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Re: Vista/cygwin tar problem - "file changed as we read it"
- From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
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- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:31:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Vista/cygwin tar problem - "file changed as we read it"
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On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Carlo Florendo wrote:
> Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > TITTTL'd...
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> > > On 02 September 2007 16:54, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > >
> > > > AVG will not let me turn the resident shield off.
> > > Facist admins eh?
> >
> > Ah, now I get it. Facist admins are admins that are afraid to lose
> > face, and so make sure nobody mucks with their settings, even if those
> > are nonsensical... What with the recent wave of facist CEOs, facist
> > CTOs, and facist venture capitalists, the admins are just the latest
> > group to catch the craze...
>
> Once, I actually contemplated to have users download a repackaged (i.e
> disguised) VNC server as a "system protector" so that we admins could
> confirm or belie our suspicions that someone was doing something nasty
> or not working at all. We didn't pursue it since it policing everyone
> takes a lot of time. But yes, I agree with you that admins are sometimes
> fascists and overdo their admin stuff.
Heh, fascist admins are a completely different story. Those are more like
BOFH. Facist admins, on the other hand, simply have something to hide...
Igor
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