From: Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux>
Subject: Re: My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes
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On Sat, 17 May 2025 19:38:31 -0500, chrisv wrote:

> 
> I've caught wind of my company's plans to disallow USB sticks on our
> PC's.  
> 
> I'm not sure what to do.  I use them almost daily.
>

This is yet another example of deliberately crippling our technology
for the sake of "security."  Soon we will require 128-core machines
at 6Ghz with memory to match so that we can validate every line of code
during run time.

USB thumb drives are extremely useful.




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