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Trace ANY cellular phone.
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| Agent_C 2007-01-06, 10:34 pm |
| On 29 Dec 2006 00:59:52 -0000, sally@.phonetrace.org (Sally) wrote:
>http://www.phonetrace.org/
ROTFLMAO!
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| xavier-onassis@comcast.net 2007-01-06, 10:34 pm |
| That URL is a prank. You are about to see some explicit sex video
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| Porgy Tirebiter 2007-01-06, 10:34 pm |
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<xavier-onassis@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:fbWdnaFANMYJFQn
YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@co
mcast.com...
> That URL is a prank. You are about to see some explicit sex video
OH! the humanity of it all.....oh my god......(pretty funny)
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| Larry 2007-01-06, 10:34 pm |
| "Porgy Tirebiter" <biteme@gmail.com> wrote in news:eR%kh.42993$wP1.17024
@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net:
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> OH! the humanity of it all.....oh my god......(pretty funny)
>
>
Hey! I'm gonna have to try what they're doin'!....(c;
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http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/verichip.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeriChip
http://www.verichipcorp.com/
Tracked like a dog, every license/product/tax.
Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:
17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name...
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| decaturtxcowboy 2007-01-06, 10:34 pm |
| Larry wrote:
> Hey! I'm gonna have to try what they're doin'!....(c;
Ewwwwwwwwwww....Do whut? Shave the crotch fur? That's fer city bois.
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| R i i c h 2007-01-06, 10:34 pm |
| ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
"decaturtxcowboy" < nope_none_@nowayspam
.com> wrote in message
news:fp9lh.3930$x67.3171@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net...
> Larry wrote:
>
> Ewwwwwwwwwww....Do whut? Shave the crotch fur? That's fer city bois.
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| Phil Buchman 2007-01-06, 10:35 pm |
| On 12/28/2006, Sally wrote:
> http://www.phonetrace.org/
That is hilarious. I'm going to pass it along to others!
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| Watson A.Name - \Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\ 2007-02-25, 4:33 am |
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<xavier-onassis@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:fbWdnaFANMYJFQn
YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@co
mcast.com...
> That URL is a prank. You are about to see some explicit sex video
Nowadays, you have to be very wary of going to a website that's a
'prank'. The bastards are making websites that do driveby virus
installation. Your PC ends up becoming another bot on a botnet. Or
worse, it installs a key logger and your identity gets stolen, along
with your bank account.
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| Larry 2007-02-25, 12:33 pm |
| "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com>
wrote in news:12u2jugkmgp6k88
@corp.supernews.com:
> your identity gets stolen, along
> with your bank account.
>
Melvin's identity has been stolen 3 times in 2006. Melvin is Melvin
Schultz, my computer alter ego. Melvin has a fake bank account, fake
passport number, fake telephone number (the local computer fraud cops),
fake SSN and 3 fake credit cards with very high limits.
When you get a new computer, register it in your Melvin's name with Micro
$not. Melvin gets a lot of offers all the time from all over to his gmail
email account...(c;
NEVER put YOU into a computer that's connected to the net. What, are you
crazy?....(c; Oh, NEVER let the damned bankers give you a DEBIT card,
either! CREDIT card money can get stolen....but NOONE gets into my bank
account with a DEBIT card or BANK MACHINE.
Larry
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| In article < 12u2jugkmgp6k88@corp
.supernews.com>,
"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
<NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> <xavier-onassis@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:fbWdnaFANMYJFQn
YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@co
mcast.com...
>
> Nowadays, you have to be very wary of going to a website that's a
> 'prank'. The bastards are making websites that do driveby virus
> installation. Your PC ends up becoming another bot on a botnet. Or
> worse, it installs a key logger and your identity gets stolen, along
> with your bank account.
Or you can own a Mac and laugh at all this stuff.
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| Drumstick 2007-02-25, 3:33 pm |
| In article <labolide-A66EA4.09030725022007@news.giganews.com>,
labolide@spacegmail.com says...
> In article < 12u2jugkmgp6k88@corp
.supernews.com>,
> "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
> <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>
> Or you can own a Mac and laugh at all this stuff.
>
>
Until it comes to your house too....you ain't been readin' have you?
Drum--
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| Drumstick 2007-02-25, 3:33 pm |
| In article <labolide-A66EA4.09030725022007@news.giganews.com>,
labolide@spacegmail.com says...
> In article < 12u2jugkmgp6k88@corp
.supernews.com>,
> "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
> <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>
> Or you can own a Mac and laugh at all this stuff.
>
>
I'm sure you'll want to know about at least one of 'em...there are more:
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=80548
Drum--
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| George Kerby 2007-02-25, 10:33 pm |
|
On 2/25/07 3:14 PM, in article
MPG. 204bc649a8a685149897
39@newsgroups.bellsouth.net, "Drumstick"
<no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
> In article <labolide-A66EA4.09030725022007@news.giganews.com>,
> labolide@spacegmail.com says...
> I'm sure you'll want to know about at least one of 'em...there are more:
>
> http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=80548
>
> Drum--
Sorry, it does NOT affect THE Mac - maybe the Mac's PC friends. So sorry...
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| In article <C207643F. 1A515%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
[color=darkred]
[color=darkred]
> Sorry, it does NOT affect THE Mac - maybe the Mac's PC friends. So sorry...
Why is it Windows users say Macs get viruses but Mac users say they
don't??
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m-m
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| james g. keegan jr. 2007-02-25, 10:33 pm |
| In article <nospam.m-m-CBF07F. 18202225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net>,
M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
> In article <C207643F. 1A515%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
> George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Why is it Windows users say Macs get viruses but Mac users say they
> don't??
windows users, apparently, feel inferior and that want mac users to
come down to their level.
i use both a mac powerbook and a powerful vista notebook. they are
both functional. the windows machine needs aggressive anti-viris,
worm, etc. protection. the mac does not.
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| George Kerby 2007-02-25, 10:33 pm |
|
On 2/25/07 5:20 PM, in article
nospam.m-m-CBF07F. 18202225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net, "M-M"
<nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
> In article <C207643F. 1A515%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
> George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Why is it Windows users say Macs get viruses but Mac users say they
> don't??
Mac users' Macs don't get viri, but can pass them on to PC users' Pee Cees.
See?
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| Kent Wills 2007-02-25, 10:33 pm |
| As I understand it, on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:05:19 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>On 2/25/07 3:14 PM, in article
>MPG. 204bc649a8a685149897
39@newsgroups.bellsouth.net, "Drumstick"
><no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
>
>Sorry, it does NOT affect THE Mac - maybe the Mac's PC friends. So sorry...
