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Re: The Internet (R)*
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Date: 
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:38:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Gerber writes:
I thought I would bring this up for discussion here, as the whole lot of us
seem to be AT LEAST low-level computer geeks.

This is scary:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/770511.asp

This shows just how scary the above is:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020627.html

And I thought .net was messed up.

Now, I'm not one for total Microsoft bashing (unlike Larry, with his feeble
attempt to stir up the Mac crowd 8?P), but I'm about ready to banish all
BillWare from my system after reading into this (he says typing into the web
interface via IE5, checking his e-mail in OE).

So what do you all think?

It's already started http://bsdvault.net/article.php?sid=527&mode=&order=0

ROSCO



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I thought I would bring this up for discussion here, as the whole lot of us seem to be AT LEAST low-level computer geeks. This is scary: (URL) shows just how scary the above is: (URL) I thought .net was messed up. Now, I'm not one for total (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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