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Dear Ask-a-Nerd, cracking a passworded Mac?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:40 am

The Mac I got has a password for the administrator. If I can't crack that it will be a boat anchor the next time something goes wrong with it.

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Re: Dear Ask-a-Nerd, cracking a passworded Mac?

Post by Robert_S » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:44 am

What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: Dear Ask-a-Nerd, cracking a passworded Mac?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:48 am

Bless you. :smooch:


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Re: Dear Ask-a-Nerd, cracking a passworded Mac?

Post by Robert_S » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:49 am

Cousin. Not at all.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: Dear Ask-a-Nerd, cracking a passworded Mac?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:51 am

Robert_S wrote:Cousin. Not at all.
Okay, then. :hehe: I hope you told her I don't play nice?
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Re: Dear Ask-a-Nerd, cracking a passworded Mac?

Post by Robert_S » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:56 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Robert_S wrote:Cousin. Not at all.
Okay, then. :hehe: I hope you told her I don't play nice?
You can argue politics, but not religion on my page.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: Dear Ask-a-Nerd, cracking a passworded Mac?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:59 am

Robert_S wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Robert_S wrote:Cousin. Not at all.
Okay, then. :hehe: I hope you told her I don't play nice?
You can argue politics, but not religion on my page.
If I forget feel free to delete. :cane:
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