[OT] MacDefender

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 05/19/2011 10:25 PM, David C. wrote:
> Touched a different nerve. Sorry for another soapbox....
>
> "What is scary is that anyone who owns a mac would believe their
> computer got infected ....<snip>"
>
> "Most mac users are informed enough about this stuff to ignore it
> anyway....<snip>"
>
> "Virus protection is just not needed at all on most macs if one just
> practices safe computing habits and use a firewall....<snip>"
>
> I often wonder whether people stay up at night, thinking of different
> ways to sound pompous, arrogant, demeaning and/or condescending in
> what comes out of their mouths and/or keyboard. Is that something that
> requires hard work or does it just come naturally?
>
> You guys are amazing.

Speaking as someone who has been programming computers of all sorts for 
35 years,
I can say that I (thinking I "knew all") have managed to infect and/or 
hose more
computer systems than I care to remember.

Pride comes before a fall.

> Best regards,
> David C.
>
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