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 Luser makes ass out of himself

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Jan 16, 2002
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Anyone who's paid any atteniont probably has heard about the numerous problems found in WindowsXP and other new Microsoft software offerings.

I recently came across the article while checking up on a little tech news at The Register.

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Apparently Microsoft, for the last two weeks, has been having some trouble with its network. In the last couple of days that problem annoyed many users when they tried to download the latest patches from update.microsoft.com and other such sites.

The part of the article that really made me laugh was an excerpt from a letter from a supposed Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). Obviously it wasn't the MCP part that was funny, since it is a real certification. What was funny was the statement that he made about The Register's writers.

It reminded me so much of the posters on this very site that like to proclaim that they are MCSEs and that Windows and other MS software is the best and never has problems. In other words that "it's not Microsoft's fault but yours for not knowing how to use Windows because you're just a stupid long haired hacker criminal" or other variations of the same argumment.

And finally, a big hello to the Microsoft Certifiable Professional (we think that's what MCP stands for) who wrote telling us there was nothing wrong because it worked for him all weekend, and that therefore "the Register writers obviously have no idea on how to configure their own systems". Well fella, look who's talking...
In other words it's really silly to make that argument when Microsoft itself releases a statement saying basically, "Our shit's fucked up and it's our fault."

Just in case you missed it. Here is the link to the article both as hypertext (link-text) and as plain text (text you have to copy and paste into the location bar) for those that have stupid fantasies about fake links.

Hypertext
Windows Update glitches wider, deeper?

Plain Text
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23685.html

Note: Hopefully the above explanation serves well for readers, such as Martino Cortez, who for some reason just can't figure out the difference between hypertext and plain text.

       
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ok. now I know you're joking (none / 0) (#1)
by osm on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:15:41 PM PST
Since we all know that numbers cannot be used in an internet link.

Very funny. Don't you have anything better to do?

Thanks for clearing that up (none / 0) (#3)
by Anonymous Reader on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:23:34 PM PST
I kept clicking on the link to see this outrageous story, but nothing came up except an error page. I didn't understand it. You're truly insightful OSM.

stop it osm (none / 0) (#24)
by PotatoError on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 11:09:00 AM PST
stop using anomymous readers to back up your messages.

"your truly insightful OSM"

lol
<<JUMP! POGO POGO POGO BOUNCE! POGO POGO POGO>>

he has to (none / 0) (#27)
by NAWL on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 11:27:20 AM PST
His other buddies aren't here to talk about what a genious he is. So he must do it himself.




Hey, if you consider the fifth grade your senior year, what else can you be besides a pompous jackass?

O.S.M. has devoted fans on every continent. (none / 0) (#28)
by elenchos on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 02:59:00 PM PST
He is a legend. He is an icon. Do you even know what "O.S.M." stands for?

You poor deluded bastard. You just have no idea, do you? Do you know what kind of loyal support it takes to keep an operation of Adequacy.org's scale going? Do you?

Why not go try it yourself, and see if you can muster the kind of following the O.S.M. has-- just O.S.M. alone. Forget about the others, Gibbons, I.A.T., Freddie. Just try wrap your mind around the scale of O.S.M.'s fame, and you will be dizzied, I can gurantee.


I do, I do, I do
--Bikini Kill

man, that even made me dizzy (nt) (none / 0) (#29)
by osm on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 03:06:49 PM PST



 
So true! I love OSM! (none / 0) (#37)
by Sexy Gallis on Sun Jan 20th, 2002 at 04:59:37 AM PST
Too true... I follow OSM all around the internet, archiving every one of his posts.

A credit to every mammal.

 
You CAN use numbers (none / 0) (#7)
by NAWL on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:52:18 PM PST
Since we all know that numbers cannot be used in an internet link.

Funny I see numbers in all these

http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/1/16/21500/6554

http://www.adequacy.org/?op=user;tool=info;uid=23

http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/12/7/21410/1108

And just so you don't say that adequacy.org is the only site that can

http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/15827.html

http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/15830.html

And here's another article about the same story

link

Again in plain text
http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/15800.html




Hey, if you consider the fifth grade your senior year, what else can you be besides a pompous jackass?

how many times (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by osm on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 11:24:30 PM PST
must you be told to quit hacking our site? You publishing those adequacy links hacked to pieces to activate some illegal hacker code VIOLATES THE DMCA!

I'm NOT warning you AGAIN, NAWL!!

dear god, you just can't stop (none / 0) (#10)
by NAWL on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 11:41:29 PM PST
http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/1/16/21500/6554

This is a link to this particular diary entry. It appears in the location bar. I am using IE right now by the way.

http://www.adequacy.org/?op=user;tool=info;uid=23

This is the link that appears in the location bar when some clicks USER INFO which appears at the top of every registered users posts. It can also be displayed if someone clicks WHO at the top of the front page then clicks...osm

http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/12/7/21410/1108

This is the link to a story you wrote. Again it is the link that appears in the location bar of EVERY browser.

Last time I checked point and click where not hacker tools. Now shut up or get a brain.




Hey, if you consider the fifth grade your senior year, what else can you be besides a pompous jackass?

