I love IP Tables....

[Sebastian Gurovich]

It can be a nuisance Tim that one can´t send bin file attachments
through gmail. AFAIK hotmail still allows it, if you re-name the file
extension, first.

Is Google thinking of the greater good and msnhotmail, well, not thinking?
I don´t know, but msnhotmail once got me out of hot water because of this.
Who would have guessed?

- Seb

On 5/30/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 09:13 -0700, Les wrote:
> > instead of saying use Anti-virus, which we have all heard, and to each
> > of us familiar with computing has some meaning (although I would bet
> > somewhat different meanings depending on who you spoke to), it means
> > virtually nothing to a new owner with a sparkling PC just waiting to
> > explore the web.
>
> It's been my experience that anti-virus is nowhere near as good as it
> needs to be.  People tend to get stung by something new, not old, and
> something too new for their anti-virus software.  I've also seen
> anti-virus software inform you that you've been infected, yet do nothing
> to prevent it, and be unable to disinfect.  It's no good being wise
> after the event, it's got to prevent it happening in the first place.
>
> Personally, I'd rather take the approach of instead of trying to
> determine whether something going through the mail server is bad or good
> code, that just anything that's executable gets destroyed on the way
> through.  That'd save a lot of clueless Windows users quite easily.
>
> > How many folks know all the laws that affect their homes, from
> > plumbing to insulation, to heating and airconditioning, to the wiring
> > and circuit breakers, even the box sizes and how wires are run?  Just
> > the electrical code for a house is about 1400 pages in most states.
>
> Most don't build their homes, nor do repairs.  Only some do, and its
> encumbant upon them to learn what they're doing, or suffer the
> consequences.  Generally, it's just "on their own head be it."
>
> Networked computing, like driving a car, affects others around them.
> The approach needs to be different.  There's a level of responsability
> encumbant on all involved:  The computer user, the network provider,
> others on the network.  All have to do their bit.
>
> Any time I see someone want to play with computer that doesn't even care
> about computing, I cringe.  And I dread the day that one of them thinks
> they'd like to dabble in providing first aid without knowing anything
> about what they're doing.
>
> Do you take up electronics if you don't have an interest in it?  Do you
> take up painting if you don't have an interest in it?  Why take up
> computing, if you don't?
>
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