[clug] linux Digest, Vol 118, Issue 22

Sat Oct 20 17:18:30 MDT 2012

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012, David Pisk wrote:

> I'VE ALREADY BEEN CRITICISED - I'VE ALREADY APOLOGISED - MOVE ON.

Wait, wait.

- I was only providing information.  I was not criticising. 
- Your action here was hardly worth apologising for.  Your intents were 
good.
- I *still* would have provided this information - I had hoped it would 
provide some context to the original email you received and point out that 
these things have been around *forever* - they're convincing because they 
prey on people's good natures, sadly.
- The *really* sad thing is that it's a very public mistake to make, and 
when it is pointed out the reaction is usually embarassment - and to do 
fewer good-natured things as a reflex reaction in future.

Still, I apologise if I've caused offence.  It was not meant.

Yours,

Peter

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>   1. Re: FW: FW: DEADLY VIRUS COMING ?????READ THIS BEFORE YOU
>      DELETE IT !!!!!!! (Peter Barker)
>   2. Re: FW: FW: DEADLY VIRUS COMING ?????READ THIS BEFORE YOU
>      DELETE IT !!!!!!! (Paul Wayper)
>   3. Re: Linux help needed please (Peter Barker)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:43:54 +1100 (EST)
> From: Peter Barker <pbarker at barker.dropbear.id.au>
> To: Jamie Carl <jazz at funkynerd.com>
> Cc: linux at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [clug] FW: FW: DEADLY VIRUS COMING ?????READ THIS BEFORE
> 	YOU DELETE IT !!!!!!!
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> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012, Jamie Carl wrote:
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>> I know I'm new to this list and all, but please tell me this was sent
>> here as a joke?  haha...
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> Ah, Good Times....
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodtimes_virus
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>> Jamie
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> Yours,
> -- 
> Peter Barker                          |   Programmer,Sysadmin,Geek.
> pbarker at barker.dropbear.id.au	      |   You need a bigger hammer.
> :: It's a hack! Expect underscores! - Nigel Williams
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:46:37 +1100
> From: Paul Wayper <paulway at mabula.net>
> To: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>
> Subject: Re: [clug] FW: FW: DEADLY VIRUS COMING ?????READ THIS BEFORE
> 	YOU DELETE IT !!!!!!!
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> The "I checked Snopes and it's real" is a nice touch.
>
> Sadly, nothing else in this is new, or factual.
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> Please don't forward these things to the CLUG list without checking that
> they're actually a) correct and b) relevant to Linux.  Your penance is to
> email all the people you forwarded this to and tell them that this is a hoax
> and to read up on security for themselves rather than trusting forwarded
> emails :-)
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> This is meant as a friendly piece of advice, but its sentiment is sincere.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:55:55 +1100 (EST)
> From: Peter Barker <pbarker at barker.dropbear.id.au>
> To: Karen Yahoo <kazzaajamm at yahoo.com.au>
> Cc: "linux at lists.samba.org" <linux at lists.samba.org>
> Subject: Re: [clug] Linux help needed please
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> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012, Karen Yahoo wrote:
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>> A very kind friend of mine in NZ installed?Ubuntu Linux?on my laptop
>> about 12mths ago when Windows died and he convinced me how awesome
>> Linux?was to use.
>> I have had no problems until just recently. The
>
> Did you get anywhere with this problem?  (email-backlog, and I notice this
> thread didn't seem to go anywhere...)
>
> You got several fair suggestions.  Probably a hardware problem - and to
> backup!
>
>> Karen
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> Yours,
> -- 
> Peter Barker                          |   Programmer,Sysadmin,Geek.
> pbarker at barker.dropbear.id.au	      |   You need a bigger hammer.
> :: It's a hack! Expect underscores! - Nigel Williams
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Peter Barker                          |   Programmer,Sysadmin,Geek.
pbarker at barker.dropbear.id.au	      |   You need a bigger hammer.
:: It's a hack! Expect underscores! - Nigel Williams