Re: Out of work farmers

Goedjn <prose@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:m7mak11k78pgm30n3pkbif4agr71bu0mk0@xxxxxxx:

> On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 01:24:32 GMT, "Gil Faver"
> <Rowdy'sboss@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>commuter tech support? What is that, pumping gas?
>
> Generally, it's answering the phone, and telling the
> person on the other end that their internet doesn't
> work because they haven't installed or updated an
> antivirus program since 2002.

huh. i haven't installed or updated an anti-virus program ever
(ok, i tried to install McAffee 2004, but it screwed up my
computer so bad i reformatted) & my internet works just
fine...
i do, however, have a Linux firewall & i don't use M$
products. i use MailWasher to check mail before download,
Pegasus to read mail, & Xnews for newsgroups, none of which
are prone to exploitation by viruses (& MailWasher will label
any incoming mail containing viruses so i can delete it
without it ever downloading onto my computer).
i did a lot more in computer tech support than telling people
to put on an anti-virus (although i did do a lot of asking if
they'd tried rebooting... even XP needs rebooting at least
once/week)
lee <now if i have 'internet problems' it usually means my
stupid LinkSys needs rebooting>
--
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freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength
1984-George Orwell
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