>
From the site:
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said: "Some
owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is
incapable of harbouring computer viruses, but Leap-A will leave them
shell-shocked, as it shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is
real.
“Apple Mac users need to be just as careful running unknown or
unsolicited code on their computers as their friends and colleagues
running Windows," Cluley added.
--
Kent
The irony of life is that, by the time
You're old enough to know your way
Around, you're not going anywhere.
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| In article < cr84u2tli4g6jd6p3um2
b2of5da6ojqvsd@4ax.com>,
Kent Wills <compuelf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said: "Some
> owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is
> incapable of harbouring computer viruses, but Leap-A will leave them
> shell-shocked, as it shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is
> real.
Yea. Yawn. Name ONE Mac user who has ever had a virus in Mac OSX.
Oh- right-- coming soon to a Mac near you.
Let me know when I should be careful.
--
m-m
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| George Kerby 2007-02-25, 10:33 pm |
|
On 2/25/07 6:02 PM, in article cr84u2tli4g6jd6p3um2
b2of5da6ojqvsd@4ax.com,
"Kent Wills" <compuelf@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I understand it, on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:05:19 -0600, George Kerby
> < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>
> From the site:
>
> Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said: "Some
> owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is
> incapable of harbouring computer viruses, but Leap-A will leave them
> shell-shocked, as it shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is
> real.
>
> ³Apple Mac users need to be just as careful running unknown or
> unsolicited code on their computers as their friends and colleagues
> running Windows," Cluley added.
Exactly. Not for THEIR computer. But for those running Windoze PeeCee OS.
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| George Kerby 2007-02-25, 10:33 pm |
|
On 2/25/07 7:02 PM, in article
nospam.m-m-5C3C66. 20025225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net, "M-M"
<nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
> In article < cr84u2tli4g6jd6p3um2
b2of5da6ojqvsd@4ax.com>,
> Kent Wills <compuelf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Yea. Yawn. Name ONE Mac user who has ever had a virus in Mac OSX.
>
> Oh- right-- coming soon to a Mac near you.
>
> Let me know when I should be careful.
Some people just don't get it, it seems. So jealous...
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| Bob Ward 2007-02-25, 10:33 pm |
| On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:29:39 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>Exactly. Not for THEIR computer. But for those running Windoze PeeCee OS.
English isn't your first or second language, is it?
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| In article <MPG. 204bc649a8a685149897
39@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>,
Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
> http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=80548
LOL. you obviously don't own a Mac.
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| In article <nospam.m-m-5C3C66. 20025225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net>,
M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
> In article < cr84u2tli4g6jd6p3um2
b2of5da6ojqvsd@4ax.com>,
> Kent Wills <compuelf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Yea. Yawn. Name ONE Mac user who has ever had a virus in Mac OSX.
>
> Oh- right-- coming soon to a Mac near you.
>
> Let me know when I should be careful.
Yeah, me, too. 16 years+ and never a virus.
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| In article <nospam.m-m-CBF07F. 18202225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net>,
M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
> In article <C207643F. 1A515%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
> George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Why is it Windows users say Macs get viruses but Mac users say they
> don't??
PC users tend to post the same articles that say that the Mac OS MAY BE
susceptible to viruses, as proof that Mac viruses exist.
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| In article <C207799A. 1A521%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
> On 2/25/07 5:20 PM, in article
> nospam.m-m-CBF07F. 18202225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net, "M-M"
> <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
>
> Mac users' Macs don't get viri, but can pass them on to PC users' Pee Cees.
> See?
>
More reason to switch to Mac.
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| In article <MPG. 204bbf5ce19942b49897
38@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>,
Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
> In article <labolide-A66EA4.09030725022007@news.giganews.com>,
> labolide@spacegmail.com says...
> Until it comes to your house too....you ain't been readin' have you?
>
> Drum--
Sorry, Drum. I've been reading the occasional virus threat story for
years now. Still never been a real one.
BTW - how many Windows viruses are there now?
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| Drumstick 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
| In article <labolide-4881A7.21023925022007@news.giganews.com>,
labolide@spacegmail.com says...
> In article <MPG. 204bbf5ce19942b49897
38@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>,
> Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, Drum. I've been reading the occasional virus threat story for
> years now. Still never been a real one.
> BTW - how many Windows viruses are there now?
>
>
Couple of things to consider folks:
1. The past is no guarantee of the future.
2. There was a time (and I'm old enough to remember it) when PCs didn't
get viri either.
3. Humility is an honorable trait....keeps you out of trouble.
<smile>
As for the Mac's track record, no argument as I have never owned one.
Worked on one at work once (IIe no less!) and it was a nightmare! Two
versions of Basic, flaky hardware and SLOW as smoke even then.... See, I
told you I was old enough.
May you always be free of viri....but if it's true, I'm betting it won't
last.
Drum--
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| John Richards 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
| "james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote in message news:jgkeegan-F53F88. 18323825022007@indiv
idual.net...
> In article <nospam.m-m-CBF07F. 18202225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net>,
> M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
>
> windows users, apparently, feel inferior and that want mac users to
> come down to their level.
>
> i use both a mac powerbook and a powerful vista notebook. they are
> both functional. the windows machine needs aggressive anti-viris,
> worm, etc. protection. the mac does not.
Which is a testament to the Mac's lack of popularity...
Why would virus writers waste time on the 5% who have a Mac,
when they can get a much bigger result by targeting the 90%
who have a PC.
--
John Richards
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| Kevin Weaver 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
| Kurt wrote:
> In article <MPG. 204bbf5ce19942b49897
38@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>,
> Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, Drum. I've been reading the occasional virus threat story for
> years now. Still never been a real one.
> BTW - how many Windows viruses are there now?
>
Is this one of those my OS Is better then your's ?
I can tell you why there are more viruses for the PC then the mac.
It's because the writers of these don't bother with the mac. Reason:
It's like there is not much software for the mac. Why write software for
a dead machine. Why did apple go with the Intel chip ? They used the
Power PC Chip from day one. There about to go under, So they Install the
Intel chips to save there butt from going under. Now you can Install
windows on a mac and why? All the cool software made today runs under
windows. Who remembers that apple took money from Microsoft to keep
from going under ? The only reason Microsoft loaned them this was to
prevent a monopoly.
Software writers say, I can write software for the mac and maybe make a
little cash. Or I can write for windows and retire.
And If the mac os is so safe when it comes to viruses, Then why is it
there is virus software made for the mac os ? The list goes on and on.
