Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:53:47 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chickenbean.com Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810261152330.5879-100000@bytor.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <19981027024707.15735@welearn.com.au>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ahahah , that is cute, I'm sure even *I've* done that a few times. ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 07:22:56AM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Marius Bendiksen wrote: > > > > >>Sheesh! How many of you have never ever made a mistake when trying > > >>something for the first time? > > > > An admin at the UW who has been known to haunt the FreeBSD lists once told > > me this in regard to computing. > > > > Assume error and lack of skill until you can prove malice. > > > > This is a guy who has 50,000 users. Almost all of them are new to unix > > when they come to UW. I will run on his assumption. > > > > Beside, there are easier and more fruitful ways to glean email adresses. > > I got a polite note from an ISP a few years ago, asking me if I needed > the root password for some good reason to let him know why, and I > didn't understand what he was on about or why he used so many smileys > (Huh? what's a root password? Why would I want to see the / directory?). > Apparently my many attempts to access my second account there without > providing its userID before hitting Enter had come to his attention :-) > > And I still make that mistake occasionally. > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNjSpHsGd9jPuKvqVAQGHCgP8Cev/EhsQKEFmNKi3iENZQMuOnR3ifIdr chC/GGQgKEQpzuK5Au/deuUV4CGsmuaUA87s//5mtmfTNLeT9OyR+7zzjlE6KHOT VPEW/U+yMyBA46NieVU5NwI6jQs75VGvzLPucC3s264DDhPvKH+TF4dcAngJgSfi SotPTD8cEs0= =ialU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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