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Why Virus Writers are Useful

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-are-mosquitos dept.

man_of_mr_e writes "Security site Zone-h.org has an interview with Professor Samuel D. Forrester, one of the worlds leading immunologists. In this interview he asserts that immunity is built by infection, and without it you would have a much weaker ecosystem. "

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  1. Virus writers defined? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    By "virus writers" do you mean the guy who tattoos your mom's cunt?

  2. morons discover why /. may be useful.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    despite all the whoreabull stuff that doesn't matter at all/is some sort of attemptdead monIEsuck, & the infactdead PostBlock(tm) devise, pateNTdead buy va lairIE/robbIE's SourceForgerIE(tmp), all is not cost/lost.

    there are advantages in regards to promoting the well known planet/population rescue effort (formerly unknown as the oil for babies initiative).

    lookout bullow. the only wons who don't know/bulleave the georgewellian fuddite/unprecedented evile payper liesense stock markup execrable, aka: the walking dead scam, is failing miserabully, are the wons who pay peepoles to tale them the fairytail's NOT over yet. the real hoardacious doughbaggers are heading for their bunkers in the hills. there is really no where to hide. that won's on us.

  3. flouride is toxic by chocolatetrumpet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Flouride keeps your teeth clean, however it is poisonous. Granted, in small doses, there seem to be no negative effects. However, if you think years and years of flouride won't hurt you, you're kidding yourself.

    Getting old does not mean getting sick.

    "Yeap, he's dead... but damn, look at those teeth!"

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    Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.
  4. Re:Absolutely!!! by SquadBoy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    IMO Symantec McAfee and their ilk write ~%90 of this stuff. I think they are as corrupt as the day is long and just wish I could figure out how to track this back to them.

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    Cypherpunks: Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics. Those who live by the sword die by the arrow.
  5. Re:So if I understand well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    There were other towns that were convinced that the plague was sent by God (and maybe it was) and refused to clean or do anything about it, and those towns were wiped from the map.

    So if I read this right, religion in this case eliminated itself. One can only hope this trend would continue...