Linux-Advocacy Digest #37, Volume #33 Fri, 23 Mar 01 15:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: German armed forces ban MS software <gloat!> ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: What is user friendly? ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Kulkis not Chad, Gates (was Re Unix/Linux Professionalism) ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: What is user friendly? (Chad Everett)
Re: What is user friendly? ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Richard Stallman what a tosser, and lies about free software (-kn)
Re: How Microsoft Crushes the Hearts of Trolls. (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: Kulkis not Chad, Gates (was Re Unix/Linux Professionalism) ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,soc.singles
Subject: Re: German armed forces ban MS software <gloat!>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:17:28 -0500
Chad Everett wrote:
>
> The following is an amazing confession by Mr. Kulkis. It's the
> kind of thing a therapist sees after spending years with a
> particularly difficult and troubled patient and then, one day,
> the patient suddenly just opens up and reveals all the previously
> hidden motivations that explain everything.
>
> Read the following carefully and you will see the reasons why
> Mr. Kulkis has fabricated and created his USENET identity:
>
> Aaron R. Kulkis
> Unix Systems Engineer
> DNRC Minister of all I survey
> ICQ # 3056642
>
> Through the power of self-hypnosis (see the link Aaron provides
> below: http://www.trucor.com) Aaron has transformed himself from
> a Windows 98 user into a highly paid, Unix Systems Engineer who
> is Minister of all he surveys. He has "created, within himself,
> ....a new person...who has the power to do what the 'real Aaron'
> cannot".
>
> Thank you so much for opening up and revealing yourself to us
> Mr. Kulkis.
>
That was pretty funny.
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
> >>
> >> Said Aaron R. Kulkis in alt.destroy.microsoft on Thu, 22 Mar 2001
> >> >
> >> >The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club.
> >> >
> >> >The second rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club.
> >>
> >> Obviously, Aaron really liked this movie. I suppose nobody has to
> >> really guess why.
> >>
> >
> >Yes...I did like it. And it just showed up on cable last night, to
> >remind me of exactly WHY I liked it.
> >
> >Sometime, if something is holding you back, keeping you from achieving
> >what you want to achieve...then the best way to overcome that roadblock
> >is to create, within yourself...a new person...who has the power to do
> >what 'the real you' (*) cannot.
> >
> >
> >I first learned of this concept from Mark Cunningham (http://www.trucor.com),
> >who, during his time in VietNam, was in the Special Forces. To assist him
> >in performing his mission, he was allowed to wear whatever rank he chose...
> >whatever he saw fit as being the most effective to complete his missions.
> >
> >He chose the rank of Major, because it put him one step up above the
> >veritable sea of captains on any significant installation, but was still
> >low enough that it wouldn't attract unnecessary attention like a
> >Lieutenant Colonol or Colonel.
> >
> >
> >Thus...To this day, depending on what he's doing, Mark will refer to
> >himself using one of two names. Either Mark Cunningham, a laid-back,
> >roly-poly, over-the-hill, balding dude, or "Major Mark", a man who
> >(among a lot of other things) is STILL able to score pretty young
> >chicks at the gym.
> >
> >your "identity" is nothing more than the internal *MODEL* of yourself
> >which you use to interact with the rest of the world.
> >
> > (*) whatever the fuck "the real you" is.
> >
> >To paraphrase the tagline of the "Vince & Larry crash test dummy" PSA's...
> >
> >"You can learn a lot from a schizophrenic."
> >
> >In the case of Fight Club....if you go back and re-watch the film, what
> >you are watching is the DEVELOPMENT of a very powerful...for lack of a
> >better word... "alter ego" (+)...which let's this overworked, underpaid
> >guy take control of his life, and achieve his dreams.
> >
> >The fact that this one particular man's dreams are...a little twisted,
> >indicts the technique not in the slightest. A gun in the hands of a
> >bank robber is bad. A gun in the hands of the cop ARRESTING the
> >bank robber is good. The gun itself is neutral. So is the development
> >and maintenance of 'alternate personalities'
> >
> > (+) alter-ego is based on ludicrous notion that there is a "real you",
> > and any other personality traits you exhibit are...somehow...alien,
> > or something.
