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[lpetersson]

And before I head off to the gym, I thought I'd just vent my spleen a bit more.

There's apparently a new virus/worm/trojan/whatever-you-wanna-call-it doing the rounds. And before the usual suspects start having a go at Windows users, how about changing the tune and having a go at the people who deserve it. Namely the users who can't be bothered to take even simple precautions...
Mmmmkay?
The last time I had a virus/worm/whatever was back in '99, and that was due to being drunk. Remember kids, drinking while computing is dangerous, don't do it...

And while I'm on the subject...
I have to wonder whether I'm a social leper, or I only know people who know how to avoid virii and the like, 'cos when ever there's one of these outbreaks, I never seem to get more than one or two of these e-mails. Hmmm...

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[silverfiligree.livejournal.com]

I'm such a non-geek I don't even understand what grounds geeks have for accusing Windows users. I've only ever had one virus and I thing the sprog was responsible for that. I've set my email not to open the next by default, and I've got a virus checker. Piece of piss, really. Whenever geeks rant and rail about the infestation of viruses on their Linux machine I'm genuinely puzzled. How come I avoid them, but professional geeks don't?

I should be a bit less smug or karma will come and get me ;o)

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

He he, It's because we think we know better.
And you sound like the kind of responsible computer user I wish there was more of.
Particularly here in Westminster City Hall where I'm currently doing tech support.