I *know* I'm using a lot more bandwidth on all the SoBig.F crap...but until it's ever feasible to punish folks who won't/can't patch their systems, I guess we're stuck with this crap, too.
The problem is that these new-age "viruses" aren't lethal enough - infected systems spew digital crap for years without themselves being affected.
What some helpful soul should do is wait a week after a new virus appears, so that everyone has plenty of time to patch against it, and then release a version of that exact virus that wipes out any infected system completely.
"At the end of the day, you've taken away jobs and hurt the economy."
What an appallingly stupid remark.
I have never done business with a telemarketer. I will never do business with a telemarketer. Thus the entire transaction which ensues when a telemarketer contacts me - the expense of calling me, the effort to talk to me, my telling them to &^#$ off, my hanging up in disgust - is worthless to all parties.
Ergo, I am doing the telemarketing industry a favor my removing my number from the rolls of potential customers, since I am not a prospective customer.
If they had any brains, they'd thank me for this.
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The problem is that these new-age "viruses" aren't lethal enough - infected systems spew digital crap for years without themselves being affected.
What some helpful soul should do is wait a week after a new virus appears, so that everyone has plenty of time to patch against it, and then release a version of that exact virus that wipes out any infected system completely.
GZ
"At the end of the day, you've taken away jobs and hurt the economy." What an appallingly stupid remark. I have never done business with a telemarketer. I will never do business with a telemarketer. Thus the entire transaction which ensues when a telemarketer contacts me - the expense of calling me, the effort to talk to me, my telling them to &^#$ off, my hanging up in disgust - is worthless to all parties. Ergo, I am doing the telemarketing industry a favor my removing my number from the rolls of potential customers, since I am not a prospective customer. If they had any brains, they'd thank me for this.