[arachne] Re: illegal attachments?

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Jason, 
              Believe it or not....It has never been
my goal in life to achieve what you are
describing as normal. Barak Obama didn't
get elected as president of the USA by
striving to be "normal".  If one can believe
even half of the current published news,
the "normal" people need to have the
government regulate how much fast food
they can eat and how much tobacco they
can use and where they can use their
tobacco.  Those "normal" people who want
a BIG BROTHER to keep them on the path
to hold their hand so that they don't trip 
and fall over the edge of the cliff have just
voted for "change".   It's my bet that in 4 yrs.
they will vote for "change" again. That is if
they are still allowed to vote!!        

   We live in a society today, which has very
little respect for experience. Well, after 4 more
years of experience we'll see if they get what
they are expecting from BIG BROTHER.

BTW,  how did this thread about illegal
attachments get redirected to whether or
not I behave in a "normal" manner ??.

Eric

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:37:44 -0500 Jason <jasorn@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >
> > 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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