> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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.
My understanding of "troglodyte" is that it means chimpanzee as in Pan troglodyte, the species name for our african relatives. > > 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. clue-by-four. I like that. I'll have to remember that one. > (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....) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
