On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:57:37PM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 at 11:34, AB Ramos wrote:
>
> > No. Read again the original post. The OP never mentioned physical
> > access to the box. He only stated _shell_ access, but that's not my
> > point.
>
> I read the original post again just to be sure. You are correct, the
<non-issue snipped>
>From "...that's not my point", which word didn't you understand?
> > My point being Mr. P. Manalastas' first (sweeping?) statement ("You
> > can reboot...") is true _only_ under certain circumstances.
>
> Read Doc Mana's first reply again, clear your mind, then read it again,
Why? Have you any reason to suspect that I have comprehension problems?
> and hopefully you will come to realize that his statements were indeed
> true under the situation of unregulated physical access to the machine
^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^
Thank you for providing us an example of what I pointed out.
> that was clear in his (Doc Mana's) message. I would even add that whether
> or not it were a computer, if you had physical access to it, you could at
> the least shut it down.
You actually don't even need physical access to the box. You just need
access to the fuse box!
> I say at the least because if you shut down a human being properly,
> the likeness of getting it back up are very slim.
Same here, just replace "the fuse" with "a pill" in my last statement. ;)
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