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RE: Vista/cygwin tar problem - "file changed as we read it"
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'but i'm saying it with my fingers crossed behind my back...'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:20:38 +0100
- Subject: RE: Vista/cygwin tar problem - "file changed as we read it"
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On 04 September 2007 02:22, 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.
No, I really *meant* facist admins. Can't stand them. Fascist admins are
great!
cheers,
DaveK
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