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Permission to Simplify
Mark Burnett, 2005-05-17

Complexity in Microsoft's software does little but hinder people from using their good security features, and the current state of Windows file permissions is a perfect example.

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Permission to Simplify 2005-05-19
Anonymous
"my favorite of them all is that there are check boxes for both allow and deny permissions. You cannot check both boxes, but you can uncheck them both, it means that you neither allow nor deny them those permissions, which really means that you deny them"

I don't mean to be pedantic, but there is...

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