[OT] Linux users are a bunch of potheads. ;)

Ben Rosenberg

12 Jun 2003 12 Jun '03

17:58

This is a good one. http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012 According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads. " Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said." -Ben -- The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the opposite direction. ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org

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Anders Johansson

12 Jun 12 Jun

18:04

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On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

I don't know why, but suddenly the security situation at the airlines doesn't seem so strange anymore. It's good to know that our lives are in such capable hands when we fly

jrn＠oregonhanggliding.com

18:07

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On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

I don't know why, but suddenly the security situation at the airlines doesn't seem so strange anymore. It's good to know that our lives are in such capable hands when we fly

I find that quote incredibly offensive. That guy probably has his head so far stuck up Bill Gates ass that he was asphyxiating (sp?) when he made that quote.

jfweber＠bellsouth.net

20:04

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*** Reply to message from jrn@oregonhanggliding.com (Jim Norton) on Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:07:46 -0700 (PDT)***

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I find that quote incredibly offensive. That guy probably has his head so far stuck up Bill Gates ass that he was asphyxiating (sp?) when he made that quote. uhm, has anyone checked his holdings? ( I *think* publicly held company directors still have to list what they own ??? ) He probably holds a lot of MS stock, which isn't' worth nearly as much to the "average" holder as it does to BIll and co, who paid nada for it AND who own so much that the original runup made them richer than even their hubris had dreamt of...

-- j Talkin' to myself again; Wond'rin' if this travelin' is good. Is there something else a doin' ? Somethin' I'd be doin' if I could. But if it all blows up ; and goes to hell;I hope that we could sit upon , a bed in some motel... just singin' all the stories we could tell. j. sebastian it's just an afterthought; okay ? : Exactly what I'd EXPECT a Dupe of the Conspiracy to say!

Chris Geske

21:14

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You know though, the guy might be half right, hehehehe! chris blastin

M. Fioretti

18:21

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 10:58:28 at 10:58:28AM -0700, Ben Rosenberg (ben@whack.org) wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

Please help, my english is failing me. What did Hanks mean, considering the context, in this paragraph: Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, "All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys." Not that all the attacks to his Windows server came from Linux fans, right? What is that sentence supposed to mean (in *Hanks* vision: the fact that in general he is quite clueless doesn't need further comment) TIA, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you Eric S. Raymond, "The Cathedral and the bazaar", chapter 2

John

23:18

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 10:58:28 at 10:58:28AM -0700, Ben Rosenberg (ben@whack.org) wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

Please help, my english is failing me. What did Hanks mean, considering the context, in this paragraph:

Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, "All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys."

Yes, he means that *all* the cracking going on into windows systems are from Linux users. In other words, he accusing you, me, and anyone else that uses Linux of being the prime and only suspects for all the viruses, worms, trojans, and whatever other troubles M$ Windows has.

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Matthew Johnson

18:24

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On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 10:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

-Ben

There is no hope for security across the board when stupid companies hire stupid people for critical positions. Flown that airline a couple of times (food on the international flights sucked), but that was very offensive. Dunno, being in the States for 4 years leads to the first impulse to sue...This must be in the burrito's or something :). Seriously, there are other things he says that h needs to prove, like saying all his attacks come from Linux users (funny, most of the crap I get is from Windows vulnerabilities spreading their vile across the 'net).

Martin

18:37

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May be I'm searching wrong direction but I couldn't find the 'potheads' statement yet but found all others. Anyway, with anyone's option it's like with the ass, everyone gets one :) (I've heard this somewhere and like it) so give the guy a break - the world colored just one way would be boring wouldn't it? Martin --- Matthew Johnson wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say

On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 10:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote: that a server is

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down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

-Ben

There is no hope for security across the board when stupid companies hire stupid people for critical positions.

Flown that airline a couple of times (food on the international flights sucked), but that was very offensive.

Dunno, being in the States for 4 years leads to the first impulse to sue...This must be in the burrito's or something :).

Seriously, there are other things he says that h needs to prove, like saying all his attacks come from Linux users (funny, most of the crap I get is from Windows vulnerabilities spreading their vile across the 'net).

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Ben Rosenberg

19:05

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* Martin (earl072001@yahoo.com) [030612 11:39]: ->May be I'm searching wrong direction but I couldn't ->find the 'potheads' statement yet but found all ->others. -> ->> > " Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in ->> crisis situations, ->> > Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say ->> that a server is ->> > down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will ->> get to a fix when he ->> > gets back from the "dope house," he said." ^^^^ Dope = Pot I guess it's slang that isn't in wide enough use anymore for people to catch right away. :) -- The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the opposite direction. ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org

ro b

19:10

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On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:37, Martin wrote:

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May be I'm searching wrong direction but I couldn't find the 'potheads' statement yet but found all others.

Anyway, with anyone's option it's like with the ass, everyone gets one :) (I've heard this somewhere and like it) so give the guy a break - the world colored just one way would be boring wouldn't it?

Martin

--- Matthew Johnson wrote:

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On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 10:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at

Continental Airlines

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Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in

crisis situations,

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Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say

that a server is

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down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will

get to a fix when he

...
gets back from the "dope house," he said."

-Ben Are his servers running now? If yes,why?

jfweber＠bellsouth.net

20:46

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*** Reply to message from ro b on Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:10:28 -0600***

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Are his servers running now? If yes,why?

