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Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:39:51 -0400
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:10:32 EDT, "Dr. Jeffrey Race" said:
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 06:12:16 -0400, Chris Brenton wrote:An uneducated end user is not something you can fix with a service pack.A profound point, again highlighting the fact that there are no technical solutions to this problem. (Though technical measures to enhance traceability are a big help.)
Well, there *are* technical solutions, but over the last few hundred years we've managed to essentially stop Darwinian selection against idiots, and we as a society seem to frown on the forced sterilization of same.
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- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 19)
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- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) John Neiberger (Apr 19)
- RE: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Drew Weaver (Apr 19)
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- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Alexei Roudnev (Apr 19)
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