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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 04:47 PM Original message |
DHS wants you patch your Windows computer |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. back door on PC, error... back door on voting machine, just hunkey dorey |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. really? |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You don't need to be "sophisticated" to run Linux |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I actually tried that |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes, but when you have a problem with Linux, it can be a real pain. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Here's your fairly user-friendly version |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The problem comes when you try to run some program designed for |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It sounds to me like you're making excuses |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I don't think I was whining. I don't believe I complained about Microsoft |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Openoffice |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. It's not perfectly compatible. You lose formatting. I know people who |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. thanks - I'll give it a try! |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That's the neat thing about Knoppix |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Depends on what you use it for. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. You don't have to be a big-brained computer nerd. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. That link didn't work for me, but found the DHS release: |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. im behind a linux firewall |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. And they won't tell you exactly what the flaw is, either |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Oh you mean like this? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes, but how can I tell if I have it? |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Oh boy |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't know who I trust less. MS or DHS. n/t |
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I_Make_Mistakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I have been sick and sleeping all kinds of weird hours, so I |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Unbuntu - all you need to know for Linux n/m |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. What the hell is the DHS doing expending resources on this shit? |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Uh because federal govt |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The gov't uses Windows servers? That scares me more than Terists |
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