Re: How to prevent malware from running on your PC

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.firewalls, in article
<ko6dndqQpJe_8CnenZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@comcast.com>, Charles Newman wrote:

>"Moe Trin" <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld> wrote

>> We don't. We only use a floppy for maintenance or the initial install, and
>> the floppy comes out once that is done.

>And that is the way it will HAVE to be done in the future, as computers
>of the future will have the connectors on the motherboard for a
>floppy drive, but no bay to permenantly install a drive.

Only if you buy the cheap shit - all of the systems we buy have drive
bays, even the 2U rack mounted boxes we use for servers. Maybe if you
went to a better class of store, like Best Buy or Frys Electronics.

>That is what a Compusa sales rep told me.

And they're as much of an expert on computers as the instructor who
taught you networking according to microsoft. Remember that sales droids
are interested in selling stuff. They will lie if that's what it takes
to sell what ever they have.

So, when are you going to start learning UNIX? You don't want to be left
behind when microsoft brings out their latest abortion.

        Old guy
Received on Tue Jan 3 03:40:07 2006