Ed Hulett -> Ross Cassell wrote:
 EH> Ross Cassell -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 RC>> Hello Mimi!

 RC>> 13 Aug 08 22:19, you wrote to me:

 RC>>>> If one bothers to follow the tech blogs via RSS feed or
 RC>>>> otherwise, one can get a feel for when Microsoft and other
 RC>>>> software companies are gonna roll something new down the pike, as
 RC>>>> far as Microsoft goes, if one doesnt have time to read the tech
 RC>>>> blogs, then only trust Windows Update.

 MG>>> I have my machine set for automatic updates. The only things I ever
 MG>>> download are audiobooks and after downloading them, before I even
 EH> look
 MG>>> at the files I run AVG scan selected files on them.

 RC>> The biggest problem we have out there today, aside from the idiots
 EH> whom
 RC>> write malware, are the people whom fall for every social engineering
 RC>> trick in the book. There really are people whom should not run or
 EH> own a
 RC>> computer.

 EH> Some people will click on just about anything they see on their screen.

 RC>> The biggest thing I run into are people whom profess to not know a
 EH> darn
 RC>> thing about computers, have as much common sense and then wonder why
 RC>> their systems get infected.

 EH> And invariably they blame it on the computer and not on their own
 EH> stupidity,

 MG>>> Whatcha reading?

 RC>> I am not into reading books at the time, but I do read several tech,
 RC>> political and sports blogs.. 

 EH> As long as you are reading something. :-)

Exactly!

-- 
L'Chaim,
Mimi

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Whatcha reading?

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