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Oklahoma city threatens to call FBI over 'renegade' Linux maker
The Register ^ | 24th March 2006 20:20 GMT | Ashlee Vance

Posted on 03/28/2006 9:07:54 AM PST by N3WBI3

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I thought any of us who had PHB's would really appreciate this! Thanks to Shadowace for finding the story last week..

-- Follow up:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/27/tuttle_email/

1 posted on 03/28/2006 9:07:56 AM PST by N3WBI3
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To: N3WBI3; ShadowAce; Tribune7; frogjerk; Salo; LTCJ; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; amigatec; Fractal Trader; ..
ShadowAce found the raw story last week here It is one of the more amusing stories out there.. --

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2 posted on 03/28/2006 9:10:00 AM PST by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: N3WBI3; Golden Eagle

Ha! Ha! Pathetic!!

But just in case, throw those Open Source commies in the clink just in case!


3 posted on 03/28/2006 9:20:47 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: N3WBI3
ROFL!!!

"Who gave you permission to invade my website and block me and anyone else from accessing it???," Taylor wrote to CentOS. "Please remove your software immediately before I report it to government officials!! I am the City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma."

More like the City Idiot!!!!

4 posted on 03/28/2006 9:26:37 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: N3WBI3

That's what happens when open source kooks like those at CentOS try to explain their commie philosophy to red blooded Americans, it simply doesn't make sense. So then they try to smear him in foreign newspapers and hack his computers. Typical.


5 posted on 03/28/2006 9:49:03 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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This guy from Tuttle is a complete moron.....
Had he explained this situation in calm logical and FRIENDLY fashion I am sure that the issue could have been resolved in a whole lot less time.
6 posted on 03/28/2006 9:54:22 AM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: Golden Eagle

That's got to be the most pathetic troll post you've come up with in months.


7 posted on 03/28/2006 10:07:14 AM PST by zeugma (Anybody who says XP is more secure than OS X or Linux has been licking toads.)
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In a follow-up from The Register, Jerry has written them a letter, containing the following:
Taylor declined to respond to this reporter's request for comment but did write to a member of El Reg's marketing team.

I do not follow instructions that show up when a website that I am not familiar with appears on my computer and I do not think anyone with experience would do so either. Once the Centos site appeared on four computers at one site I contacted our web service provider. The web service provider did not know what could cause the problem and had never heard of "CentOS". I then contacted the internet provider's local office and was told that they did nothing to cause the problem. I checked the building's server and found nothing relating to CentOS on the server. I was then left with only the web page email address to contact. I asked for the strange website to be removed because it blocked my City web site and I could not post public information. I only got help after threatening to contact the FBI.

Now I am being flooded with emails from CentOS users that after knowing the answer say the problem was simple. I think this is unjustified and would like for this to stop. Your website should provide useful information and be a credit to the IT world. I do not believe it should be used to incite the users. Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.

So stop, now. Please.


8 posted on 03/28/2006 10:08:19 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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I saw the actual trail of emails for this a couple of days ago. Reading through the thread was a complete riot. The guy never realized what a dolt he was.

 

9 posted on 03/28/2006 10:09:19 AM PST by zeugma (Anybody who says XP is more secure than OS X or Linux has been licking toads.)
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the most pathetic troll post

Yet you can't debunk it, or even try. I don't have much patience with know-it-all one-world open source fanatics myself, neither do a lot of people. Poor little things get their feelings hurt when people speak to them on direct terms, then try to smear them or hack their computer instead. Consider this simply another example.

10 posted on 03/28/2006 10:20:05 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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"I am computer literate! I have 22 years in computer systems engineering and operation. Now, can you tell me how to remove 'your software' that you acknowledge you provided free of charge? I consider this 'hacking.'"


ROFL.

I believe he's been involved with computer systems for 22 years. I've seen a ton of people, especially info management types who have trouble turning on a workstation, much less actually doing any technical work.


11 posted on 03/28/2006 10:20:17 AM PST by kenth
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That's what happens when open source kooks like those at CentOS any knowledgeable IT person try tries to explain their commie philosophy the basics of web hosting to red blooded Americans complete idiots, it simply doesn't make sense penetrate their thick skulls.

There, fixed. I've had this same problem with you, a complete inability to understand basic concepts even after they've been posted to you multiple times.

I think we've found your soul mate.

12 posted on 03/28/2006 10:22:19 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Golden Eagle

You might want to try to remove your head from your rectum, the view is much clearer that way.


13 posted on 03/28/2006 10:22:35 AM PST by thoughtomator (Pacifism is objectively pro-terrorist; Amnesty for illegals is objectively anti-American)
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See, here come the insults. Probably trying to hack my computer now too.


14 posted on 03/28/2006 10:25:26 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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I only got help after threatening to contact the FBI.

That's classic GE. They tried to help him from his very first post, but he refused to listen and blamed them instead of realizing his own stupidity.

Your website should provide useful information and be a credit to the IT world.

Dude doesn't know The Register, does he?

15 posted on 03/28/2006 10:25:49 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Golden Eagle

Actually I have already succeeded in subverting you with my mind control ray.

Please tell me your initial comment was a joke without a sarcasm tag.


16 posted on 03/28/2006 10:26:42 AM PST by thoughtomator (Pacifism is objectively pro-terrorist; Amnesty for illegals is objectively anti-American)
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Probably trying to hack my computer now too.

Given your proven lack of knowledge of IT security, that would probably be like dynamiting fish in a barrel. I have better things to do with my time.

Told you that would come back to haunt you.

17 posted on 03/28/2006 10:28:10 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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I never cry to the moderator around here, it's usually one of you boys, especially n3wbi3.

The Register is just another one of the foreign websites you boys love to quote around here. Beleive me I know all about it, and the lies they constantly spread.


18 posted on 03/28/2006 10:28:46 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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That's what happens when open source kooks like those at CentOS...

No this is what happens when clueless people spout off about how much they know. Hell if the provider was running IIS they might have seen the page under construction, if they were running Solaris they would see either an Apache or SunOne default screen..

So then they try to smear him in foreign newspapers and hack his computers.

What hack is this? The man already falsly accused them of it once..

19 posted on 03/28/2006 10:34:14 AM PST by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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Poor little things get their feelings hurt when people speak to them on direct terms

Did you even read the exchange? This idiot started with an attack from ignorance, not asking for help. CentOS tried to help him from the beginning.

He could have avoided this whole thing if he had just read the page he was looking at, and had enough intelligence to understand it. I wonder why he didn't scream at the Apache project, too, since that was pretty prominent on the page. What CentOS did to figure out his problem (although they were not bound to do it and had little helpful information from him) was within the capability of any halfway decent IT person, definitely within the capability of someone with a claimed 20+ years of experience.

20 posted on 03/28/2006 10:35:02 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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