On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 17:59 -0700, Warren Young wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2015, at 4:28 PM, Always Learning <cen...@u64.u22.net> wrote: > > > > 2. PDFs can be created by *NON-ADOBE* software. > > And SWFs can be generated by non-Adobe software, and JARs can be generated by > non-Oracle software. What’s your point? Is it that only Evil Corporations > can create software that can be used for evil purposes? > > Are you back on the “F/OSS software is invulnerable” bandwagon already, after > being knocked off it a week or two back? > > > PDF's (well most of > > them) can be opened by non-Adobe PDF-type software. > > So what do you do when you get a PDF that *can’t* be opened by your non-Adobe > PDF reader? Do you discard it and go find another way to get the content, or > do you grumble and fire up acroread? > > > 3. The Russian's web site is that of a devote cyclist. > > I’m a devout cyclist, too, yet you’ve apparently decided I’m an enemy.
Warren, I have never declared you to be an "enemy". I am an all weather cyclist who used take his bike as luggage on aircraft. > What makes this other guy unimpeachable? > > I could care less that he’s Russian, or a cyclist. What I care is that he’s > purposely providing illicit goods. Then go and complain to the USA's FBI on +1.202-324 3000. It is not a Centos issue ! > That’s enough for me to distrust what he’s providing. > This Russian cyclist doesn’t even have to be the source of the evil. Chances > are that he didn’t buy this PDF from an official source and offer it > directly. It’s far more likely that he’s just another step in the chain back > to the original source. Why are you trusting all of them, too? > > Warren, it is senseless you wasting your valuable time trying to make me > > do what you want. Please don't waste your time moaning about something which is not related to Centos. > Make you? How am I going to accomplish that? I have no power over you. > > I just thought that, since you were Always Learning, you’d want someone to > tell you when they saw you doing something that could compromise your > security. I never stated I was stupid. Being in the world's top 2% of brainy people neither deprives me of decisiveness nor of thoughtful consideration. Having encountered my first M$ boot virus circa 1987 ? and having seen others experiencing M$ viruses, I am aware of the dangers. This thread is unproductive. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. Je suis Charlie. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
