From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 9 08:29:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB76816A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:29:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au (adsl-20-121.swiftdsl.com.au [218.214.20.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B07D43D4C for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:29:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: by freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au (Postfix, from userid 102) id 0DBF26AA57; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 18:29:30 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 18:29:29 +1000 From: John Birrell To: "Richard P. Williamson" Message-ID: <20040609082929.GA15481@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au> References: <40C5BCAC.6090401@circlesquared.com> <40C5E758.5050406@circlesquared.com> <20040608123647.2cab2e91.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200406081019.30500.kstewart@owt.com> <20040608175255.GA4309@alexis.mi.celestial.com> <40C61BBF.2080008@Pandora.Be> <6.1.0.6.2.20040609090515.0270ff60@cygnus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20040609090515.0270ff60@cygnus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] What's "QED"? (was Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 08:29:51 -0000 On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:10:46AM +0100, Richard P. Williamson wrote: > Theory: Windoze installations are unreliable. > Proof: > I turned it on. > It was hacked into an open proxy. > It contracted several hundred worms. > It crashed. > QED. W^5 (Which was what we wanted) -- John Birrell