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| Tinman 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:59:36 GMT, Kevin Weaver
< kevinkeithweaver@sbc
global.net> wrote:
<snip>
>It's like there is not much software for the mac. Why write software for
>a dead machine. Why did apple go with the Intel chip ? They used the
>Power PC Chip from day one.
Not sure what you meant by "day one," but Macs didn't use PowerPC CPUs
for nearly a decade after (the Mac's) release. The Mac used a Motorola
68k on day one. If you meant day-one of the PPC's release, no kidding
(Apple was part of the alliance, I certainly would have expected them to
use the CPU ASAP).
That said, now that Macs run x86 CPUs I do find it amusing that nearly
all of my Mac friends seem to enjoy running Windows (Parallels, etc.)
more than anything else (or they speak about it a lot). They often
continue to trash MS, even though they have purchased not only Windows,
but extra software just to run it. Kinda hypocritical. <g>
--
Mike | Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way
| to the back of the store to get their prescriptions
| while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
|
"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
news:labolide-A66EA4.09030725022007@news.giganews.com...
> In article < 12u2jugkmgp6k88@corp
.supernews.com>,
> "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
> <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>
> Or you can own a Mac and laugh at all this stuff.
Talk about prank! The fallacy that Macs are immune from viruses and
exploits is so much bull-hocky. Macs (and OS-X) are absolutely no more
impervious to these attacks than are PCs; it is simply that almost all the
exploits are against the PC, which account for 96% of all computers sold.
If Macs were 97% of the computers sold, it would be Macs being attacked and
PC users saying "get a PC". I love the look on the face of a Mac owner that
has brought his/her machine in for a problem, and we tell them it was
infected...they actually believe that their machines are "impervious". This
false sense of security is laugable, and dangerous.
Honu
> --
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
|
"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
news:labolide-4881A7.21023925022007@news.giganews.com...
> In article <MPG. 204bbf5ce19942b49897
38@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>,
> Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, Drum. I've been reading the occasional virus threat story for
> years now. Still never been a real one.
> BTW - how many Windows viruses are there now?
>
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Lets see...for every 100 computers sold, 96 are PCs, 2 are Macs and 2 are
based on other technology. So I would use that as a basis. Macs *ARE NOT*
impervious to viruses.
Honu
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
|
"Tinman" <ask@for.it> wrote in message
news:q905u2ljlm7ek1i
m5gk9vjb965mgt88edn@
4ax.com...
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:59:36 GMT, Kevin Weaver
> < kevinkeithweaver@sbc
global.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> Not sure what you meant by "day one," but Macs didn't use PowerPC CPUs
> for nearly a decade after (the Mac's) release. The Mac used a Motorola
> 68k on day one. If you meant day-one of the PPC's release, no kidding
> (Apple was part of the alliance, I certainly would have expected them to
> use the CPU ASAP).
>
> That said, now that Macs run x86 CPUs I do find it amusing that nearly
> all of my Mac friends seem to enjoy running Windows (Parallels, etc.)
> more than anything else (or they speak about it a lot). They often
> continue to trash MS, even though they have purchased not only Windows,
> but extra software just to run it. Kinda hypocritical. <g>
>
And they blue screen a lot more often (when running WIndows) that a real PC!
Honu
>
> --
> Mike | Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way
> | to the back of the store to get their prescriptions
> | while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
|
"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
news:labolide-861F87.21010325022007@news.giganews.com...
> In article <C207799A. 1A521%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
> George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
> More reason to switch to Mac.
>
More reason to bury your head in the sand?
I have nothing againt Macs...I use both PCs and Macs. But the arrogance of
some Mac owners is ludicrous. Macs are far from perfect, are not immune to
exploits and viruses, and there sure as heck a lot less dsfotware available
for Macs!
Honu
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
|
"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
news:labolide-F7FD49.21003725022007@news.giganews.com...
> In article <nospam.m-m-CBF07F. 18202225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net>,
> M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
>
>
> PC users tend to post the same articles that say that the Mac OS MAY BE
> susceptible to viruses, as proof that Mac viruses exist.
>
And you *MAY BE* in a state of denial. Macs are not immune.
Honu
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
|
"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
news:labolide-5B50EC.20590225022007@news.giganews.com...
> In article <nospam.m-m-5C3C66. 20025225022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net>,
> M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, me, too. 16 years+ and never a virus.
That you *KNOW* of. If you are not runnign any AV, and the virus does not
manifest itself in an obvious way, you would not know it.
You cannot claim that you have never had a virus. You have no way of
proving that, because your arrogant posts indicate that you don't run any
antivirus scanners.
Head in the sand...
Honu
>
> --
> To reply by email, remove the word "space"
| |
| Gordon Burditt 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
| >Talk about prank! The fallacy that Macs are immune from viruses and
>exploits is so much bull-hocky. Macs (and OS-X) are absolutely no more
>impervious to these attacks than are PCs; it is simply that almost all the
>exploits are against the PC, which account for 96% of all computers sold.
Macs are certainly NOT immune. However, there are a number of
features of Windows that certainly don't help the situation. One
of them is being able to double-click on executable code that came
from an outside source (email, web site, USENET) and RUN it without
even having to save it as a disk file. Another is Windows hiding
file extensions so you can't tell the difference between a piece
of malware and an image.
Also, Windows usually gets set up (fixed in Vista, I think) with all
users having administrative privileges. That's not a good thing for
viruses being able to write on and infect system files (at least on
systems with more than one user, other users get infected when the first
one does. That's less likely if users can't write on each other's files.)
>If Macs were 97% of the computers sold, it would be Macs being attacked and
>PC users saying "get a PC". I love the look on the face of a Mac owner that
>has brought his/her machine in for a problem, and we tell them it was
>infected...they actually believe that their machines are "impervious". This
>false sense of security is laugable, and dangerous.
| |
| Kent Wills 2007-02-26, 4:33 am |
| As I understand it, on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:29:39 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
[...]
>Exactly. Not for THEIR computer. But for those running Windoze PeeCee OS.
English isn't your strong suit, is it?
--
Kent
The irony of life is that, by the time
You're old enough to know your way
Around, you're not going anywhere.
| |
| Larry 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
| "Hertz_Donut" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:UvGdnQoGmNEqPn_
YnZ2dnUVZ_uOmnZ2d@ha
waiiantel.net:
> I have nothing againt Macs...
I do....They don't run the millions of freeware programs because Apple
tried to make them proprietary to boost profits. Yeah, I know...they have
an emulator. God that sucks.
I'm no fan of Micro$not or Uncle Bill, but you gotta give him credit for
making it a helluva great toy when he released the product to the hackers
to develop their own software.
