[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-07 Thread Joseph Harris
Cheryl, (As one limping with 500Mhz and 256RAM) I can only think he may play solitaire (we call it Patience) very, very fast! Joseph No, he's got a 2.4 GHz computer with 512mg ram. He can play solitaire to his heart's content while downloading in the background. Only thing he ties up is his

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-07 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
My father-in-law after years of hand me down computers from us decided he was going to buy his own last year and transfer all of his family photos, journals, etc. to disk. So he bought himself a pretty high end machine with flat panel monitor. He's got very bad arthritis that has him one step

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-07 Thread Joseph Harris
Sorry for the unintended bad taste. Yes it is very frustrating as things become less possible. He sounds severely limited from a very active past. At the same time clearly determined to use what is available to keep his mind and body alive. And now he can't drive he must feel bit of a

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-06 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 14:20, Cheryl D. Wise wrote: Microsoft will today announce two $250,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest of the authors behind the infamous Sobig and Blaster worms. Why not spend the money helping their development program write better code? Prevention is

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-06 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
That's okay, the bit about so secure you can't use it was at least partially tongue in cheek as well. You could use it for a lot of things very nicely out of the box but the lockdown on the web server was pretty tight. You can't even run Windows Update without jumping through hoops to make it a

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-06 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
My, my, you are having a bad day. Time for a nip down to the local pub? Call it a day and start over tomorrow? As far a being protected by disclaimers if you cause a baddie to be downloaded I have no idea. I always say no to anything people want me to download to use their site. Comet trails,

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-06 Thread michael ensor
what a good idea.. www.WellingtonLive.co.nz - Original Message - From: Cheryl D. Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers : My, my, you are having a bad day. Time for a nip down

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-06 Thread Joseph Harris
Cheryl, How can you possibly think of cutting in to midnight solitaire time. It is the meditation hour! Joseph My, my, you are having a bad day. Time for a nip down to the local pub? Call it a day and start over tomorrow? As far a being protected by disclaimers if you cause a baddie to

[wdvltalk] Re: Bounty on Virus Makers

2003-11-06 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
No, he's got a 2.4 GHz computer with 512mg ram. He can play solitaire to his heart's content while downloading in the background. Only thing he ties up is his telephone. Not too many people he knows want to chat after midnight. I just want him to get the danged patches installed so we quit