> >
> >
> >In fact...if you look in life, practically everyone you know who is
> >really successful...does exactly that. One of your identities is
> >T. Max Devlin, USENET poster. I'm sure that you have a whole host
> >of other identities which you quickly transition between throughout
> >the day. In some situations, you are Mr. Devlin, technologist.
> >When you go home, you become "Daddy". When you go to your parents
> >house, you revert to "[some other name] son of [mom] and [dad]"
> >
> >
> >> --
> >> T. Max Devlin
> >> *** The best way to convince another is
> >> to state your case moderately and
> >> accurately. - Benjamin Franklin ***
> >
> >
> >--
> >Aaron R. Kulkis
> >Unix Systems Engineer
> >DNRC Minister of all I survey
> >ICQ # 3056642
> >
> >K: Truth in advertising:
> > Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
> > Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
> > Special Interest Sierra Club,
> > Anarchist Members of the ACLU
> > Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
> > The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
> > Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
> >
> >
> >J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
> > The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
> > also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
> >
> >I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
> > challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
> > between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
> > Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
> >
> >H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
> > premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
> > you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
> > you are lazy, stupid people"
> >
> >G: Knackos...you're a retard.
> >
> >
> >F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
> > adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
> >
> >E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
> > her behavior improves.
> >
> >D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
> > ...despite (C) above.
> >
> >C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
> >
> >B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
> > method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
> > direction that she doesn't like.
> >
> >A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,soc.singles
Subject: Re: What is user friendly?
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:19:44 -0500
green wrote:
>
> > > >
> > >
> > > yes and that exception is my case.
> > >
> > > a HT6560b controler has
> > >
> > > 2 ide channels ide 1 works through ide0 so i have 3 hd's and 1 cdrom on
> it
> > > 1 floppy controller.
> > >
> > > EISA bus.
> > >
> > > the swap is on the first hard disk.
> > > no mirroring as i have not enough space any way.
> >
> > But the original claim was that a broken FLOPPY drive caused a Linux
> > system to crash.
> >
> > This is a complete falsehood, for the reasons which I explained above.
>
> not floppy DRIVE but floppy DISK.
>
> dos boot disks work fine.
> but linux crock's at loading root file system on second disk.
liar
> os/2 croacks a finding cd drive.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Kulkis not Chad, Gates (was Re Unix/Linux Professionalism)
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:23:42 -0500
Barry Manilow wrote:
>
> GreyCloud wrote:
> >
> > "Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> > >
> > > For instance...I am particularly passionate about my hatred for Communism,
> > > as it is based on a philosophy of nothing more than seductive lies, and
> > > cannot survive without a brutal police state to support it.
>
> Boy then u will really love me Aaron. I am still a card-carrying
> member of the Communist Party USA. Yes they give you a card. :) I
> just joined a couple of years ago. You may be interested to know that
> the CPUSA is a democratic party in this country. Their agenda is
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Democracy is nothing more than a tyranny of the manipulated masses.
In fact the democratic form government is specifically PROHIBITED at the
state and federal level. The Constitution specifies that not only is the
US federal government a republic, but also that EVERY state which enters
the union must also be AND REMAIN a republic.
> really nothing less free than the democracy we have now...no brutal
> police state at all. They do believe in suppression of "hate speech"
> tho. You may also be interested to know that despite the stuff about
> communism being dead, it is not dead at all in this country. In fact,
> in the last ten years, membership in the CPUSA has increased 400% and
> is now at about 50,000. They are the fastest growing part on the
> left.
Go check the behavior of the IRS and tell us that the more principles
of communism that get implemented (corporate taxes, social security,
medicare, etc.) the nicer the police get.
> --
> Bob
> Being flamed? Don't know why? Take the Flame Questionnaire(TM)
> today!
> Why do you think you are being flamed?
