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Re: Quote of The Day
From: jonkman () jonkmans com
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:52:23 +0000
Priceless. Maybe we'll see that in an ms advertising campaign. "We're willing to take a nuke to provide a great desktop experience" Matt ------Original Message------ From: Paul Ferguson Sender: To: funsec () linuxbox org Sent: Dec 18, 2008 9:24 PM Subject: [funsec] Quote of The Day -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "In other news: HMS Vigilant's captain, Commander Bob Anstey allegedly accidentally fired a nuclear missile at Redmond, Washington in an attempt to complete the Windows Activation of the newly installed 'Submarine Command System Next Generation' customized Windows XP system. 'It was a bug, yes, that's it. Some kind of unfortunate bug triggered the 19-step launch sequence,' said Commander Anstey. Nobody at or near Microsoft could be reached for a comment." - - Seen in a Slashdot comment thread [1], regarding the news that British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows [2]. Enjoy. -ferg [1] http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1066141&cid=26157611 [2] http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/18/006226 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFJSwXkq1pz9mNUZTMRAmgmAJ48D+C1RjZygqZtXiVLcOpRkLfTaACfXkcd ima5Xzl/5xMo5y38cSuLoMI= =CqbH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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