[Enigmail] GNuPG with Vista
George Schoelles
gschoelles at gmail.com
Sun Dec 28 19:32:44 PST 2008
Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> George Schoelles wrote:
>> I kind of agree and will hold back with that type of response. However, I
>> think I'd still like to be a fly on the Motherboard when this comes out in
>> the wash.
>
> Imagine someone walking into a doctor's office and the doctor saying,
> without even listening to their complaint, "Lose twenty pounds and
> you'll feel better." Yes, losing twenty pounds will make most people
> feel healthier. But no, being twenty pounds overweight is not the cause
> of the patient's pneumonia, and it is pretty poor medical advice
> compared to, "here, have some antibiotics."
>
> The metaphor is almost perfect. There's an excellent chance that a
> desktop PC -- any desktop PC -- is infected with a virus. (Vint Cerf
> estimates 20% of all desktop PCs are already completely hijacked.)
> Taking care of the virus will probably improve their computer's
> functioning, but it has no guarantee of actually resolving their problem.
>
> In this case, the OP downloaded the wrong file. Human error -- it
> happens all the time. Around 20% of computers are infected with
> viruses; almost 100% of computers are infected with error-prone humans
> at the keyboard. You can guess which problem most of us like to rule
> out first. :)
OK OK I got it already - Geezus
Sounds like case off the House series though :-)
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