> [ ] You continued a long, stupid thread
> [ ] You started an off-topic thread
> [ ] You posted something totally uninteresting
> [ ] People don't like your tone of voice
> [ ] Other (describe)
> [ ] None of the above
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chad Everett)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,soc.singles
Subject: Re: What is user friendly?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:23:33 GMT
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:12:43 -0500, Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Steve Mading wrote:
>>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : "T. Max Devlin" wrote:
>> :>
>> :>
>> :> Taxes don't pay prof's salaries, Aaron.
>>
>> : Really?
>>
>> : Then where do the tax dollars come from?
>>
>> Ever heard of "tuition"?
>
>The only college in the nation which accepts no government funds of
>any sort is Hillsdale College in Michigan. And even then, the
>tuition is supplemented with a LARGE pool of donations from alumni
>and other willing gift givers.
>
You're all forgetting that a BIG source of money for most professors
is research grant money.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is user friendly?
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:24:55 -0500
Roberto Alsina wrote:
>
> Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
>
> > Roberto Alsina wrote:
> >>
> >> Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> malloc() is part of the standard C library and is independent of UNIX.
> >> >>
> >> >> If I was giving a programming assignment, mandating the use of
> >> >> dynamic memory allocation to a university class, I would have them
> >> >> write their own dynamic memory allocator and tell them they were not
> >> >> allowed to use malloc.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for making my point. Without the use of malloc(), the student
> >> > has to interact with the raw operating system.
> >>
> >> Not really. You can just allocate a huge piece if memory in an array and
> >> manipualte it.
> >
> > Then you're not getting it from the OS pool.
>
> Sure you are. Where do you think the memory is coming from? The memory
> fairy?
>
It's not a DYNAMIC allocation from the system memory, it's a STATIC
allocation at load time.
> > It's this sort of technique of using handwaving techniques to avoid
> > dealing with the real world that makes engineers produce better quality
> > work than cs majors.
>
> I wouldn't know, I am neither.
>
> --
> Roberto Alsina
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
------------------------------
From: -kn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,misc.int-property
Subject: Re: Richard Stallman what a tosser, and lies about free software
Date: 23 Mar 2001 21:06:46 +0200
.-
| On 22 Mar 2001 20:18:53 GMT, Steve Mading
| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|
<...>
| are SERIOUSLY WEIRD. It is clear that a similar situation exists with the
`
so much text just for an ad hominem attack combined with an appeal to
authority. oh well.
when it all comes down to use and practice, gpl-ed code is, in a reasonable
context, free. under certain circonstances, the gpl comes in the way and
encumber the developement and reuse of parts of code. in those cases, a
compromise must be found. dealing with freedom often means having
responsabilities, it is kind of sad the freedom you "gpl software is
not free software" guys seems to refer to is that of the animal in the
wild. very attractive, but in any cases no absolute freedom at all.
--
n
++k
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft Crushes the Hearts of Trolls.
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:26:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ayende Rahien
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
on Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:25:56 +0200
<99fqrn$t0b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>"The Ghost In The Machine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ayende Rahien
>
>> >I don't think that XP does it (hard link)
>> >It can, but the functionality is not visible in the UI, I use an external
>> >shell extention to do it.
>> >.LNK rather than soft links are a fault of FAT, btw.
>>
>> Yes, FAT is not the brightest of file systems, this is true.
>> However, the directory format might have been extended to allow
>> softlinks (they certainly extended it for the ability to do
>> Unicode-capable naming -- yuck).
>
>They should have given 9x NTFS, with a default install of Everybody having
>permissions.
>I don't know if many programs would be able to tell the difference.
>FAT is too damn *basic* for this.
Agreed, although I would want to also have what NT implemented: the
ability to automatically convert from FAT the NTFS. Apparently that's
done by a bit of legerdomain during startup; if one tells NT to convert,
it will convert upon the next reboot -- which IIRC is requested by NT
with the familiar popup "Windows requires a reboot" requester (I forget
the precise wording).
It may not have been much of an issue however; Win9x isn't really
designed for multiuser use.
>
>> >> plug and play (anyone
>> >> else remember AutoConfig(tm) [*] by Amiga?) and the absolutely
>> >> stupid Common Dialog file requester with the braindead horizontal
>> >> scrollbar which by now everyone's used to, although they probably
>> >> hate its guts, can be counted as true "innovations".
