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Ok. This is a rhetorical question, mostly as an excuse to vent. How could anyone who works in the I/T industry be so stunningly ignorant as to catch the Mailissa virus? For that matter, how could anyone who works in the I/T industry be so stunningly (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am in software development. I just thumped one of our testers for forwarding me a warning message (obstensibly from AOL *and* IBM *and* Netscape) about an e-mail virus titled "It Takes Guts To Say Jesus" which, upon opening, will erase your (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) stunningly (...) I'll pray for you. (...) Next time reply, "Yes you can, and you can be ignorant and paranoid, and be unwilling to change." (...) Would that be an arctic tern or a New York tern? (...) I thought I saw him at Safeway the other (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote in message news:37619503.B60145...ies.com... (...) full (...) How about "DMV Emplyee of the Year"? (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) warnings at work. They will download anything!!! Just to get our e:mail system back up, IT ran a virus check on every computer (over 10,000) and then distributed a memo (actually taped to everyone's screen) stating - IF YOUR LOG-IN SCREEN IS (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Yes, computer _LITERATE_ people should know that reading an e-mail is different than opening attachments ... ...but ... The IQ of the world is constant, the population keeps growing. -Lee. PS, I'm a software programmer/analyst. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah... Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And you wonder why your system is setup like little Big Brother? Maybe they were color-blind. Steve (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In New Jersey, we'd usually call 'em "Flat." Red means stop, green means honk. LFB (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've got news for you: I'm an academic, and we have so many of the Pavlovian non-net.savvy it would make you *freak out*. They'll open anything, even though they don't even use the restrooms in the Department office because they're afraid! (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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