Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:01:59 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008] Message-ID: <20010208110159.E2429@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010207223155.009d42a0@mail85.pair.com>; from adam@whizkidtech.net on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:31:55PM -0600 References: <3A81DDC9.EF6D7D84@originative.co.uk> <3.0.6.32.20010207223155.009d42a0@mail85.pair.com>
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G. Adam Stanislav said on Feb 7, 2001 at 22:31:55: > At 23:44 07-02-2001 +0000, Paul Richards wrote: > >> - Servers could only be affected if the attacker were given the > >> ability to load a program of her choice onto the machine and > >> execute it locally. ^^^ > > Hmmm... Do I detect sexism on the part of Microsoft assuming the > attacker would be female? It seems to be pretty common practice these days, among people who want to correct the language bias of centuries but find "his/her" cumbersome. The idea is that if "his" is supposed to be gender-neutral in generic situations, "her" should also be regarded as gender-neutral. On this issue, at least, I have no quarrel with Microsoft :) R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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