From: Tim McNamara on 17 Mar 2010 23:24 In article <i0wjf91vl808.1dfth9e5rs641$.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Jerry Lenstein <jsteineritsfake(a)email.net> wrote: > Is there a problem here? Yes. Your friend is a nut. -- Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain
From: nospam on 17 Mar 2010 23:35 In article <yay6hqigt7.fsf(a)ethel.the.log>, Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Remind him: the only completely secure computer is turned off, in a > locked room with no connections to the outside world. sounds like what would be best for him, not the computer.
From: gl4317 on 18 Mar 2010 00:01 In article <170320101726021157%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > there's already a built in firewall and there is no mac malware in the > wild other than what a user deliberately installs *and* provides the > admin password. Oh Gosh no! All these computers and phones and things are made in China now! Stuff like that gets built into the hardware without needing software! It's all a plot by the Chinese to make the whole world shut down on their command, and THE REDS ARE COMING! Or maybe its just Osama Bin Laden conspiring with the aliens. -- -Glennl Please note this e-mail address is a pit of spam, and most e-mail sent to this address are simply lost in the vast mess.
From: Warren Oates on 18 Mar 2010 08:04 In article <i0wjf91vl808.1dfth9e5rs641$.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Jerry Lenstein <jsteineritsfake(a)email.net> wrote: > Is there a problem here? Yes. His computer has been taken over by a malicious Russian cartel who are using it to send messages to the space station. His only recourse is to drive a nail through it and drop off a a bridge. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Tom Harrington on 18 Mar 2010 12:04 In article <ivjsjet3g1to$.1nkn3o1pjplmt.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Moshe <goldee_loxnbagels(a)gmail.com> wrote: > But is there *any way* he could *possibly* be right? > He seems normal in every other aspect of life. Of course it's possible. Someone might have broken into his house, sat down at his Mac, and replaced evert kernel extension with one that _appears_ identical but which actually sends all of his personal information to Afghanistan. That same person might have surgically implanted a mind-reading chip in your friend's brain so that fixing or replacing the computer won't help. There may be invisible elephants in his house monitoring his every move and just waiting for the right moment to strangle him with their trunks. This is the wrong question to ask, because it leads straight into the kind of paranoia your friend is displaying. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
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