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From: mike 


During 9/11, my company was without internet access for nearly 4 days. Does it
mean that all the company computers would go into self-destruct mode because
they couldn't phone home?

 /m


On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:18:56 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>The implications are worrying. If my DSL line goes down and can't be
>restored for a week or so (  happened to me once ) would my computer running
>Vista then become unusable?
>
>
>"Geo."  wrote in message
news:45971f88{at}w3.nls.net...
>> "Mike N."  wrote in message
>> news:6s5ep2dbupaq1op5jda98dnnjl05eis5op{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>>  Hee Hee, you want to actually USE your network?  Sorry, you have to be
>>> running Server for that.  Limiting to 10 incoming connections wasn't
>>> enough, now they have to limit to 10? outgoing connections as well....
>>
>> I promised myself I would run vista for a month before deciding if we will
>> ever move anything to it. I gotta say, at this point I wouldn't even let
>> my dog run this shit. I can't believe what they have done to my favorite
>> OS. It's like they took a baby grand piano and turned it into one of those
>> kids mini piano things like Linus from Charlie Brown plays.
>>
>> It's not even good as a toy OS. It phones home, it blocks my videos, it
>> limits my networking, it stops me from playing solitare unless I let it
>> phone home. It's fucking useless.
>>
>> Geo.
>

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