David Crooks <> wrote: > On Friday, December 15, 2006 12:33 PM Whil Hentzen wrote: > <snipped> > >> they arrogantly tell me that I'm wrong, that their machine isn't > infected because their ><husband/nephew/brother-in-law/cable > repairman> told them so, and furthermore that if this was >> really a problem, they would have heard about it on the 6:00 news, >> or read about it in People? > > Yea, that is where I look for my news about my PC and Microsoft. I > wonder how Microsoft would be viewed if these viruses were broadcast > to the general public on a regular basis?
They are. I think that the general public is proud to be ignorant about a computer and it's cause/effect. Like the housewife and her knowledge of the family car. "I put the key in it and it turns on." Past that she could have no idea what happens under the hood. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.20/588 - Release Date: 12/15/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
