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Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?

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From: Dustin
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:37
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TBerk <bayareaberk@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:23d28098-fc1b-4fb8-b4cf-2dd0979da8d7@h17g2000pri.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 31, 4:23�pm, Dustin <bughunter.dus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> TBerk <bayareab...@yahoo.com> wrote
>> innews:970494cd-6a7b-436e-af3e-4e1d5c 
> 67c2c7@v6g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jul 29, 12:46�am, sfdavidka...@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote:
>> > <snip>
>> >> In over 8 years doing this full time I've only had to reformat
>> >> maybe 4 ti
>> > mes. �
>> >> I've had to reinstall the OS about 10 times. �But this one
>> >> really caugh
>> > t me by
>> >> surprise.
>>
>> > Lets see...
>>
>> > CP/M
>> > 8" floppy disks
>> > 5 1/4" floppies, but with Hard Sector holes cut in them
>> > Data Storage on Cassette Tape
>> > Soldering together your own Serial Cable to make sure you got the
>> > Handshaking right.
>>
>> > Eight years, heh heh. �(Not flam'n,) just ruminating
>> > nostalgically. 
>>
>> > Hell, 'the Cuckoo's Egg' for that matter.
>>
>> > TBerk
>> > Now I want to pop some corn and go watch a 'Sneakers' & 'Hackers'
>> > double bill...
>>
>> Which did you find to be more realistic for it's time? Sneakers or
>> Hackers?
>>
> 
> Sneakers, (I'm tempted to add "of course" to that).

Hehehe.. And your opinion of wargames?
 
> If you care to think about it, both raise interesting questions
> about Security vs Freedom, (and Responsibility for that matter).

Yep.. that's true enough.
 



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Subject: Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
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