Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny From: surfcow@hawaii.rr.com (=brian) Subject: Security is important Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:30:00 PST Them: Important user, NT box, lost admin password, sad, sad, sad. Me: No problem, change password with magic linux disk, offline NT password editor. Them: No, no, no. Never work. NT secure. Get real. Me: Watch. (reboot) Them: Gasp! This floppy is dangerous! Where did you get it? Me: Internet. Been around forever. Them: How do we keep students from using this? Me: Can't. Migrate. Linux. Mac. Them: No, no, no. Just make NT safe. Me: Can't. NT inherently unsafe. Them: Must be safe. NT good. We have never seen problems. Me: You just saw one now. Them: No, no, no. NT good. Win2k better. Me: Win2k is NT. Same thing. Should I give this floppy to a student? Them: No, no, no. Give here. Me: Whatever. What do you want me to do? Them: Change admin password. Me: Fine. To what? Them: "p-a-s-s-w-o-r-d" Me: No, no, no.