Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 682
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:47:30 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Sunday 17 August 2003
 Number  682
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  Warm, fuzzy feelings : <denny at alphalink dot com dot au>
2  Re:  Warm, fuzzy feelings : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>

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Date:  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:47:18 -1000
From:  <denny at alphalink dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warm, fuzzy feelings

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:45:46 +0800, bob wrote:

Anyone for a good conspirisy:
While waiting to hear how MS fared in the predicted DoS attack, the 
whole eastern seaboard power system fell over.
How many PC's running windows are used by the power companies?

>On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 04:59 pm, you wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:47:56 +0800, bob wrote:
>> >Speaking of blaster... Looks like the DoS payload has hit...
>> > microsoft dot com is no longer accessible (at least from here in Perth)
>>
>> That's interesting/odd/curious!
>>
>> Most pundits were predicting that MS could easily circumvent the DoS
>> because the hardcoded name windowsupdate dot com was incorrect - the correct
>> address is windowsupdate.microsoft dot com.
>
>May have been something transitory, microsoft dot com is now visible again here 
>(though is was out for at least a couple of hours... maybe routing 
>problems, given the blackouts on the US east coast)
>
>
>> Best regards
>> John Angelico
>-- 
>All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed.
>		-- Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice"
>

> 

>
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Date:  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:04:53 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Warm, fuzzy feelings

denny at alphalink dot com dot au wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:45:46 +0800, bob wrote:
>
> Anyone for a good conspirisy:
> While waiting to hear how MS fared in the predicted DoS attack, the
> whole eastern seaboard power system fell over.
> How many PC's running windows are used by the power companies?
>

    Well ..... it would only need one !

Cheers/2

Ed.

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