It ran Apple into the MP3 business....(c;
Larry
--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEJm...related&search=
| |
| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/25/07 11:56 PM, in article
MPG. 204c408de088ba4f9897
3a@newsgroups.bellsouth.net, "Drumstick"
<no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
> In article <labolide-4881A7.21023925022007@news.giganews.com>,
> labolide@spacegmail.com says...
> Couple of things to consider folks:
> 1. The past is no guarantee of the future.
> 2. There was a time (and I'm old enough to remember it) when PCs didn't
> get viri either.
> 3. Humility is an honorable trait....keeps you out of trouble.
> <smile>
>
> As for the Mac's track record, no argument as I have never owned one.
> Worked on one at work once (IIe no less!) and it was a nightmare! Two
> versions of Basic, flaky hardware and SLOW as smoke even then.... See, I
> told you I was old enough.
>
> May you always be free of viri....but if it's true, I'm betting it won't
> last.
>
> Drum--
About the time that the Iie was the main Apple product the Lincoln
Continental was the leading "luxury" automobile.
You REALLY need to get out more...
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/25/07 11:56 PM, in article
JEuEh.3595$re4.390@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net, "John Richards"
<jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote:
> "james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:jgkeegan-F53F88. 18323825022007@indiv
idual.net...
>
> Which is a testament to the Mac's lack of popularity...
> Why would virus writers waste time on the 5% who have a Mac,
> when they can get a much bigger result by targeting the 90%
> who have a PC.
Besides, it would require REAL work to bust into the Mac OS.
Windoze is like whacking a piñata - without a mask...
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/25/07 11:59 PM, in article
cHuEh.1078$LF6.372@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net, "Kevin Weaver"
< kevinkeithweaver@sbc
global.net> wrote:
> Kurt wrote:
>
> Is this one of those my OS Is better then your's ?
>
> I can tell you why there are more viruses for the PC then the mac.
> It's because the writers of these don't bother with the mac. Reason:
> It's like there is not much software for the mac. Why write software for
> a dead machine. Why did apple go with the Intel chip ? They used the
> Power PC Chip from day one. There about to go under, So they Install the
> Intel chips to save there butt from going under. Now you can Install
> windows on a mac and why? All the cool software made today runs under
> windows. Who remembers that apple took money from Microsoft to keep
> from going under ? The only reason Microsoft loaned them this was to
> prevent a monopoly.
>
> Software writers say, I can write software for the mac and maybe make a
> little cash. Or I can write for windows and retire.
>
> And If the mac os is so safe when it comes to viruses, Then why is it
> there is virus software made for the mac os ? The list goes on and on.
See my above post...
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 12:44 AM, in article q905u2ljlm7ek1im5gk9
vjb965mgt88edn@4ax.com,
"Tinman" <ask@for.it> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:59:36 GMT, Kevin Weaver
> < kevinkeithweaver@sbc
global.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> Not sure what you meant by "day one," but Macs didn't use PowerPC CPUs
> for nearly a decade after (the Mac's) release. The Mac used a Motorola
> 68k on day one. If you meant day-one of the PPC's release, no kidding
> (Apple was part of the alliance, I certainly would have expected them to
> use the CPU ASAP).
>
> That said, now that Macs run x86 CPUs I do find it amusing that nearly
> all of my Mac friends seem to enjoy running Windows (Parallels, etc.)
> more than anything else (or they speak about it a lot). They often
> continue to trash MS, even though they have purchased not only Windows,
> but extra software just to run it. Kinda hypocritical. <g>
>
<Yawn>
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 3:03 AM, in article
w92dnbPiTrTwP3_YnZ2d
nUVZ_o6gnZ2d@hawaiia
ntel.net, "Hertz_Donut"
<noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-A66EA4.09030725022007@news.giganews.com...
>
>
> Talk about prank! The fallacy that Macs are immune from viruses and
> exploits is so much bull-hocky. Macs (and OS-X) are absolutely no more
> impervious to these attacks than are PCs; it is simply that almost all the
> exploits are against the PC, which account for 96% of all computers sold.
> If Macs were 97% of the computers sold, it would be Macs being attacked and
> PC users saying "get a PC". I love the look on the face of a Mac owner that
> has brought his/her machine in for a problem, and we tell them it was
> infected...they actually believe that their machines are "impervious". This
> false sense of security is laugable, and dangerous.
>
>
> Honu
>
>
>
>
>
<yawn> ... <fart> zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 3:09 AM, in article
ZOidnR7y4O11Pn_YnZ2d
nUVZ_rSjnZ2d@hawaiia
ntel.net, "Hertz_Donut"
<noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-F7FD49.21003725022007@news.giganews.com...
>
> And you *MAY BE* in a state of denial. Macs are not immune.
>
> Honu
>
>
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........(snore).......zzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZz
z...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....zzzzzzzzz.......(p-p-p-ph-h-h-a-a-a-r-r-rt-t-t).......
....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....(yawn)...zzzzzzzzzzz....
>
>
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 3:12 AM, in article
T5SdnSEwO8DuOX_YnZ2d
nUVZ_vCknZ2d@hawaiia
ntel.net, "Hertz_Donut"
<noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-5B50EC.20590225022007@news.giganews.com...
>
> That you *KNOW* of. If you are not runnign any AV, and the virus does not
> manifest itself in an obvious way, you would not know it.
>
> You cannot claim that you have never had a virus. You have no way of
> proving that, because your arrogant posts indicate that you don't run any
> antivirus scanners.
>
> Head in the sand...
>
>
>
> Honu
>
A question: What are you talking about? Jeeze!
> You cannot claim that you have never had a virus. You have no way of
> proving that, because your arrogant posts indicate that you don't run any
> antivirus scanners.
Think about it!
>
>
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 4:29 AM, in article pkd5u251credr359s4qh
r5i2halacdb7bg@4ax.com,
"Kent Wills" <compuelf@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I understand it, on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:29:39 -0600, George Kerby
> < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>
> English isn't your strong suit, is it?
You looking for a troll,is u?
Whose you talkin'too?!?
U talkin to me. Sure u talkin to me.!
I got you engloish RITE HEAR!
(Gesturing to crotch)
"Nuff said"
A-hole
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 7:58 AM, in article Xns98E35B66C8D95noon
ehomecom@208.49.80.253,
"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote:
> "Hertz_Donut" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in
> news:UvGdnQoGmNEqPn_
YnZ2dnUVZ_uOmnZ2d@ha
waiiantel.net:
>
>
> I do....They don't run the millions of freeware programs because Apple
> tried to make them proprietary to boost profits. Yeah, I know...they have
> an emulator. God that sucks.
