Durant wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 13:22:33 -0500
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> From: VanHilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Virus Hoaxes
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[snip]
Borrowing from something former mayor of New York City Ed Koch
said during a water shortage ("If it's yellow let it mellow,
if it's brown flush it down"), my advice, based on prudent
ignorance is:
When in doubt, throw it out.
On the other hand, I use a computer where I work that does
not have anti-virus software, and is running Windows 95, and
I have download a fair amount of stuff,
but so far I haven't seemed to
have caught any viruses, in part because I've been
lucky, and, I believe, in even greater part, because
I stick to places that, *prima facie*, look like they
should be safe (a number of these places are listed on
my web site at
http://www.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/workspace.html
One can download enough text to keep oneself busy for a long time
from Project Gutenberg....
At home I use a real-time anti-virus product, but even
there I don't go poking my mouse into any dark places
(www.nervemag.com is pretty "interesting", but safe --
Dr. Joycelyn Elders even has a lovely essay there...)....
Surfing? Remember "The Last Wave"....
\brad mccormick
--
Mankind is not the master of all the stuff that exists, but
Everyman (woman, child) is a judge of the world.
Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(914)238-0788 / 27 Poillon Rd, Chappaqua, NY 10514-3403 USA
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