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260128 2004-08-10 10:58:00 > I'm with Elephant on this one.
>
> Oh and I predict that Bill Gates will throw away his
> glasses and get contacts. And a trendy makeover.

Well I guess he can afford it. That is of course if he wanted to.
Elephant (599)
260129 2004-08-10 11:07:00 > > I predict the end of mankind at the same time, so
> > you're wrong.
>
> You mean an end, like the Y2k-bug was going to be?
> ;-)

No an end like the second coming. It has to be that.
Actually I am reading a book at the moment that mentions the "Third Coming" in later chapters.

Now I know you all want to know what I'm reading don't you.

"Across Realtime" by Vernor Vinge. Page 399

All spelling checked and correct. :-)
Elephant (599)
260130 2004-08-10 11:29:00 Qu'est-ce que vous parlez maintenant? Growly (6)
260131 2004-08-10 11:47:00 Mais ici on parle gobblydegook... ? TonyF (246)
260132 2004-08-10 11:55:00 So... are you all implying that Microsoft will release a worm of their own to make users upgrade? That would be pretty low, even for them.

More likely you will see some clever person create a worm that only works on SP2 and wreaks havoc, effectively making everyone want to downgrade to SP1. That would be such a laugh.
kiki (762)
260133 2004-08-10 12:35:00 Exactally what I was thinking Kiki Rob99 (151)
260134 2004-08-10 12:49:00 Well, given that worms etc. are usually small, released quickly, and certain other things (winks darkly), I would suspect that it is fairly safe to say MS won't be firing any out there just yet. (Imagine a worm with patches, hot-fixes etc.)
:D
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R2x1 (4628)
260135 2004-08-10 13:25:00 > Well, given that worms etc. are usually small,
> released quickly, and certain other things (winks
> darkly), I would suspect that it is fairly safe to
> say MS won't be firing any out there just yet.
> (Imagine a worm with patches, hot-fixes etc.)
> :D
> R2

Lol, now we're getting somewhere with the crystal ball.

Ok! I've given it another rub. One worm, it'll be 3MB and 9 weeks late, 6 weeks later there will be a critical update of 2.9MB so that it works but then that will need a hotfix because the vector will spit it out without delivering it, RC1 will begin testing somtime in 2005, you'll get the final, all 50+ MB on a CD with the SP2 patches late 2005.

Cheers Murray ;P
Murray P (44)
260136 2004-08-10 14:02:00 ROFLMAO Murray P At least it'll be the first worm with a helpdesk 0900 number.
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R2x1 (4628)
260137 2004-08-10 14:13:00 >clever person create a worm that only works on SP2 and wreaks havoc,
Some people, especialy businesses using web apps are going to find SP2 a worm on its own.
mikebartnz (21)
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