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to: Rich Gauszka
from: mike
date: 2007-05-17 20:28:48
subject: Re: Worm attacked voter database in notorious Florida district

From: mike 

On Thu, 17 May 2007 19:55:11 -0400, Rich Gauszka
 wrote:

>mike wrote:
>>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&arti
cleId=9019560
>>
>> ===
>> The computer database infrastructure of Sarasota County, Fla., was
>> attacked by a notorious Internet worm on the first day of early voting
>> during the 2006 election, which featured the now-contested U.S. House
>> race between Democrat Christine Jennings and Republican Vern Buchanan in
>> Florida's 13th Congressional district.
>>
>>
>> While the above concerns me, the level of concern pales in relation to
>> the concern I have when I hear about Windows being used on naval ships
>> that HAVE GUNS.
>>
>>
>>  /m
>
>All fire control systems are on hold while the ship's captain is on hold
>with Microsoft activation support?


You say that in jest, but think about a 10-inch projectile coming your way...

 /m

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