- From: Raymond Eisenstark <Raymond.Eisenstark@ska.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 11:36:17 -0500
- To: Fell_Travis/dal11_tjfell@dal.mobil.com, Multiple recipients of list <www-talk@www10.w3.org>
Talk about hysteria! A few points: 1. I assume this virus does its business on PCs, although that was never explicitly mentioned. Just another reason to avoid them.... 2. Isn't this the same "virus" that was talked about late last year? This hot news is a little stale. 3. What self-respecting virus would announce its presence in the subject line of an email? 4. What is "an nth-complexity infinite binary loop"? Sounds like something that my sainted grandmother might be impressed by, but are you going to fall for such mumbo-jumbo? And, just how does it "severly [sic] damage the processor."? Perhaps it melts into a pool of silicon when confronted by the awesome intelligence of this virus. On a more serious note, this sort of hysteria, coupled with the non-thinking and untimely dissemination of same, creates the popular impression that the net is an evil place, populated with hobgoblins and bogey men of the worst kind. IMHO, the real problem lies in the reaction of the messengers. BTW, what was this note doing on this list? -- Raymond Eisenstark +1.212.238.2588
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