Comments on: Computer again. http://blog.xcski.com/2004/11/24/computer-again Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:34:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Steve http://blog.xcski.com/2004/11/24/computer-again#comment-461 Steve Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=379#comment-461 It's a hideous and unpleasant thought, and as I really admire and respect what you do for us, Paul (NO SARCASM!), I have refrained from voicing it until now, but frankly, you would not have had this much hassle with Windows 2000. (Always assuming you had pre-downloaded SP4 and all the patches for remotely-exploitable vulnerabilities then installed them before you even thought about entertaining the gist of the inkling of a notion of contemplating the act of considering the idea of expressing an inclination to go online...) (...as opposed to NT4, or XP, or anything else from the House of Gates...) (...and assuming there's not something fundamentally screwed about your mobo...) (...and - oh, fuck it! Good luck and God Bless.) It’s a hideous and unpleasant thought, and as I really admire and respect what you do for us, Paul (NO SARCASM!), I have refrained from voicing it until now, but frankly, you would not have had this much hassle with Windows 2000.

(Always assuming you had pre-downloaded SP4 and all the patches for remotely-exploitable vulnerabilities then installed them before you even thought about entertaining the gist of the inkling of a notion of contemplating the act of considering the idea of expressing an inclination to go online…)

(…as opposed to NT4, or XP, or anything else from the House of Gates…)

(…and assuming there’s not something fundamentally screwed about your mobo…)

(…and - oh, fuck it! Good luck and God Bless.)

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