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From: abaker at gmail.com (ASB)
Subject: Windoze almost managed to 200x repeat 9/11

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Next time, please read the thread in context.
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The context of the thread is that an application issue is being
incorrectly interpreted as an OS issue.


-ASB

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:43:53 -0400, Barry Fitzgerald
<bkfsec@....lonestar.org> wrote:
> ASB wrote:
> 
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Where issues like this relate to the OS is in the fact that the OS
> >itself shouldn't be brought down by a poorly designed app.
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >And where in that article did you read that the OS was brought down by
> >a poorly designed app?
> >
> >
> >
> I didn't... I was reponding to a point that was made about applications
> being reponsible for system failures.
> 
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >>Was it MS Windows that actually held the code that brought the system down?
> >>
> >>
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >The article was pretty clear:
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >How you managed to read "OS failure" into this is rather astounding...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> How you manage to get up in the morning is rather astounding.
> 
> Next time, please read the thread in context.
> 
> Also, if you think that that's a detailed assessment of the problem,
> you're not too bright.
> 
> So try and think a little harder next time, and not be so abbrassive.
> You may be having a bad day (most likely due to your poor attitude) but
> don't take your own misunderstanding out on others, mmkay?
> 
>             -Barry