# Whois?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois/96569>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 10, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois/96569 "2003-12-10T23:44:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![norie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@norie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/norie)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois/96569/1 "2003-12-10T23:44:20Z")

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I got bored today (and the forums gave me a “max connection” error) so i decided to hop on telnet and check my mail from the remote unix system. After reading my messages and started fooling around with whois lookup. so i used microsoft. this is what i got (edited for obvious reasons):

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois/96569/2 "2003-12-11T23:35:51Z")

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microsoft is a really great company, especially if you enjoy seeing “fatal error”

i wouldn’t mind working for them though 😛 It’d definetly be better than my current job. [we won’t talk about that]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois/96569/3 "2003-12-12T02:11:55Z")

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nah i love microsoft! i mean seriously who Doesn’t love that infamous BLUE SCREEN

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois/96569/4 "2003-12-12T02:30:58Z")

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you know since ive been using Windows xp and getting updates when they are available… i havent had a blue screen or a crash ever…! yes maybe some stupid errors with apps but never a need to restart kind of crash.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois/96569/5 "2003-12-12T04:00:10Z")

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I hadn’t had a BSOD for years until about 4 days ago when I started using NT 4.0 on a testing machine, then I started getting them all the time on NT. NT is the biggest piece of \*\*\*\* I’ve ever used. Other than that M$ is OK with me