[ale] Strange diald trigger

[Jim Kinney]

It's the new and improved Windows 98
Bill-owns-interest-in-most-bandwidth-providers networking upgrade. It
automatically sends a registry update to Redmond to inform them of any
status change in your system. This allows for (fee-based contract only)
monitoring of Windows 98 machines for bootleg software in realtime. It
also notifies the mothership, er, ah, Bill's lair, I mean, Redmond of the
presence of any rogue (competing) software. It will allow for the
automatic
retrival of updates to ward off offending programs. This new feature is
called Very Intrusive Redmond Update System, or VIRUS for short. The user
never needs to interact with this management software. In fact, the user
is not allowed to interact at all with this. Future upgrades will include
the interface for the biometric identification system, Practically
Automatic Centralized Emergency Marketing And Kinetic Energy Replacer, or
PACEMAKER. The interconnection protocol for this is called Basic
Interactive Lightspeed Lockup, BILL for short. Eventually, all Windows 98
users will be able to interface their PACEMAKER with a VIRUS and fully
experience the power of BILL.

Bwahahahahaha :)

James Kinney M.S.Physics		jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University	http://teller.physics.emory.edu

On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Gary S. Mackay wrote:

> Does anyone know what a Win98 box would be sending out every half hour that
> triggers diald? I have working just fine for NT, Win98 and a Win95 box. I
> recently added another win98 box and to the best of my knowledge, it is
> configured just like the rest. But, while it is powered on, diald triggers
> every half hour. Turn it off, and diald only triggers when I want it to. I've
> compared all the settings, hosts file, etc. between it and the rest of the
> boxes and can not find any difference. What else could it be?
> 
> - Gary
> 
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