>
> I'm no fan of Micro$not or Uncle Bill, but you gotta give him credit for
> making it a helluva great toy when he released the product to the hackers
> to develop their own software.
>
> It ran Apple into the MP3 business....(c;
>
> Larry
Denial is NOT a river on the African continent. Wake up...
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| Tinman 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
| "George Kerby" < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote in message
news:C2084F6D. 1A5BD%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com...
> <Yawn>
What a fantastic specimen of Mac-zealot intelligence, or at least the lack
of.
For the record, the Mac friends of which I wrote manage to tout the Mac, and
diss MS, without making themselves look like complete idiots. Unlike Kerby.
--
Mike
| |
| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:54:58 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> scribbled:
>
>
>
>On 2/26/07 4:29 AM, in article pkd5u251credr359s4qh
r5i2halacdb7bg@4ax.com,
>"Kent Wills" <compuelf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>You looking for a troll,is u?
>Whose you talkin'too?!?
>U talkin to me. Sure u talkin to me.!
>I got you engloish RITE HEAR!
>(Gesturing to crotch)
>"Nuff said"
>A-hole
Did you have to work hard at being an imbecile or did your mom drink and
shoot horse while she was preggers with you?
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On 2/26/07 9:58 AM, in article
tq06u2l0k6hn4780un01
0dqqq5fbubsaar@news-server, "-= Hawk =-"
< Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:54:58 -0600, George Kerby
> < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> scribbled:
>
>
> Did you have to work hard at being an imbecile or did your mom drink and
> shoot horse while she was preggers with you?
>
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(original by David Parsons)
(modified by David Fetter and Kurt Schumacher)
(Additions by Bob King, Ed Falk, Randy Howard)
(Merged with content from the Standard Flame Post version 3.432)
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(newsgroup)
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 9:13 AM, in article 54gbo7F20un1hU1@mid.individual.net, "Tinman"
<ask@for.it> wrote:
> "George Kerby" < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote in message
> news:C2084F6D. 1A5BD%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com...
>
> What a fantastic specimen of Mac-zealot intelligence, or at least the lack
> of.
>
> For the record, the Mac friends of which I wrote manage to tout the Mac, and
> diss MS, without making themselves look like complete idiots. Unlike Kerby.
>
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare.php
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-26, 12:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:09:48 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> scribbled:
>[x] *plonk*
Damn, you actually spent the time to fill out that tired old piece of
shit. I guess we can't blame your parentage and must come to the
conclusion that you just work hard to be an imbecile.
| |
| Tinman 2007-02-26, 3:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:11:22 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>On 2/26/07 9:13 AM, in article 54gbo7F20un1hU1@mid.individual.net, "Tinman"
><ask@for.it> wrote:
>
>http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare.php
Wow, your copy-and-paste skills are impressive. Maybe someday you can
move up to--ready for this?--an "original thought." Yea it's a tough
concept for you at the moment, but stick with it.
I like long shots, so I'm rooting for ya'!
--
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On 2/26/07 1:07 PM, in article qrb6u2h0qam3p7i7qnsd
lch47f1f26pfhs@4ax.com,
"Tinman" <ask@for.it> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:11:22 -0600, George Kerby
> < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
> Wow, your copy-and-paste skills are impressive. Maybe someday you can
> move up to--ready for this?--an "original thought." Yea it's a tough
> concept for you at the moment, but stick with it.
>
> I like long shots, so I'm rooting for ya'!
>
You and your fudge-packing buddy, Birdbrain -err... "Hawk", have my
permission to have the final word in this thread, because I know you don't
have the mental ability to pass. Do you, Pavlov?
I'll be working on my Mac checking my Apple shares whilst you two will be
crying over your crashing PeeCees and M$ financial worries.
Toodles, boys...
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-26, 3:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:16:49 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> scribbled:
>
>
>
>On 2/26/07 1:07 PM, in article qrb6u2h0qam3p7i7qnsd
lch47f1f26pfhs@4ax.com,
>"Tinman" <ask@for.it> wrote:
>
>You and your fudge-packing buddy, Birdbrain -err... "Hawk", have my
Gay sex lame, typical, expected.
>permission to have the final word in this thread, because I know you don't
>have the mental ability to pass. Do you, Pavlov?
"I'm responding but if you respond I made you do it", typical, expected.
>I'll be working on my Mac checking my Apple shares whilst you two will be
>crying over your crashing PeeCees and M$ financial worries.
Lame insinuation of financial superiority, boring.
>Toodles, boys...
Cowardly running off when can't handle people who can express
themselves, typical, expected.
Ya'll come back no, y'hear. People as funny as you don't grow on trees.
| |
| Tinman 2007-02-26, 3:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:16:49 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>On 2/26/07 1:07 PM, in article qrb6u2h0qam3p7i7qnsd
lch47f1f26pfhs@4ax.com,
>"Tinman" <ask@for.it> wrote:
>
>You and your fudge-packing buddy, Birdbrain -err... "Hawk", have my
Ah, the "gay" card. A sure sign of the functionally illiterate.
Certainly not an original thought. (Hey, I took a risk on the long shot
thing.)
>permission to have the final word in this thread,
That's gotta hurt. Sorry to back you into a corner like that.
>
>I'll be working on my Mac checking my Apple shares whilst you two will be
>crying over your crashing PeeCees and M$ financial worries.
I haven't seen anyone crying. Paranoid delusions? Projecting?
Was amused by your use of this though:
User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913
Too funny. Cry about MS and then turn right around and use their
products. Hypocrite.
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| of coral, painted brown and attached to the
| skull by common wood screws, can make a child
| look like a deer.
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|
| In article < tLKdnR9a3pp3P3_YnZ2d
nUVZ_sCinZ2d@hawaiia
ntel.net>,
"Hertz_Donut" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-4881A7.21023925022007@news.giganews.com...
>
> Lets see...for every 100 computers sold, 96 are PCs, 2 are Macs and 2 are
> based on other technology. So I would use that as a basis. Macs *ARE NOT*
> impervious to viruses.
>
Show me one, just one.
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| In article < T5SdnSEwO8DuOX_YnZ2d
nUVZ_vCknZ2d@hawaiia
ntel.net>,
"Hertz_Donut" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-5B50EC.20590225022007@news.giganews.com...
>
> That you *KNOW* of. If you are not runnign any AV, and the virus does not
> manifest itself in an obvious way, you would not know it.
>
> You cannot claim that you have never had a virus. You have no way of
> proving that, because your arrogant posts indicate that you don't run any
> antivirus scanners.
