On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 20:27 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Karl Larsen writes: > > > Sam Varshavchik wrote: > >> Dan writes: > >> > >>> WHY?!? Am I the only person that finds this completely and utterly > >>> absurd? > >> > >> No, you're not. I already opened a bug about this nonsense, bug > >> 246381. Feel free to add your thoughts. > >> > > And I'm wondering why you need Grub? You can start the thing with a > > cd-rom with the right stuff on it. > > You must be joking. > > Do you really start your "thing" off a CD-ROM, every time? > > > Also I still wonder why any > > application > > It's not an application. It's a system library. > > > that is not running can pose a threat. It makes no sense to me. > > Google this: "privilege escalation". > Completely OT, but.. When I read that last line, I had a mental flash of a guy in his late 20s or early 30s wearing a baseball cap backwards, grabbing his crotch and speaking with a Brooklyn accent. My medication must need to be adjusted again....