You are the stupid one (none / 0) (#11)
by Anonymous Reader on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 11:44:49 PM PST
By continuing to post hacker links to adequacy, you are sure to wind up in federal prison. Do you know what they do to hackers in prison? ::shudder::

boohoo (none / 0) (#12)
by NAWL on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 11:49:27 PM PST
Oh shut up and blow it out your ass. You're just as dumb and clueless as osm




Hey, if you consider the fifth grade your senior year, what else can you be besides a pompous jackass?

 
That's funny (none / 0) (#14)
by osm on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:01:12 AM PST
on my (UNHACKED) version of IE, I see a pleasant toolbar with user-friendly buttons that allow me to maneuver comfortably around the internet.

When I click on "My Favorites" I am presented with the option of coming here, going to the AOL home page, the Microsoft help pages or Learn The Net dot com. Interestingly, I see none of the numbers you have ILLEGALLY HACKED into those internet locations. Oh, and when I click on my name, I get my user info. Not a bunch of hacker codes and virus excrement.

So how long have you been on this same acid trip NAWL? Do you EVER sober up?

here ya go, now read it (none / 0) (#16)
by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:23:48 AM PST
All you have is buttons. Then you need to check the option to display the address bar. I'm using WindowsXP, but I'm sure it's the same no matter what version you are using.
Click
View >> Toolbars >> Address Bar




I see it (none / 0) (#17)
by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:29:07 AM PST
I can see all that stuff. It appears in the address bar in IE and the location bar in Netscape Navigator.

 
Sorry (none / 0) (#18)
by osm on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:30:26 AM PST
I am not going to use Internet Explorer in a manner that is NOT MICROSOFT APPROVED and which most likely VIOLATES THE DMCA.

I don't know where you people came from, but THIS IS NOT A HACKER SITE.

huh?!? (none / 0) (#19)
by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:42:38 AM PST
Not Microsoft Approved!?!?

Do you even know what the Address Bar does? It allows you to type in the URL of the web site you want visit. By the way it's displyed by default.

Since you don't have the addres bar displyed I can only guess you press CRTL+O and the type in the URL.

It's perfectly legitimate. Like I said mine was displyed by default in every version of Windows I have install or was already install on the machine I bought from Gateway.

Not Microsoft Approved (none / 0) (#20)
by osm on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:55:29 AM PST
Do you even know what the Address Bar does?

It is a hacker tool used to illegally decode and display the IP token information taken from the internal v-chip.

It's perfectly legitimate. Like I said mine was displyed by default in every version of Windows I have install or was already install on the machine I bought from Gateway.

How many copies of this hacked version of Windows have you installed? I'm sure Microsoft would love to hear that you are converting their products into WARE-EZZ and illegally distributing them so you can access the My Documents folders of unsuspecting LICENSED users.

I agree with OSM (none / 0) (#25)
by PotatoError on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 11:18:19 AM PST
"It is a hacker tool used to illegally decode and display the IP token information taken from the internal v-chip."
Yes the microsoft v-chip is used as a simple distillator to over-clock the main CPU BIOS. It has a Microsoft approved certificate on it and emits a siren when data is stolen from it - such as IP stacks and API calls.

Evil hackers remove the siren using a hacker tool called "pair of pliars". Fortunately this tool should soon be banned under DMCA legislation.

The My Documents folder is actually owned by AOL and RIIA. Anything which goes in there falls under juristriction of the DMCA.

<<JUMP! POGO POGO POGO BOUNCE! POGO POGO POGO>>

 
HOWTO from Microsoft (none / 0) (#21)
by Anonymous Reader on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 12:56:02 AM PST
How to Search the Internet from the Address Bar in Internet Explorer

So I guess that means it's MS approved then huh?

Either you are timid about features you don't know about in Windows and simply write them off as hacker stuff or don't want to admit you were wrong.

Either way I could care less.


Oh my God (none / 0) (#22)
by osm on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 01:01:57 AM PST
I am NOT - I REPEAT - NOT following your hacked link just so you can gain access to my computer and use my Outlook for your own illegal purposes.

Shouldn't you be in a rehab?

step by step (none / 0) (#23)
by NAWL on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 01:17:42 AM PST
1. Go to WWW.MICROSOFT.COM

2. Under Resources (bottom half, left) click support

3. Select Internet Explorer from the pull down menu (search, left side)

4. In the box below it enter: address bar
(you will have to search for the article

OR

Follow steps 1-3 then

Click Search our database of support articles then

scroll to the botoom and enter Q221754 in the box and click the arrow right next to it. This is a direct link.




Hey, if you consider the fifth grade your senior year, what else can you be besides a pompous jackass?

 
osm makes ass out of himself (none / 0) (#8)
by NAWL on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 11:05:23 PM PST
Yes osm you most certainly can save an htm, html, asp or whatever using numbers.

The following are for example purposes only. They are not meant to be visit. I'm not even sure they even exist.

Example:
something.html can also be saved as 1234.html

You very simply could provide a link to a subdirectory. If an index.html file exists in that directory it will display that

Example:
www.somewhere.com/here
or
www.somewhere.com/here/index.html




Hey, if you consider the fifth grade your senior year, what else can you be besides a pompous jackass?