>
> Head in the sand...
>
LOL
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| In article < mdd6u2hd5nqtv2v7d04g
0dt5nmuivbvrph@4ax.com>,
Tinman <ask@for.it> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:16:49 -0600, George Kerby
> < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
> Ah, the "gay" card. A sure sign of the functionally illiterate.
> Certainly not an original thought. (Hey, I took a risk on the long shot
> thing.)
>
>
>
> That's gotta hurt. Sorry to back you into a corner like that.
>
>
>
> I haven't seen anyone crying. Paranoid delusions? Projecting?
>
> Was amused by your use of this though:
> User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913
>
> Too funny. Cry about MS and then turn right around and use their
> products. Hypocrite.
He uses Office. I use it too, but only because I need to work with PC
folk who don't (and can't) use any other office suite.
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| Tinman 2007-02-26, 3:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:10:41 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
wrote:
>In article < mdd6u2hd5nqtv2v7d04g
0dt5nmuivbvrph@4ax.com>,
> Tinman <ask@for.it> wrote:
>
>He uses Office. I use it too,
Wow, so do I. What big happy family.
> but only because I need to work with PC
>folk who don't (and can't) use any other office suite.
Straw-man argument. Office formats have nothing to do with Usenet, and
there are plenty of alternatives, even for the Mac. And since you didn't
use Entourage to post your reply you already knew that.
I won't get into the "and can't" comment.
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 10:33 pm |
|
"George Kerby" < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote in message
news:C2085025. 1A5C0%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com...
>
>
>
> On 2/26/07 3:12 AM, in article
> T5SdnSEwO8DuOX_YnZ2d
nUVZ_vCknZ2d@hawaiia
ntel.net, "Hertz_Donut"
> <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> A question: What are you talking about? Jeeze!
It's simple. You are not running any antivirus. Your computer could be
infected, and you would never know, *because you are not running any
antivirus software".
Most viruses do not announce themselves. Unless you have a way to detect
viruses, you cannot say with any certainty that there are no viruses on your
computer.
Honu
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| Hertz_Donut 2007-02-26, 10:33 pm |
|
"Gordon Burditt" <gordon@hammy.burditt.org> wrote in message
news:12u5dbh46qg3f4d
@corp.supernews.com...
>
> Macs are certainly NOT immune. However, there are a number of
> features of Windows that certainly don't help the situation. One
> of them is being able to double-click on executable code that came
> from an outside source (email, web site, USENET) and RUN it without
> even having to save it as a disk file. Another is Windows hiding
> file extensions so you can't tell the difference between a piece
> of malware and an image.
Irrelevent to the thread. The discussion is whether Macs are immune to
viruses or not. The thread is not about what you think makes PCs more
vulnerable.
>
> Also, Windows usually gets set up (fixed in Vista, I think) with all
> users having administrative privileges. That's not a good thing for
> viruses being able to write on and infect system files (at least on
> systems with more than one user, other users get infected when the first
> one does. That's less likely if users can't write on each other's files.)
And again this is irrelevant to the topic of this thread.[color=darkred]
>
>
| |
|
| In article < e5g6u2d27rtaa8hgg00j
vmfnfu9a3hmv5a@4ax.com>,
Tinman <ask@for.it> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:10:41 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Wow, so do I. What big happy family.
>
>
>
> Straw-man argument. Office formats have nothing to do with Usenet, and
> there are plenty of alternatives, even for the Mac. And since you didn't
> use Entourage to post your reply you already knew that.
>
> I won't get into the "and can't" comment.
So don't.
I need compatiblity with my Windows clients so I use Office. I also use
Entourage because many of my clients use the calendar function for
meetings, etc.
I'd love to wean my corporate clients off Office, I'm sure your
suggestions for alternatives would be very persuasive.
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| In article <C2084F08. 1A5BB%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
> On 2/25/07 11:56 PM, in article
> JEuEh.3595$re4.390@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net, "John Richards"
> <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote:
>
> Besides, it would require REAL work to bust into the Mac OS.
>
> Windoze is like whacking a piñata - without a mask...
>
Exactly. LOL
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-26, 10:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:41:56 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
scribbled:
>In article < e5g6u2d27rtaa8hgg00j
vmfnfu9a3hmv5a@4ax.com>,
> Tinman <ask@for.it> wrote:
>
>
>So don't.
>
>I need compatiblity with my Windows clients so I use Office. I also use
>Entourage because many of my clients use the calendar function for
>meetings, etc.
>
>I'd love to wean my corporate clients off Office, I'm sure your
>suggestions for alternatives would be very persuasive.
*cough* open office *cough*
| |
| Bob Ward 2007-02-26, 10:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:43:24 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
wrote:
>In article <C2084F08. 1A5BB%ghost_topper@h
otmail.com>,
> George Kerby < ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> wrote:
>
>Exactly. LOL
It must really suck to be in the infinitesimal minority when it comes
to computers. Your envy is apparently unbearable.
| |
|
| In article < kt17u2hr044npjan4llo
na8nt3phiud3dc@news-server>,
-= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:41:56 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> scribbled:
>
>
> *cough* open office *cough*
Great idea, go pitch it to Warner Music for me.
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| George Kerby 2007-02-26, 10:33 pm |
|
On 2/26/07 6:41 PM, in article
labolide-AB881C.16415626022007@news.giganews.com, "Kurt"
<labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote:
> In article < e5g6u2d27rtaa8hgg00j
vmfnfu9a3hmv5a@4ax.com>,
> Tinman <ask@for.it> wrote:
>
>
> So don't.
>
> I need compatiblity with my Windows clients so I use Office. I also use
> Entourage because many of my clients use the calendar function for
> meetings, etc.
>
> I'd love to wean my corporate clients off Office, I'm sure your
> suggestions for alternatives would be very persuasive.
He has none.
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| In article < ct17u2tg2d4gbc8pk41m
brd6g9ic0t8v5q@4ax.com>,
Bob Ward <bobward@email.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:43:24 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> It must really suck to be in the infinitesimal minority when it comes
> to computers. Your envy is apparently unbearable.
LOL. Please tell me what I'm missing. I run a $400K+ a year design
business with Macs. Never had the need for a PC except to access those
damn ActiveX web control panels (for which Virtual PC and now Parallels
work great for).
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-26, 10:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:23:05 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
scribbled:
>In article < kt17u2hr044npjan4llo
na8nt3phiud3dc@news-server>,
> -= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>Great idea, go pitch it to Warner Music for me.
