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   Aragorn to All   
   Re: How much security is enough?   
   15 Jul 12 08:21:23   
   
   From: stryder@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Sunday 15 July 2012 05:33, Moe Trin conveyed the following to   
   alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   > On Sun, 15 Jul 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   > article , FP wrote:   
   >   
   >>Moe Trin wrote:   
   >   
   >>> FP wrote:   
   >   
   > [microwave ovens]   
   >   
   >>>> No, no, no, it was invented to provide a more humane way of   
   >>>> reviving the hamsters that were used for cryogenic research. The   
   >>>> old method of waking them up with a hot spoon, was giving them   
   >>>> heartburn.   
   >   
   > That's the cloves or maybe the lemon   
   >   
   >>> Frank, do I have to come over there and smack you?   
   >   
   >>hehehehe   
   >   
   > See, we don't have that problem - we just pop 'em out of the ice tray.   
   > It's warm enough that they're soon complaining about the heat and   
   > wanting to sit closer to the air conditioner sipping a frosty drink   
   > and comparing experiences.   (No glass and spoon here!)   
      
   Comparing experiences?  Isn't that more typical for California than for   
   Arizona? :p   
      
   >> Beats running round a big wheel going nowhere.   
   >   
   > We don't mistreat our hamsters by making them run on the wheel - we   
   > use gerbils for that because they're better adapted to the heat.   
      
   We've got politicians for that.  They're used to running in circles.   
      
      
      
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