The Melissa virus always appears to be from a person you know (insofar as if you're in someone's address book, you probably know them). And what's unreasonable about opening something you weren't expecting, if it's from someone you know? Personally, I wouldn't allow an auto-run macro to run even under those conditions, but most people probably would, and that's reasonable.
But what constitutes consent? When I received the Melissa e-mail last Friday, and MS-Word asked me if I wanted to run the macro, I said NO. Everyone who was hit by Melissa had a chance to allow or disallow the macro to run, whether by disabling the auto-macro feature at some previous time, or when opening the document. And everyone who was hit by it essentially said YES.
I'm not trying to blame the whole thing on the victims, but especially in this case, with Microsoft Word explicitly warning the user beforehand, it's hard to determine where the line should be drawn.
>> All they want to do is download dirty pictures, not turn into computer techies. >>
All my lawyer wants to do is download useful legal information that might save me, not turn into a computer techie.
All my father wants to do is communicate with long-lost friends and relatives, not turn into a computer techie.
All the environmental activist wants to do is organize a mailing list so people can make the world a little better, not turn into a computer techie.
All my girlfriend wants to do is send me e-mail saying she loves me when she's on the other side of the world, not turn into a computer techie.
God forbid that even attempt to do so...
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I think it's referring to the scene when Deckard (not "Decker"!) is at the noodle stall and orders four bowls. The old man insists in Japanese that two is enough.
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The Melissa virus always appears to be from a person you know (insofar as if you're in someone's address book, you probably know them).
And what's unreasonable about opening something you weren't expecting, if it's from someone you know? Personally, I wouldn't allow an auto-run macro to run even under those conditions, but most people probably would, and that's reasonable.
But what constitutes consent? When I received the Melissa e-mail last Friday, and MS-Word asked me if I wanted to run the macro, I said NO. Everyone who was hit by Melissa had a chance to allow or disallow the macro to run, whether by disabling the auto-macro feature at some previous time, or when opening the document. And everyone who was hit by it essentially said YES.
I'm not trying to blame the whole thing on the victims, but especially in this case, with Microsoft Word explicitly warning the user beforehand, it's hard to determine where the line should be drawn.
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All they want to do is download dirty pictures, not turn into computer techies.
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All my lawyer wants to do is download useful legal information that might save me, not turn into a computer techie.
All my father wants to do is communicate with long-lost friends and relatives, not turn into a computer techie.
All the environmental activist wants to do is organize a mailing list so people can make the world a little better, not turn into a computer techie.
All my girlfriend wants to do is send me e-mail saying she loves me when she's on the other side of the world, not turn into a computer techie.
God forbid that even attempt to do so...
I think it's referring to the scene when Deckard (not "Decker"!) is at the noodle stall and orders four bowls. The old man insists in Japanese that two is enough.
OK, another question then. Just what is trainspotting? (I obviously have neither read the book nor seen the movie.)
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Christopher Leung writes "1999 February issue of Linux Gazette has been pubished. "
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It has been pubished? So does that mean it is now pubic?!
Heh, one match is one too many for Speed... Gimme Zard, Puffy, or Kawamoto Makoto instead ;)
The usage "xxx wa yappari yyy" means something more like (in this case) "BeOS is best on Multi". A little more positive-sounding.