Now *this* may be the most intellectual comment of all who've made them... ( Inc. moi, dammit ... someone get me a mainline of caffeine please before my brain goes into permanent shutdown mode !!! ) <VBG> -- j Talkin' to myself again; Wond'rin' if this travelin' is good. Is there something else a doin' ? Somethin' I'd be doin' if I could. But if it all blows up ; and goes to hell;I hope that we could sit upon , a bed in some motel... just singin' all the stories we could tell. j. sebastian it's just an afterthought; okay ? : Watch this space.

Terence McCarthy

18:44

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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:58:28 -0700 Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

Actually, I found this more offensive (especially as most of us don't live in Amsterdam!) "Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, "All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys." " What on earth is he on? Terence

Fred A. Miller

13 Jun 13 Jun

02:59

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On Thursday June 12 2003 2:44 pm, Terence McCarthy wrote:

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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:58:28 -0700

Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

Actually, I found this more offensive (especially as most of us don't live in Amsterdam!)

"Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, "All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys." "

What on earth is he on?

He MUST own a lot of MickySoft stock, or be related to Gates or Ballmer. Or, maybe a combo. Fred -- Planet Earth - a subsidiary of Microsoft®. We have no bugs in our software, Never!, We do have undocumented added features, that you will find amusing, at no added cost, to you, at this time.

Richard

03:54

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On Thursday June 12 2003 7:59 pm, Fred A. Miller wrote:

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On Thursday June 12 2003 2:44 pm, Terence McCarthy wrote:

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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:58:28 -0700 Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said." He MUST own a lot of MickySoft stock, or be related to Gates or Ballmer. Or, maybe a combo.

Fred

I find it more telling that he NEEDS a "throat to choke...." I assume this is due to crashes, lost data, hung programs, BSOD's, viri, worms, and all the rest of the wonderful accompaniments to the world of M$. I used to feel much the same way...until I started using linux and found that while there may be some frustrations they can be managed, and best of all, by me, myself, with a little effort. My biggest upset with M$ was that I could not fix problems but had to simply endure their continual recurrence, leaving me looking for a "throat to choke...." Richard

Clayton Cornell

12 Jun 12 Jun

19:28

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On Thursday 12 June 2003 19:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

Ahhh you have to love it... edjumucated people spouting off. As anyone who has ever been to the Netherlands will tell you... it's not a "dope house", it's a "Coffee Shop"... or a "Head Shop"! ;-) C.

Curtis Rey

21:37

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On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:28, Clayton Cornell wrote:

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On Thursday 12 June 2003 19:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

Ahhh you have to love it... edjumucated people spouting off. As anyone who has ever been to the Netherlands will tell you... it's not a "dope house", it's a "Coffee Shop"... or a "Head Shop"! ;-)

C.

Duuuddddeeee! Don't bogart the bong man! And pack me a choker! Curtis.

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Curtis Rey

13 Jun 13 Jun

01:06

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On Thursday 12 June 2003 14:12, zentara wrote:

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http://zentara.net/penquin.jpg

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OMFG, toooooo Funnny! That's great. Curtis. :)

Terence McCarthy

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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:12:49 -0400 zentara wrote:

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Like it!! Terence

Carl William Spitzer IV

12 Jun 12 Jun

21:59

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Just because some of us in America also support ending the WOD and medical use does not mean we are irresponsible on the job. I mean look at the problem with systems analysis. All the foolishness being done in the name of the American War On Drugs and its total failure indicates a new approach is needed. To get from there to slandering the community is a considerable stretch beyond logic, beyond humor. CWSIV On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:58:28 -0700 Ben Rosenberg writes:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

-Ben

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Nick Zentena

13 Jun 13 Jun

19:50

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On June 12, 2003 05:59 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:

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Just because some of us in America also support ending the WOD and medical use does not mean we are irresponsible on the job. I mean look at the problem with systems analysis. All the foolishness being done in the name of the American War On Drugs and its total failure indicates a new approach is needed.

Eh? The war on drugs is the greatest make work project since the depression. Why do you think the police unions back politicians? It's just classic pork. Nick

Ben Rosenberg

20:46

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* Nick Zentena (zentena@hophead.dyndns.org) [030613 12:59]: ->On June 12, 2003 05:59 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: ->> Just because some of us in America also support ending the WOD and ->> medical use does not mean we are irresponsible on the job. I mean look ->> at the problem with systems analysis. All the foolishness being done in ->> the name of the American War On Drugs and its total failure indicates a ->> new approach is needed. -> -> -> Eh? The war on drugs is the greatest make work project since the depression. ->Why do you think the police unions back politicians? It's just classic pork. Well, that would explain why the DOJ is going after people who grow pot vs. the things that are really a treat to society. I mean the most a stoner would below up is himself..and that would be if they fired one up to close to something flamable. heh. -- The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the opposite direction. ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org

S. Bulterman

17:36

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Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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This is a good one.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012

According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.

" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."

-Ben

At least there of The WinCrack........ :->

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Anders Johansson
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Chris Geske
Clayton Cornell
Curtis Rey
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M. Fioretti
Martin
Matthew Johnson
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Richard
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S. Bulterman
Terence McCarthy
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