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| DATE | 2005-03-18 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] I cant believe it department.
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I MUST talk to you..
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:26:40AM -0500, Adam Kosmin wrote:
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> Ugh... That is not the moral of the story by a long shot.
>
> Personally, I'm amazed the anyone would "register" or "active" their
> software in order to use their computer. Even worse, I can't imagine
> anyone troubleshooting a failed activation process.
>
> The moral of the story is "You need to reclaim your computer".
>
> Adam Kosmin (who doesn't get any viruses and permits himself to use his
> computer)
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> "
> "
> "
> " I just brought my laptop back to the shop. It was under 90day warranty.
> " I had a larger drive installed and win XP pro with Norton (what)virus utility.
> "
> " I was having a problem with Win XP Pro. It kept telling
> " me to activate the software reg.and each time I tried
> " it would come back and say it was already activated.
> "
> " I asked my comp tech "why Is it that I only had two viruses,
> " all of last year, on my win 98SE and I already got FIVE viruses
> " on WIN XP Pro?"
> "
> " His answer:"Virus attackers are spending less time cracking into older systems
> " they are spending more time hacking into the newer systems."
> "
> " (I guess this means that "the thrill is gone" for hacking older systems!)
> "
> " MORAL OF THE STORY- always use an older version of Microsoft windows;
> " your less liable to get a virus, but your system will be unsupported by Microsoft!
> "
> " Dave
> " ____________________________
> " NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
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> "
>
> --
>
> Adam Kosmin, RHCE, LPIC
> http://windowsrefund.net
>
> "Don't take the name of root in vain" - /usr/src/linux/README
> ____________________________
> NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
> Fair Use -
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