Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion From: Tim Hammerquist Subject: Re: (OT) Nice try dude References: <20020819174433.20202.00001423@mb-ms.aol.com> Reply-To: timmy@cpan.org Mail-Followup-To: timmy@cpan.org Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Editor: Vim-601 http://www.vim.org/ Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) NNTP-Posting-Host: csn-max0-04.gbis.net Date: 22 Aug 2002 01:49:18 -0700 X-Trace: news.greatbasin.net 1030006158 csn-max0-04.gbis.net (22 Aug 2002 01:49:18 -0700) Lines: 72 Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!news.greatbasin.net Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:2081 Rudolf Polzer graced us by uttering: >> I can't be sure that IrfanView doesn't. But I don't use >> IrfanView. In any case, if IrfanView _does_ execute binary >> code within a JPG file, it would (1) only work on >> binary-compatible machines > > No problem, IrfanView also only works on binary-compatible > machines. Yeah. I did use it a few years ago, when I ran Win98. > IMHO that is too much: remotely filling a hard drive. Hai. > Why didn't you take the RPM, check what it's doing (often these > lamers use shell scripts for that) (especially the POSTINSTALL > part), recompress and rename it and send it back to the idiot? For one, he was an active and upstanding member of a prominent programming channel, so I couldn't be sure if his motives were bene- or malevolent. It was my instincts that just said "No thanks." Also, at the time I had a very real problem involving my rpm installation and vengeance simply didn't rate as high at the time. =) Besides, IMO, if lamerz had a little less free time, they'd have little patience for 14m3r2 themselves. >> > And Windows does not have many flaws >> >> Windows _does_ have flaws. > > I meant security flaws. Ah. I see your point. >> If there is any more integral part of Windows than Explorer > > VMM32? Smartass. ;) >> I've yet to have the pleasure of >> removing it from my hard drive. > > Which is really hard with the explorer. > You can change the shell, but any program that has > a file-open dialog will use the Explorer for that. With Windows Explorer, yes. But: $ rm -rf /mnt/c/windows/system/vmm32* ;) > But even worse about Windows: > you cannot change the window manager. Technically: no. Effectively: /sbin/lilo && reboot ;) Tim Hammerquist -- We're not going to get robbed. All the people in jail like you. -- Sharon to husband Ozzy Osbourne