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Subject: Re: Anecdotes or Firewall/NetSec Jokes
From: "Johnson-Bryden, Ian" <IJB @ saicuk . co . uk>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 95 12:00:00 GMT
To: "'firewalls @ greatcircle . com'" <firewalls @ greatcircle . com>


>From: firewalls-owner
>To: firewalls
>Subject: Re: Anecdotes or Firewall/NetSec Jokes
>Date: Monday, November 06, 1995 11:37AM

In message <9511051641 .
 AA01999 @
 sonic .
 nmti .
 com .
 nmti .
 com> Peter da Silva 
writes:
>> > >   I'll be speaking at a number of seminars in the next three weeks,
>> > >   and I think it would be nice to have some intelligent humerous
> >> >   jokes or anecdotes to start my talks off.
> >
> >> How about Microsoft, they are the biggest joke going.
> >
>> Unfortunately this is sounding more and more like graveyard humor. 
They're
>> selling very effectively, no matter how awful their product is.

and Karen Goertzel wrote
>And McDonald's is never going to rate even 1 Michelin star, let alone five.

>Those of us who are more discerning in what we eat, and what software we 
buy,
>refuse to accept the lowest common denominator just because it's popular.

A joke appropriate to firewalls discussion could be:-

The Ark was built by unskilled amateurs, The Titannic was built by skilled 
professionals!!!

A very good multi-purpose joke which you can use to illustrated any of the 
opposing points of view.
Ian J-B

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