[ratpack] Re: Admin: virus warnings
- From: "Larry Knight" <Larry.Knight@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:39:40 -0700
Not to change the subject, but another photog buddy of mine sent me this
link. If you are in the market for Photoshop Elements, this is a good
price:
FYI
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/
Larr
-----Original Message-----
From: ratpack-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ratpack-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Ray Buck
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 2:29 PM
To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ratpack] Admin: virus warnings
This is where I have to draw the line as administrator. Virus
warnings are almost always hoaxes. This one has a small degree of
truth mixed thoroughly with a lotta FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.)
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
If one is going to post a warning of such a nature here, I insist
that it be accompanied by some sort of statement that it's been
checked out on Snopes or www.hoaxkill.com or any other valid,
respected urban legend/hoax debunking site.
There are some times when virus warnings are valid. But 95 times out
of 100 the email handling systems at isps like Xmission and Comcast
or MSN will stop them. That's become one of their primary jobs:
stopping spam and viruses, particularly trojans, since they could be
held liable if one of their clients gets a trojan and then starts
mailbombing other users from the infected machine's address book.
As a matter of fact, I had to edit this email, removing the body of
the text before Xmission's server would allow it through.
Carl, please don't stop forwarding the humor stuff. A lot of people
like it. But as I said, I have to draw the line at virus warnings
and other hoaxes. Btw, did you know that if you forward this to 147
people you can resurrect Micheal Jackson? On the other hand...never
mind. :) And Microsoft isn't giving away money, the Mrs Field's
cookie recipe didn't come with a bill for $250 and untold numbers of
motorists won't be killed if they flash their headlights. Mosey
through Snopes. Check out some of the stuff there. It's far funnier
than tv. Well, that isn't saying much. But you'll find that Taps
wasn't written by a Confederate soldier who died in his Union officer
father's arms. This is called glurge, but it's still fantasy
stuff. Here's a whole list of glurge:
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/glurge.asp
And here's a very interesting story on the movie, The Mancurian
Candidate:
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/manchurian.asp
RtR
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