Dr Wingnut

Year: 2004

  • Don’t Worry, Be Happy

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    Cisco says that even though the source code for its internal secret operating system was stolen, it’s nothing for you to worry about.  Considering that this is coming from a company that had hard-wired passwords in some of its hardware, and who was licensing an insecure “authentication” scheme to other vendors, I would start worrying…

  • Problems

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    The chief cause of problems is solutions.Eric Sevareid

  • Wisdom

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    It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.James ThurberEspecially when you arrive at work and have a dead drive array that contains your Oracle database.  More fun than a barrel of monkeys.

  • Big Problem

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    In every CTO’s mind, an overarching Big Problem drives his or her higher quest for technical excellence beyond the mundane business of getting day-to-day things done in IT.  The Big Problem is not necessarily the one that keeps you up at night — it’s the one you think about while you’re sitting by the pool…

  • Success

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    A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.David Brinkley

  • Right Arm!

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    The New Age?  It’s just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for 15 seconds.James Randi

  • AOL working for the Bush Administration

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    In further evidence that AOL is working for Bush Administration’s Department of Justice, I got a trial CD for AOL service with an interesting password.  Now those of you who open this crap from Virginia on a regular basis, know that the combination of words that they randomly generate to provide free trial passwords is…