Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Mon Apr 19 19:39:51 UTC 2004


On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:10:32 EDT, "Dr. Jeffrey Race" said:
> 
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 06:12:16 -0400, Chris Brenton wrote:
> 
> > An uneducated
> >end user is not something you can fix with a service pack.
> 
> 
> A profound point, again highlighting the fact that there
> are no technical solutions to this problem.  (Though
> technical measures to enhance traceability are a big help.)

Well, there *are* technical solutions, but over the last few hundred years
we've managed to essentially stop Darwinian selection against idiots, and we as
a society seem to frown on the forced sterilization of same.

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