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Clarence Verge
As always, it is enjoyable reading your posts. Your
new sig is catchy. It should be spread around (like a
virus)
The internet is infected ... Windows is a Virus
But don't leave off your other line
Returned to Arachne 1.62 (or whatever that sig was)
Ross Virgin
Toronto, Canada
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:51:13 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Sam Ewalt wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:40:39 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> > To prove to yourself that it can be done without any of these:
>> > JS, CSS, images, imagemaps, etc, etc, etc,....
>> It's not that it can't be done, it's the fact that it routinely
>> isn't done. That's what I'm talking about.
>> It forces the ordainary user into using you know what and the whole
>> beast feeds on itself.
> This is a meme.
> The idea that communication of any form on the internet requires Win$!$%^
> is self replicating, and just like a virus.
> There are some who are naturally resistant to this virus, but the majority
> are weak.
> Javascript is like HIV for the internet. It isn't necessary but still it
> spreads through indiscriminant use.
> As with most virii, the cure requires some modification of the virus's
> ability to replicate successfully. Without a silver bullet, the best we
> can hope for is to increasingly isolate more of the uninfected world from
> the source of the infection.
> Sometimes an increased awareness of the potential problem helps make the
> general population more careful and thus resistant.
> Sometimes, scare tactics are employed to get the idea across to those less
> concerned with the future.
> Sometimes, a competing virus is required to do the job in the end.
> To create awareness of the problem we must complain.
> It's work, and it's boring, but form letters will do because nobody really
> reads the complaints. They do get noticed tho if there are a lot.
> I have a new sig. It's not much, but every little bit helps. <G>
> The competing meme isn't Linux. :(
> - Clarence Verge
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> - The internet is infected - Windows is a VIRUS !
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