Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:42:45 +0400 From: DoubleF <doublef@tele-kom.ru> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: sdbug@sdbug.org Subject: Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices Message-ID: <20040415084244.GA743@Shark.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> References: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 11:36:05AM -0700, Peter Leftwich probably wrote: > > Any major sacrifices I've forgotten? ":-\ > Sure (this list doesn't apply to XP only): * being able to hang the machine by just running an executable from the base system (krnl386.exe or something like that, which I don't remember now) --- no viruses needed; * being able to put an <iframe> tag in your Active Desktop to automatically launch applications at startup without your confirmation (1); * being able to write *beautiful* and *portable* programs in Visual Basic; * being able to write a program which, using assembly, changes the video mode to some text mode, confusing the OS and the user; * being able to erase all configuration of your system by just altering one file (oh --- maybe two --- now that's a progress); * and certainly many more:). Sorry, just couldn't resist. 1. if you don't get the joke, look at the message bodies of the viruses your filter received today. -- DoubleF A randomly generated quote: b18e116555605131cc635bacb88d5c9f -- md5 /dev/random [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAfksEwo7hT/9lVdwRAk1pAJ9rYS9hvw03O/WhwoctxxnEoCBuOwCdGY77 rsCVZKsM9A6ZsEjDDyLVBac= =IX8C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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