You asked for suggestions to get your clients off the Micorosoft tit, I
gave you one. Don't expect me to do your job for you too.
| |
| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-26, 10:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:52:21 -0600, George Kerby
< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> scribbled:
>
>
>
>On 2/26/07 6:41 PM, in article
>labolide-AB881C.16415626022007@news.giganews.com, "Kurt"
><labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>He has none.
Didn't you storm off in a huff?
| |
| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-27, 4:33 am |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:01 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
scribbled:
>LOL. Please tell me what I'm missing. I run a $400K+ a year design
>business with Macs.
And I worked in a million dollar television studio doing video editing
on Macs that blew up at least once a night. What's your point? No
computer is perfect. No one computer is perfect for every user's
situation. I don't like Macs, so what? Someone else doesn't like PCs,
big deal. This idiotic argument over PCs vs Macs has been going on since
the first Mac came out. Let's all just get the XXXX over it already.
| |
| Drumstick 2007-02-27, 4:33 am |
| > You and your fudge-packing buddy, Birdbrain -err... "Hawk", have my
> permission to have the final word in this thread, because I know you don't
> have the mental ability to pass. Do you, Pavlov?
>
> I'll be working on my Mac checking my Apple shares whilst you two will be
> crying over your crashing PeeCees and M$ financial worries.
>
> Toodles, boys...
>
>
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Aw come on...you know you're reading this...
And, even though you missed my point previous point entirely I still
hope you have a virus free machine...but I'm betting you won't...
The ultimate stupidity, the inability to learn or open your mind to
other possibilities. Sad.
Now all you "fudge-packing" people remember...don't ask and don't tell.
<grin>
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| Drumstick 2007-02-27, 4:33 am |
| >
> He has none.
>
>
>
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DARN! shouldn't have "gotten out more." Went out to dinner with friends
and now I've posted too late. Oh well, welcome back.
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| Kevin Weaver 2007-02-27, 4:33 am |
| Drumstick wrote:
>
> Aw come on...you know you're reading this...
>
> And, even though you missed my point previous point entirely I still
> hope you have a virus free machine...but I'm betting you won't...
>
> The ultimate stupidity, the inability to learn or open your mind to
> other possibilities. Sad.
>
> Now all you "fudge-packing" people remember...don't ask and don't tell.
> <grin>
>
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MS Financial problems ? You forget who owns it. Apple should be the one
thats worried. Hey bill, Can you loan apple another 100 mill ? hahaha...
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| Tinman 2007-02-27, 10:33 am |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:02:31 -0500, -= Hawk =-
< Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:52:21 -0600, George Kerby
>< ghost_topper@hotmail
.com> scribbled:
>
>
>Didn't you storm off in a huff?
He was merely awaiting another person's reply so he could weasel himself
back into the thread--even at the expense of throwing out an
intellectually vapid one-liner that even a 4-year-old who can spell
"Google" would be embarrassed of. Par for the course.
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| In article < hm77u2dam3jesvm67d7u
1nqk6k3i3stri6@news-server>,
-= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:23:05 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> scribbled:
>
>
> You asked for suggestions to get your clients off the Micorosoft tit, I
> gave you one. Don't expect me to do your job for you too.
LOL
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| In article < 25e7u2h711kk91jqt7d4
vja4ep9u6p4l9s@news-server>,
-= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:01 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> scribbled:
>
>
> And I worked in a million dollar television studio doing video editing
> on Macs that blew up at least once a night. What's your point? No
> computer is perfect. No one computer is perfect for every user's
> situation. I don't like Macs, so what? Someone else doesn't like PCs,
> big deal. This idiotic argument over PCs vs Macs has been going on since
> the first Mac came out. Let's all just get the XXXX over it already.
Good as ending as any... BTW- Which Macs were blowing up?
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-27, 3:33 pm |
| On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:39:32 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
scribbled:
>In article < 25e7u2h711kk91jqt7d4
vja4ep9u6p4l9s@news-server>,
> -= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>Good as ending as any... BTW- Which Macs were blowing up?
Don't recall the model, pretty sure they were Power Macs. Connected to
an iCube/iMix video editing system. Constant crashes. Had to save every
10 - 15 minutes or run the risk of losing all previous work.
| |
|
| In article < t5v8u2prqlst0o5719r9
br4h6i54n8va19@news-server>,
-= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:39:32 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> scribbled:
>
>
> Don't recall the model, pretty sure they were Power Macs. Connected to
> an iCube/iMix video editing system. Constant crashes. Had to save every
> 10 - 15 minutes or run the risk of losing all previous work.
That editing system is ancient history. Was using old Quadras too,
before PowerMacs. Things have come a long way since then. Final Cut pro
kinda changed things.
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| In article <labolide-0BE9B2.07393227022007@news.giganews.com>,
Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote:
> I worked in a million dollar television studio doing video editing
[color=darkred]
> - Which Macs were blowing up?
I think he's lying.
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| In article <nospam.m-m-8C13C3. 17231227022007@newsr
ead.uslec.net>,
M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
> In article <labolide-0BE9B2.07393227022007@news.giganews.com>,
> Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I think he's lying.
He's also talking about 10 year+ old equipment and pre-PowerMacs.
Have no idea how unstable the techs set up that studio. These days, it's
all bulletproof.
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| Kent Wills 2007-02-28, 4:33 am |
| As I understand it, on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:24:49 -0000,
gordon@hammy.burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) wrote:
>
>Macs are certainly NOT immune. However, there are a number of
>features of Windows that certainly don't help the situation. One
>of them is being able to double-click on executable code that came
>from an outside source (email, web site, USENET) and RUN it without
>even having to save it as a disk file. Another is Windows hiding
>file extensions so you can't tell the difference between a piece
>of malware and an image.
You have the option to not have the extensions hidden.
>
>Also, Windows usually gets set up (fixed in Vista, I think) with all
>users having administrative privileges.
Every copy of XP I've used hasn't done this. There is the
option to set it up like this during installation, but only a moron
would grant *everyone* admin privileges.
[color=darkred]
>That's not a good thing for
>viruses being able to write on and infect system files (at least on
>systems with more than one user, other users get infected when the first
>one does. That's less likely if users can't write on each other's files.)
>
>
Security through obscurity is no security.
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-28, 4:33 am |
| On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:42:06 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
scribbled:
>In article < t5v8u2prqlst0o5719r9
br4h6i54n8va19@news-server>,
> -= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>That editing system is ancient history. Was using old Quadras too,
>before PowerMacs. Things have come a long way since then. Final Cut pro
>kinda changed things.
