On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:51:25PM +0000, Alex Gough wrote: > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > > And in another time, Some Software wrote: > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The > > > > Bollocks alert! Bollocks alert! > > The above statement cannot be true. > > "all known viruses" would be truthful. > > "all viruses" is not. > > It didn't claim it would find them all, merely scan for them. > > I wonder if email can get smallpox... The NHS would throw a fit.
I concede defeat. I have been correctly out-pedanted. As observed, whilst my bullshit detector has correctly picked out this statement, it did so for the wrong reason. I concede the statement can be true. (for "viruses" meaning computer "viruses"). I see now that it's also a very crafty statement that says one thing while appearing to say another. (The implication that the scan makes any sort of report.) I will have to be more paranoid in future. :-) Nicholas Clark -- Even better than the real thing: http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/
