this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago (3 children)

And yet XP is still running god knows how many major company systems (air gapped of course, but still).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Didn't someone implement a virus at some point that propagated through sound from speakers to microphones?

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I would expect there to be problems with most machines if they were to be fully exposed to the internet, nobody actually uses a computer like this

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[–] [email protected] 183 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Wow, Windows is better! Look at how fast you can set up an FTP server, without even issuing any commands!

Beat that, Linux!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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