 
Possible "Hacks" For URLs w/ Numbers (none / 0) (#26)
by doofus on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 11:24:12 AM PST
OSM,

While in general you are correct, numbers CAN be used in website addresses if any one of the following techniques are employed (please note that these "hacks" may be illegal in your village/township/county/state/country.):

1. Rot13 the numbers first and then enter them in your official, US-government certified Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows web "browser."

2. Use "8 bit ASCII" characters instead of standard 7 bit characters. 7 bit characters are similar to 7-segment LED displays. 8 bit characters allow for more LED display shapes. After you've converted to 8 bit characters, enter the resulting web site address in your official, US-government certified Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows web "browser."

3. Base64 or MIME conversion can be used but is very unreliable. If you successfully convert a web site address using MIME enter the resulting address in your official, US-government certified Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows web "browser."

4. You can also "zip" the address to shorten it, thus allowing your official, US-government certified Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows web "browser" to process the address quickly. However, the possiblity remains that a number will still a part of th address. If this is the case, you must resort to option 1) above.

Hope this helps.

 
Windows update... (none / 0) (#2)
by Anonymous Reader on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:20:30 PM PST
You know the strange part about the Redhat updates is the extent they rely on publicaly subsidized "mirrors" in the .edu and .gov domains. Not only is this theft of public resources but it becomes outright dangerous for end users because Redhat did not even bother to sign the packages. I guess that is the magic of open source: you never know how many holes the software will open.

 
Oh Boy! (none / 0) (#4)
by Autobots vs Panopticon on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:26:55 PM PST
Another one of those "My Amiga is better" threads, which will inevitably unleash hordes of semi-literate, cave dwelling, script-kiddies who must enlighten us on how their transgressions of international law do not make them criminals.

Look, we like you. Really, we do! We just ask that you turn away from the dark path and put your talents towards something more wholesome.



More than meets the eye!

 
There is something wrong with your link. (none / 0) (#5)
by Slobodan Milosevic on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:33:05 PM PST
It doesn't work. I would expect more from a self-professed computer professional such as yourself.

 
LINK CORRECTION!!!!!!!!!!! (5.00 / 2) (#6)
by NAWL on Wed Jan 16th, 2002 at 10:37:56 PM PST
While the link at the beginning of the story should work, here is the correct link in case your are having trouble.

LINK HERE

Here it is again in plain text
http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/23685.html




Hey, if you consider the fifth grade your senior year, what else can you be besides a pompous jackass?

Please stop... (3.00 / 2) (#32)
by gcsb on Thu Jan 17th, 2002 at 07:48:09 PM PST
Please stop posting comments that contain IP-Tokens. You are just demonstrating to any script kiddies that visit how to obtain them.

If the hoardes of so-called 'skiddiots' figure out how to decode IP-Tokens, AOL will have to shut down the internet.

Thank you for your cooperation,
gcsb



Sig is under re-construction...do not panic.

SIR (5.00 / 1) (#33)
by trog on Fri Jan 18th, 2002 at 01:25:27 AM PST
would you care to explain the decoding of these so called IP tokens? I do not fully understand the implications of your accusation?

If everyone figures out how to decode their IP tokens, would the world not be a better place?!

FEAR THE LORD LUCIFER!

all your ip tokens are belong to us

Dear Sir, (3.50 / 2) (#34)
by gcsb on Fri Jan 18th, 2002 at 01:42:51 AM PST
I know who you are, you are an illegal "hacker" who uses the Linux operating system.

if you do not refrain from stealing IP-Tokens from right thinking individuals, I shall have to report you to the FBI.

I am sure that as an illegal hacker, you read the illegal "e-zine" phrack. In that magazine they give detailed instructions on how to bypass AOLTimeWarners IP-Token protection system.

This will, in the end force AOLTimeWarner to close down their Internet for GOOD!

Do you want that on your head good sir?

Best Regards,
gcsb


Sig is under re-construction...do not panic.

NO (none / 0) (#35)
by trog on Fri Jan 18th, 2002 at 01:55:43 AM PST
you keep mixing your peas and your carrots!

Phrack is not a hacker e-xena but rather a multinational corporate organisation.
THEY CONTROL YOUR INTERNET! DO NOT LET THEM STEAL ALL YOUR IP TOKENS BY POSTING IN PLAINTEXT!

if you look hard Aol Is really an evil hacker e-xena news site. they have informations on hacking the IP TOKENS!

BAH!
Lord Hightrog of ABSOLUT SMIRNOFF all your ip tokens are belong to us

Sir, (3.50 / 2) (#36)
by gcsb on Fri Jan 18th, 2002 at 02:02:43 AM PST
The only time I mix my peas with my carrots is after consuming too much of our Lord Jesus Christ's blood.

I am glad that you are aware of the attempted corporate, capitalist take over of AOLTimeWarner Inc.

However, the continuing safety of millions of web surfers around the globe depend on AOLTimeWarners IP-Tokens to be secure.
So please kindly do your research in other fields.

Kind Regards,
gcsb.


Sig is under re-construction...do not panic.

 

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