David & Katrina wrote:
Sven Fuchs wrote:
According to our computer support group guy it is a hoax. no virus can spread just by opening email-messages.
Sven
which is weird really, 'cos as silly as it is, and as much as it's obvious it's a hoax, i've had that message sent to me three times this summer by different caring people.
It's not obvious that it's a hoax if (like me) you don't know the first thing about computers. I suppose that's who they're aimed at. I have a horror of having my hard disk (or anything else for that matter) wiped by an external intruder, so I make sure and keep a copy of all the information contained therein. What I do is get the sharp end of a compass and engrave it all in the run-off grooves of my collection of old 78 rpm discs. That way I'm safe from the potential ravages of virus-filled e-mails and electrical storms alike. Private conversation to save stamps: Archie Shepp: thanks for the goodies. Yours will be winging its way as soon as I rescue it from the car. Charlotte: I am unable to locate your address. I think a virus must have come along and "wiped" it before I had chance to engrave it. Also, you can breathe easily, as I've just sent off the stuff about moveable chattels. Here is a B&S ponderable problem: Municipal pool, you're a junior lifesaver....does that mean a life saver who is junior, or a saver of junior lives? Eh? I prefer the latter, because it maintains the JD Salinger obsession that runs throughout Mister Murdoch's ramblings. There's another possibilty for the tribute band: The Junior Lifesavers. Sad to hear about Partick Thistle's problems. It seems strange that they could go from supplying extravagantly permed World Cup stars to this sorry state of affairs in a few short years. I used to enjoy seeing The Jags' three or four suppoerters trudging their way home on Saturday evenings, proudly wearing their scarves. I have even graced the terraces of Firhill on one memorable occasion, but not to see Partick Thistle. It was a veritable clash of the titans - Clyde versus Ayr United! I can't remember the score, but there was lots of goalmouth action. This was in the days before computer virus were a common conversation topic. Peter "Trojan Horse" Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------