Protesting like this won't mean anything to most people, especially since the majority will only remember the hazard suits. It distracts from the message people are attempting to convey. Personally, I agree with what is being said, but this is not the way of going about changing the situation in my opinion.
Those wishing to change things should do so in a much more constructive way. I mean, what use are hazard suits other than making a rather bizzare distraction for the locals?
Personally, I'd recommend Avast! I install this on the majority of computers I use and recommend it to everyone I can.. There are two very important reasons for this:
It just works - and with a nose in the settings you can make it entirely automated, which is very useful for those who would panic at the sight of a 'You have a virus' warning.
It announces to you in a Hal9000 fashion after it succesfully updates, which as any geek will know, is very cool.
Having just completed my first year of university studying Computer Science, I have used nothing more than Notepad and Textpad for Java, whilst using LCC, vi and pico for C.
In all honesty, I've found these perfectly adequete. Using a full IDE would really be over the top for what was needed.
Will natural selection not be sufficient to elimate all so called 'suckers'?
The computers who are inflicted by so many viruses and spyware will eventually just collapse as they start to eat up all system resources and potentially conflict with one another.
On a serious note, I think Windows Vista should really assist people not quite so bothered about security, along with the new Windows Defender, which I was personally quite impressed with, especially on the user-friendly side.
Wait a second... aren't operating systems a tool used during hacking?
Oh yes, so no more operating systems. What about networking? I hear hackers use that too. Oh and the Internet, can't be having any Internet access.
Ban the Internet to stop hackers? Er.. no.
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Protesting like this won't mean anything to most people, especially since the majority will only remember the hazard suits. It distracts from the message people are attempting to convey. Personally, I agree with what is being said, but this is not the way of going about changing the situation in my opinion.
Those wishing to change things should do so in a much more constructive way. I mean, what use are hazard suits other than making a rather bizzare distraction for the locals?
One wonders if the said 'old-timers' were female. If so this is a rather poor pickup line.
I mean, how many women do you know who would be interested in Henry the Adequate's Python?
Personally, I'd recommend Avast! I install this on the majority of computers I use and recommend it to everyone I can.. There are two very important reasons for this:
Having just completed my first year of university studying Computer Science, I have used nothing more than Notepad and Textpad for Java, whilst using LCC, vi and pico for C.
In all honesty, I've found these perfectly adequete. Using a full IDE would really be over the top for what was needed.
Will natural selection not be sufficient to elimate all so called 'suckers'?
The computers who are inflicted by so many viruses and spyware will eventually just collapse as they start to eat up all system resources and potentially conflict with one another.
On a serious note, I think Windows Vista should really assist people not quite so bothered about security, along with the new Windows Defender, which I was personally quite impressed with, especially on the user-friendly side.
Wait a second... aren't operating systems a tool used during hacking? Oh yes, so no more operating systems. What about networking? I hear hackers use that too. Oh and the Internet, can't be having any Internet access. Ban the Internet to stop hackers? Er.. no.