On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:33:53 -0800 Amy disseminated the following: > however, since I'd gotten him to agree, he's changed his mind *Grumbles*
I know he's your dad, and you want to help him, but there is a term you may be familiar with: 'enabler', and you may or may not want to be one of those. Sometimes, it's best to just let someone experience the hell that is running Windows, keeping it from being infected withing 20 minutes of a clean install (that's actually the average, according to SecurityFocus), keeping up with endless and buggy updates [1], virus definitions, stopping spyware, etc., etc. So, a little 'tough love' needed here? Or maybe you might just enjoy, just a little bit, saying 'tolja so, Dad'. Anyhow, I've been oft accused of being a 'zealot', so take this for what it's worth, but Windows is a dead end, XP is leaving skid marks on the bowl, and it's only going to get worse, much worse [2]. [1] http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/199316_servicepack12.html [2] http://securityfocus.com/bid/11768 -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:10:03 up 10 days, 11:20, 10 users, load average: 0.36, 0.25, 0.11 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -- Hunter S. Thompson
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