The Fool wrote: > > > From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 08:24 pm, The Fool wrote: > > > > > > There is no security hole in the sofeware on this one. Just user > > > stupidity. And yet you try and blame it on microsoft. Perhaps we > > > should > > > start sueing all the users who spread sobig.f for being stupid? > > > > Not allowing for user stupidity *is* a security hole. That's why Java > > runs in a sandbox. > > I'm sorry I can't agree with you. Java is evil software. If people and > corporations are so stupid that they can't install patches which have > been out for 2 1/2 months or click on attachments sent to them, then it's > their own damn fault. Fuck em. They get what they deserve. Perhaps > they should go swing from the trees with all the other troglodytes.
Hm. My understanding of the word "troglodyte" includes the assumption that it lives in a cave or underground, hence not likely to be swinging in trees. Perhaps they should climb back under their rocks? Or maybe those of us who know better should just take a little time to track one down and hit 'em with a clue-by-four. (One problem with the updates is that, as I understand it, they don't take effect until you restart your computer, and if everything is running with great stability and you don't want to shut everything down once you've *installed* the patch, and then you forget about it until one of your co-workers infects you....) Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l