To Jeff and fellow listers,
Just a couple of final thoughts on this matter and I swear I'll never
mention it on the list again!
>OK, here I step into it. If you had read the joke, you would realize how
>ridiculous it was.
I did read the joke,I didn't know it wasn't serious. Am I ignorant,niave or
ill-informed? On this topic I would say,'guilty as charged'. Being new to
the Internet and computing in general I appreciate the efforts of Arne and
listers like him who are patient and tolerant enough to put up with my short
comings and (as you put it ) give me some schooling.
>As for viruses, like the Happy99, (Has anyone actually seen that one work?
Viruses aren't the end
>of the world like the media would like to make them out to be. They are
>just a royal pain in the ass.
A pain in the ass that I think we could all do without. I've been fortunate
so far but some of my friends and co-workers haven't, they have lost info
and even had to replace hardware as a result of virus problems. Making
reference to this sort of thing is funny??Not to me.
I think Arne called it right and apparently there are listers out there who
agree.( I liked the analogy about guns and airports, my wife is a security
supvisor at our local airport, jokes about guns or bombs are a sure way to
get hauled to the RCMP detachment!!).
BTW, Jeff I read your post and I will take your advice,I am in the process
of backing up my files and your point about virus protection software makes
perfect sense. See, I have learned something,I'd just rather do without the
virus jokes!
Sorry for rambling on,
Steve Pye
A7