Dear god what were they thinking?

[XLR8R]

we're doomed. see you guys in the lake of fire.


US Air Force security to depend on Microsoft (http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39126045,00.htm)

[nasrules]

Sucks, don't it. Our (British) Navy already bought a load of Windows 2000 licenses. Idiots.

[Siskabush]

Looks like some hackers can have fun with this :)

And when the computer crashes, so does the plane!

[mcovey]

hmm. The government even has it's own Linux Distro. Sorta. The NSA makes SELinux and distributes it along with the kernel.

[Atheist Icon]

Awww, crap. Thank goodness I got out when I did...I don't know why the Air Force is going to a Windows only network. I'm hoping the Gateways, Proxies, Firewalls, and Mail Servers don't go to Windows...otherwise, yeah, the Air Force is screwed....

[Stownplayer]

I believe linux can be just as windows can be. It depends on the user and the secuity configurations. I've used linux quite a while now but i like windows better.Windows is a great operating system just like linux. People want to consider linux elite for some reason. To each his own. I'll put my xp machine against anyone's in a security test.

[XLR8R]

im just waiting for some computer in colorado to blue screen, next thing you know, helga from russia's got an icbm in her backyard

[Mels_Smileys45]

I heard most prisons are using Windows now because it always locks up.

[simon_says_horrible]

http://imagehost.bizhat.com/host/200410/airport.jpg
welcome to the world of microsoft..

[crackerjacker]

in other news 5000 planes just crashed
thanks bill

[XLR8R]

I heard most prisons are using Windows now because it always locks up.
bwahah
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lbrash/msjokes/blue-screen-of-death.gif

edit: heh, apparently i cant link to this file, but for some reason the red x of death is applicable to this post. :upside

redit edit: ok apparently now it works. these arent the droids your looking for. move along.:sw

[XLR8R]

and since we're on an flame microsoft trip here:

Abort, Retry, Ignore.
(Apologies to Edgar Allan Poe)

Once upon a midnight dreary, fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bed sheets,
Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line,
I took a floppy from the drawer.
Typing with a steady hand, I then invoked the SAVE command
But got instead a reprimand: it read "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

Was this some occult illusion? Some maniacal intrusion?
These were choices Solomon himself had never faced before.
Carefully, I weighed my options.
These three seemed to be the top ones.
Clearly, I must now adopt one -
Choose : "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

With my fingers pale and trembling,
Slowly toward the keyboard bending,
Longing for a happy ending, hoping all would be restored,
Praying for some guarantee
Finally I pressed a key --
But on the screen what did I see?
Again: "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

I tried to catch the chips off-guard --
I pressed again, but twice as hard.
Luck was just not in the cards,
I saw what I had seen before.
Now I typed in desperation,
Trying random combinations.
Still there came the incantation -
Choose: "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

There I sat, distraught, exhausted, by my own machine accosted;
Getting up, I turned away and paced across the office floor.
And then I saw an awful sight,
A bold and blinding flash of light,
A lightning bolt that cut the night and shook me to my very core.
The PC screen collapsed and died,
"Oh no -- my database", I cried.
I thought I heard a voice reply,
"You'll see your data -- Nevermore!"

To this day I do not know
The place to which our data goes4
Perhaps it goes to Heaven where the angels have it stored.
But as for productivity - well,
I fear it has gone straight to Hell.
And that's the tale I have to tell -
Your choice: "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

*this was copied i take no credit* all in good humor too, hell, i bought and use win2k

[nukehella]

Looks like some hackers can have fun with this :)

And when the computer crashes, so does the plane!
OK-I posted this once and deleted it.However upon reflection I am reposting it.

Siskabush----------Go and die you fucking asshole.People would be on the plane you speak of.

[Lofty]

I love that poem. :)

[nasrules]

I believe linux can be just as windows can be. It depends on the user and the secuity configurations. I've used linux quite a while now but i like windows better.Windows is a great operating system just like linux. People want to consider linux elite for some reason. To each his own. I'll put my xp machine against anyone's in a security test.

In that case you'll lose. Yes, Linux has its faults, but its whole architecture is far more security-oriented than Windows' is. XP is great compared to the horrors of 95, 98 and Me, and for the home user there's no real x86 alternative, but that doesn't make it a good operating system.

People don't want to consider Linux elite - they do so because that opinion of it is justified. Every post I've seen from you recently is incredibly big-headed - if you think something, that must be the way it is. Well, you're wrong, especially in this case.

[nukehella]

Ummm--not to be a jerk here Nas-but I am 99.9% sure that I was in a really confused stage about DRM and WMP9 until I saw a post from you a long time ago about it,it was a good post.
You were raving about MS at that point were you not?

[FrozenShadow23]

Windows is a necessary evil for now, but why put lives on the line for an OS that's been accused of being a hazard to national security?

[Stownplayer]

In that case you'll lose. Yes, Linux has its faults, but its whole architecture is far more security-oriented than Windows' is. XP is great compared to the horrors of 95, 98 and Me, and for the home user there's no real x86 alternative, but that doesn't make it a good operating system.

People don't want to consider Linux elite - they do so because that opinion of it is justified. Every post I've seen from you recently is incredibly big-headed - if you think something, that must be the way it is. Well, you're wrong, especially in this case.

No, i won't lose. Care to test me out? I can configure my xp machine to match the security of a linux machine. In the end it comes down to user knowledge of security protocol on the operating system they are using. I know that security flaws are revealed from time to time that the user cannot know about, but that happens to every os. It's all part of growing. I just hate to hear so many people bash windows when it is a remarkable piece of software. I would still use linux if it were a little more user friendly. I also hate how linux never supported the hardware i had. From wireless cards to dvd burners. I had tons of trouble. Xp had no trouble at all so i choose to learn about "bill's" operating system. When linux evolves a little more i'll try it again. But not for several more years.

[Wolfie]

With friendly MS computer support like this who needs enemies, lol?