In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:57:02 +0100
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> __/ [ Kelsey Bjarnason ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 16:32 \__
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>> [snips]
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>> On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:32:49 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> | The new phenomenon, known as Ransomware, means victims cannot access
>>> | any of the files stored in their My Documents folder.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5034384.stm
>>>
>>> Windows: Insecure by design.
>>> --Roy Culley
>>
>>
>> Windows: Pay more, get less. Just more headaches.
>>
>> Hey, Wintrolls, anyone wanna try to 0wn *my* box? Ho hum.
> ^^^
> pwn
>
> The finger slips to the left, not the top left. *wink*
I tend to read this as "pawn". Is there a three-ball establishment
running around the Internet? :-) (Does ebay count?)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn
>
> ,----[ Snipptet/first sentence ]
> | The slang term pwn (past tense pwned, pwn3d, pwnd or pwnt, various
> | pronunciations) as used by the Internet gaming culture, means to
> | defeat an opponent in a video-game.
> `----
Great.
Core Wars II: When Real Computers Match Wits With
Pretend Operating Systems
:-)
>
> B3$t w1$h3s,
>
> R0i
>
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