On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 14:57, Charlie M. wrote:
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> October 20, 2003 02:54 pm, HaywireMac wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:39:44 +0100
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> > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > > You may find this interesting:
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> > > http://www.virusbtn.com/news/latest_news/granneman.xml
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> Another misguided attempt by an MS apologist to deflect with smoke and 
> mirrors, with a leavening of faulty logic, what is widely known: 
> 
> The average semi technophobic user, especially after being saturation bombed 
> for years with the official Microsoft party line by "tech journalists", can 
> leave themselves wide open to anything malicious entities can dream up. The 
> operating system is irrelevant. It's just takes a whale of a lot more effort, 
> and can be a lot more difficult, to screw up while using GNU/Linux.
> 
> As my maternal grandfather was wont to say "Never underestimate the power of 
> human stupidity. Especially in large groups." <insert maniacal laughter>
> 

What a smart man. Reminds me of one of my favorites, "never attribute to
malice that which can be explained by stupidity."

> I wonder if he thinks he's being "cool" by calling users "wet ware." If he 
> thinks he's a wit he's (maybe) half right.
> 

Ah give him a break, he's probably fifteen and just read his first Rudy
Rucker :-)

...
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Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...


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