__/ [ Tim Fairchild ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 05:10 \__
> Due to the clearing effect of the killfile
> I was able to see AZ Nomad say:
>
>> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:03:56 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>__/ [ AZ Nomad ] on Monday 05 February 2007 18:52 \__
>>
>>>> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:23:54 -0600, chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>BearItAll wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>Eventually windows comes up and asked you to enter a username and
>>>>>>password for the administrator. Now, call me nieve, but I though 'At
>>>>>>last MS are doing it right', so I said to him to use 'root' as his
>>>>>>admin user and a decent password, which we wrote into his little book
>>>>>>and I gave him the shorter ten minute version of how he should only log
>>>>>>in as root when the system asked him to or for special purposes. I was
>>>>>>expecting to get to enter normal users next, but it didn't happen. That
>>>>>>admin user is the only user you start with. sigh.
>>>>
>>>>>That is just fscking unbelievable that they STILL do not strongly
>>>>>encourage the usage of a "user" account.
>>>>
>>>>>Are they still hiding file extensions by default? Idiots.
>>>>
>>>> I'm surprised too. It only took microsoft fifteen years to embrace 70's
>>>> technology and get past the FAT file system. I'd expect they would have
>>>> embraced 60's technology and protected the operating system from its
>>>> users by now.
>>>>
>>>> Guess not: microsoft makes much of their money from people buying new
>>>> computers to replace systems with a damaged operating system.
>>
>>>Damaged -- no. Buggy -- yes. Even Microsoft admit this, but not when they
>>>do the "Wow" show.
>>
>>>Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
>>
>> Damaged as well.
>>
>> The OS can be trashed by as simple an act as inserting an audio CD,
>> visiting web pages taking advantage of bugs in the browser, retrieving
>> email, or just being connected to the internet.
>>
>> Who's fucking brilliant idea was it that an email client should run
>> by default with the ability to overwrite the operating system?
>
> Well, what can you say. Wow.
Yeah, I stand corrected.
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