Beta tape's ancient history too, so's 3/4" and 1" but they're still in
use in places... gods I hated the 1" machine....
| |
| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-28, 4:33 am |
| On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:23:13 -0500, M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> scribbled:
>In article <labolide-0BE9B2.07393227022007@news.giganews.com>,
> Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>I think he's lying.
That you think at all is doubtful.
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| In article < 7sk9u2979u48l9kn3ek1
1pu5rjcv2i999a@news-server>,
-= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:42:06 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> scribbled:
>
>
> Beta tape's ancient history too, so's 3/4" and 1" but they're still in
> use in places... gods I hated the 1" machine....
Maybe the iCube will come back like the 8 track.
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-28, 4:33 am |
| On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:43:45 -0800, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
scribbled:
>In article < 7sk9u2979u48l9kn3ek1
1pu5rjcv2i999a@news-server>,
> -= Hawk =- < Hawk@thispartisbogus
.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>Maybe the iCube will come back like the 8 track.
Like all technology it's probably still in use in more places that
people think. I've got a friend who owns a print shop and they're still
using a 486 to run some older, but necessary, DOS based software. Just
because it's old don't mean it has to be thrown away.
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| clifto 2007-02-28, 4:33 am |
| -= Hawk =- wrote:
> Beta tape's ancient history too, so's 3/4" and 1" but they're still in
> use in places... gods I hated the 1" machine....
Which one? There were so many to choose from...!
--
The US Post Office should just raise postage rates by two dollars an ounce
with the promise that they won't raise rates for at least a week. They'll
never go for it; they couldn't possibly wait a whole week.
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| -= Hawk =- 2007-02-28, 4:33 am |
| On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:38:55 -0600, clifto <clifto@gmail.com> scribbled:
>-= Hawk =- wrote:
>
>Which one? There were so many to choose from...!
Our was so scavenged I don't even know what make it was. We only,
thankfully, had to use it a few times a year. Half the time the take-up
reel'd shit the tape off when you weren't looking (roll tape, run for a
smoke!) and you'd end up with a floor full of tape. Got so bad we'd pull
out a garbage can and leave it next to the machine if we were going to
use it. The 3/4 machine wasn't much better, the MC console couldn't
control it so you had to scoot half way across the room to hit play on
the deck.
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| Robert Coe 2007-03-03, 3:33 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:56:15 -0500, Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
: In article <labolide-4881A7.21023925022007@news.giganews.com>,
: labolide@spacegmail.com says...
: > Sorry, Drum. I've been reading the occasional virus threat story for
: > years now. Still never been a real one.
: > BTW - how many Windows viruses are there now?
: >
: >
: Couple of things to consider folks:
: 1. The past is no guarantee of the future.
: 2. There was a time (and I'm old enough to remember it) when PCs didn't
: get viri either.
If you insist on getting cute with Latin words, you should at least do it in
the right case. The accusative plural of "virus" (assuming it's a
2nd-declension masculine noun) is "viros".
But since this use of "get" is idiomatic in English, you may be safer using
ablative instead (as in "infected by means of a virus"). That would be
"viris".
: 3. Humility is an honorable trait....keeps you out of trouble.
: <smile>
:
: As for the Mac's track record, no argument as I have never owned one.
: Worked on one at work once (IIe no less!) and it was a nightmare! Two
: versions of Basic, flaky hardware and SLOW as smoke even then.... See, I
: told you I was old enough.
:
: May you always be free of viri....but if it's true, I'm betting it won't
: last.
The genitive plural would be "virorum". But the more Latin-sounding "free from
viruses" would again use ablative (e.g., "liber a viris").
Since you're old enough to remember the good old days, you may have taken
Latin in high school too. ;^)
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| RWEmerson 2007-03-03, 3:33 pm |
| Robert Coe wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:56:15 -0500, Drumstick <no_thanks@you.com> wrote:
> : In article <labolide-4881A7.21023925022007@news.giganews.com>,
> : labolide@spacegmail.com says...
> : > Sorry, Drum. I've been reading the occasional virus threat story for
> : > years now. Still never been a real one.
> : > BTW - how many Windows viruses are there now?
> : >
> : >
> : Couple of things to consider folks:
> : 1. The past is no guarantee of the future.
> : 2. There was a time (and I'm old enough to remember it) when PCs didn't
> : get viri either.
>
> If you insist on getting cute with Latin words, you should at least do it in
> the right case. The accusative plural of "virus" (assuming it's a
> 2nd-declension masculine noun) is "viros".
>
> But since this use of "get" is idiomatic in English, you may be safer using
> ablative instead (as in "infected by means of a virus"). That would be
> "viris".
>
> : 3. Humility is an honorable trait....keeps you out of trouble.
> : <smile>
> :
> : As for the Mac's track record, no argument as I have never owned one.
> : Worked on one at work once (IIe no less!) and it was a nightmare! Two
> : versions of Basic, flaky hardware and SLOW as smoke even then.... See, I
> : told you I was old enough.
> :
> : May you always be free of viri....but if it's true, I'm betting it won't
> : last.
> The word virus has no classically attested plural form in Latin. In antiquity the word had not yet acquired its current meaning. It denoted something like toxicity; venom; a poisonous, deleterious, or unpleasant agent or principle; or poison in the abst
ract or general sense[2]. Since virus in antiquity denoted something noncountable, it was a mass noun. Mass nouns, such as air, valor, and helpfulness in English, pluralize only under special circumstances, hence the nonexistence of plural forms.& #91;3]
>
> Further, it is unclear how a plural might have been formed under Latin grammar if the word had acquired a meaning requiring a plural form. In Latin virus is generally regarded to be a neuter of the second declension, but neuter second declension nouns e
nding in -us (rather than -um) are so rare that there are no recorded plurals. Possibilities include vira (by analogy with 2nd declension neuters in -um such as bellum) and virus with a long u (by analogy with 4th declension masculine such as status, alth
ough as a neuter noun the plural of virus in the 4th declension would be virua). However, none of these is attested[4].
>
> The form virii would not have been a correct plural, since the ending -ii only occurs in the plural of words ending in -ius. For instance, take radius, plural radii: the root is radi-, with the singular ending -us and the plural -i. Thus the plural viri
i is that of the nonexistent word virius. The form viri might also be incorrect in Latin. The ending -i is normally used for masculine nouns, not neuter ones such as virus, although there are exceptions such as humus -"soil" which is feminine and vulgus -
"crowd" which is neuter; moreover, viri (albeit with a short i in the first syllable) is the plural of vir, and means "men."
>
> The genitive plural would be "virorum". But the more Latin-sounding "free from
> viruses" would again use ablative (e.g., "liber a viris").
>
> Since you're old enough to remember the good old | | |