From: Tim McNamara on
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
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
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
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
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/