>> >
>> >You preffer the Win3.11 way of doing it?
>>
>> I'm not sure, but at least it was a vertically-presented list. :-)
>
>Why don't you like the horizonal list?
Because it's klunky. I can't really give a better answer, but
check out http://www.iarchitect.com/mshame.html for a more
detailed explanation as to why it's A Bad Thing(tm).
Mind you, at this point everyone's probably more or less used to it.
>
>
>> >Why would you use batch files for scripting?
>> >Use CMD files, much better.
>> >Or WSH, which can certianly do it.
>>
>> Hmmm....I'll have to do some research as to what precisely the
>> format of the commands are in those formats. It's clear that
>> one can consider these additional "shells" (a la sh, ksh, csh,
>> ash, zsh, tclsh, etc.) as far as scripting goes.
>
>CMD is another shell, sort of.
>WSH is a framework where you can put languages on, you can script using VBS,
>JScript & Perl (I'm certain about those, a lot of others, too, I think).
>
>> There are also .PIF files, which aren't scripts but somehow
>> get involved when creating an icon that can launch an app
>> in certain cases.
>
>.PIF is a file which contain information to Windows about how to present &
>open the file.
>I think that the most common use is for DOS programs, where you can set how
>you want them to open.
>
>
>
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- insert random misquote here
EAC code #191 46d:20h:45m actually running Linux.
You were expecting something relevant down here?
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Kulkis not Chad, Gates (was Re Unix/Linux Professionalism)
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:27:57 -0500
WesTralia wrote:
>
> "T. Max Devlin" wrote:
> >
> > Said WesTralia in alt.destroy.microsoft on Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:27:03
> > >"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> WesTralia wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > "Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > You have no understanding of my work.
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> > Tell us a little bit about your "work" Aaron. It doesn't seem to
> > >> > matter if it's 2:00am, 10:00am, 3:00pm, or high noon, you manage
> > >> > to post from the same web browser/news reader no matter what the
> > >> > time of day or night.
> > >>
> > >> Yes, they all go through altopia, from a machine I run.
> > >>
> > >> Perhaps you've heard of remote login?
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >Oh man, this is what I was afraid of -- a poor excuse. You could have
> > >at least said that you have a laptop that you carry with you everywhere
> > >you go.
> > >
> > >So let's see if I have your story straight:
> > >
> > >- You have a news reader which has a header idenitifying your OS
> > > as WIN98.
> > >
> > >- Your news reader is really a news reader on an UNIX system with
> > > the header string changed for the purpose of security through
> > > obscurity. (By the way "security through obscurity" is an M$
> > > line of reasoning.)
> > >
> > >- In order to post to this group you do a remote login to your
> > > personal system, set the DISPLAY, then pull up Netscape on the
> > > local machine.
> > >
> > >- You do all of this "remote login" stuff while on any contract
> > > job at any company, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
> > >
> > >- You do the above without having any firewall problems because
> > > every company that you contract for is wide open.
> > >
> > >
> > >Aaron... Aaron... Aaron... <shaking my head>
> > >
> > >So much to believe, so little time. I'll pretend that I didn't
> > >read this last reply of yours and give you some time to come
> > >up with something a little less "s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d".
> >
> > Actually, most of that sounds perfectly reasonable for a moderately
> > experienced Unix admin (plus or minus your misconstruction). To be
> > honest, the only thing which contradicts this possibility is the fact
> > that he hasn't shown the ability to change his header string.
> > Unfortunately for him, that's rather convincing.
> >
>
> Yes, all of the remote login stuff is very easily achieved with UNIX
> systems. It's a breeze. Where the s-t-r-e-t-c-h comes in is that
> Aaron supposedly is able to freely login to untrusted hosts from his
> contract jobs. Yeah right! Do you think General Motors gives contract
> workers wide open network access both inside and outside? How about
> K-mart?
>
> Contract workers are the most restricted workers within a company in
> terms of network access.
>
> This line of Aaron's bs is worse that his mail header string bs.
>
I have my ways.
> --
> -wt
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
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