

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                                He also turned Anti-BSD when I set it up on an old computer, he seems anti-Windows users and whatever they use. -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss:
                                "Well, the guy that's giving you a hard time is a f***in moron, and you can tell him thats straight from another Linux user." - John Simmons on Linux Users
                                Just do the American thing and shoot him... - Jim Crafton on Linux Users
                                Wh3n my l33t skillz 1mpr0v3, I w1ll h4ck M$, 4nd th3n wh0 w1ll b3 l4ugh1ng ? N0t Bill. H4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4 h4. - Christian Graus

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