[arachne] Re: illegal attachments?

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Eric S. Emerson wrote:

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Jason,
              From reading your reply I can see
you don't care if your power supply burns up because the fan stopped working while 
you were making coffee.  You would rather
have the coffee than your power supply.
You're 100% correct. A power supply burning up doesn't register one bit on the list of things I worry about. And I have a fair amount of 20+ year old power supplies running at any given time. If one ever goes out maybe I'll reconsider. Nah, I figure 20 years of not worrying about it is worth the price of one.
You will just go buy a new one. That's your option, but it seems a foolish way 
to operate to me.

I also caught a virus from a floppy disk my
good friend gave me way back when AV
software wasn't the norm.  The virus came
from a renowned hospital's computer
system and they were not aware of it. They were informed about the virus because 
I was watching my boot sequence and saw
the  virus load.  Evidently you don't seem to
realize that viruses, especially boot viruses,
like to give you a little message saying,
"You've just been screwed" as they infect
your HDD.
Actually, I do realize that. What you don't realize is that even if I were watching my machine boot, I'd really be watching TV and would miss that message. On the odd chance I were watching, I'd likely think, "Huh, lookie there." until it was too late to do anything about it. 
I also listen to my car engine when I start it so
I can identify any strange sounds and I walk
around my car before I start it and I check
the tires to see if they are going flat and I look
under my car to see if any brake fluid or oil or
antifreeze is leaking on the ground.  I like to do
all that before I get on the expressway.
I think the issue is you're OCD. Even though the army trained me proper when it comes to preventative maintainance checks, I don't think I've even one time walked around my car before I started it, or checked the tires more often than once a month on the months I didn't forget. The only time I look for leaks is after I know there's a leak.
Most average car users don't do any of that either. And I'm guessing most would think you're nuts if you told them they have to look under the car everytime they got in. Listen to the radio show 'Car Talk' and a common theme is for callers to say their car has been making a strange noise for months. 
BTW,    I probably drink 10 times as much coffee
as you do and I'm usually doing it while I watch
my computer boot. I drink 10 times as much coffee
as anyone else I know. I always have a coffee cup
filled with coffee in my hand. 
So,  watching my computer boot doesn't detract
from my coffee drinking.  :-}}}

That's good to know.  Coffee makes the world go round.

Oh,    And I don't have to balance my check book
at the end of the month because I monitor my accounts
by telephone and Internet on an almost daily basis.
I catch any abnormalities before I ever get my monthly bank statement
By now you didn't have to tell me that. After the first 2 sections I was full aware you'd catch any out of balance issues way before the statement came in. 
    And most of my checks I write for a whole dollar
amount so I can pretty much ignore the cents column.
Eric
As I write this I'm picturing you trying to wrestle with the security issues of using wifi in a crowding apartment building :)
But I'm a chess playing computer programmer who runs only free and open source software unless I'm getting paid to do otherwise. So I'm not knocking you. Just pointing out your usage habits aren't close to being normal. 

Jason
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