It probably had a functional Firewall under Linux that's why it survived :-)
Jürgen P.S. note to myself, don't ever give George my laptop, as it might be mistreated - just for test purposes :-) On Nov 20, 2012, at 12:57 PM, George M. Sheldrick wrote: It is dual bootable Linux/Windows George On 11/20/2012 05:56 PM, William Scott wrote: Presumably then it was running Linux? On Nov 20, 2012, at 7:39 AM, "George M. Sheldrick" <gshe...@shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de<mailto:gshe...@shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de>> wrote: I have never understood why Macs are so popular, although in this part of the world they are appreciably more expensive. My vintage 2005 Dell laptop does not have the sex appeal of a MacBook, but it has survived a fire (not its fault) as well as being under water (to put out the fire) and then bounced down a stone staircase (my wife fortunately caught it on the way down). Despite all my efforts to destroy it, it never needed servicing or replacement parts and still works perfectly! George (PS I should add that I have no connection with or shares in Dell) -- Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 Fax. +49-551-39-22582 ...................... Jürgen Bosch Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 Baltimore, MD 21205 Office: +1-410-614-4742 Lab: +1-410-614-4894 Fax: +1-410-955-2926 http://lupo.jhsph.edu
