Re: Six reasons we hate them

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:52:24 +0200, Marc Haber
<mh+usenetspam1118@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

James Wilkinson <see-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not only did the built-in NIC go bad, it took down an entire switched
network. Only unplugging the PC from the network made everything start
working again.

How did they do that?

Easy. You just [UI elided] and Bob's your uncle.

Guy
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