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t_mohajir has a point
The average user is bad enough. The below average user (of which there are lots and lots) is either

a) terrified by their computer, or
b) is invicible (in THEIR humble opinion!), or
c) permanently baffled, or
d) frankly my dear, doesn't give a d*mn!

No matter how you try to protect these people their own ineptitude will bring them low.

It's sad really, but it's a sort of Darwinian evolution where the slow, the stupid and the careless get their machines trashed whilst the rest of us migrate to Linux/Mac (sorry - I couldn't resist that happy )

The truly sad thing is that in nature the unfit get eliminated (i.e. trashed PCs) but with computers the rest of us suffer as the PCs of the "unfit" get zombied and spam us. Until we are prepared to take PCs of the stupid and the careless and crush them like confiscated cars then this problem will never be solved. IMHO it's a very unlikely solution.
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t_mohajir has a point  bportlock | 02/07/07
Yes, "... should ..." is where Mr. Berlind's argument fails.  Anton Philidor | 02/08/07
Wrong!  techboy_z | 02/08/07
General and specific.  Anton Philidor | 02/08/07
What about the other point?  rapson | 02/07/07
Re: What about the other point?  none none | 02/07/07
You are 100% correct....  bportlock | 02/07/07
Still not getting my point  t_mohajir | 02/07/07
to be fair to David....  mdsmedia | 02/07/07
Agreed, to a certain extent  t_mohajir | 02/07/07
"configure it to be wide open outbound anyway"  msolgeek | 02/08/07
Can't agree with you there...  Ginevra | 02/09/07
David's right....  techboy_z | 02/08/07
Not sure what firewall you are using  t_mohajir | 02/08/07
No definitions needed  Ginevra | 02/09/07
Your point has only a little merit  msolgeek | 02/08/07
I think you still missed his point  georgeou | 02/08/07
Possible...  techboy_z | 02/08/07
You and I maybe; but not everyone  georgeou | 02/08/07
What's likely to happen at that point  msolgeek | 02/08/07
Another point  msolgeek | 02/08/07
That is not the assumption  t_mohajir | 02/08/07
Excellent logic  georgeou | 02/08/07
Not really excellent logic  msolgeek | 02/08/07
Also I just can't believe that  msolgeek | 02/08/07
Don't know what you consider a good firewall  t_mohajir | 02/08/07
Don't understand what?  msolgeek | 02/09/07
Response to msolgeek  t_mohajir | 02/09/07
You keep missing the mark entirely  msolgeek | 02/09/07
I'm talking about the average person, not you  georgeou | 02/08/07
I dislike the default settings so much  msolgeek | 02/08/07
The Dan Quale of journalists strikes again!!  DonnieBoy | 02/08/07
The other point worh notiing is that at least for right now, you can use  DonnieBoy | 02/08/07
IBM SOFTWARE?  BALTHOR | 02/09/07

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