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# i've gotten two on the same account from different people
now, of course i realized right away that it was a spam for two reasons, 1) i didn't sign up for any updates with that adress, and two, you could see that the real address wasn't from anybody that should be sending it.
i feel bad for you Techy people
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:37, archived)
# If Ford for example
sent you a letter out of the blue telling you to open up your car's engine, pull out a few bits and then stick an unknown lump of metal inside of it, without any warning whatsoever, would you do it?

Would you fuck. So why do people (users) feel the need to tinker with their machines, grrr and double grrrr!
(Marwood, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:41, archived)
# Unfortunately,
I feel a large number of people these days would.

/work in cable modem tech support
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:43, archived)
# especially if the return adress on the envelope was something like
Bob's Auto Repairs
Bumfuck, India
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:44, archived)
# oi!
my mum's from bumfuck, india!
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:56, archived)
# Yeah,
plus the chances of M$ actually bothering to send email to little me is roughly nil when they have that wizzy icon in the system tray that tells me when my software needs updating.
(I helped save b3ta! Oscar Wildebeest, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:41, archived)
# Because we all
know how many people use that!
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:44, archived)
# and tells you when it doesn't
and when it might
and when it's going to crash your computer next. (you know, the numer in the lower right that looks like xx:xx)
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:45, archived)
# Argh!
I must have 46 seconds!
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:46, archived)
# no no, all the way in the lower right.
in the system tray. it tells you the next time that windows will fail
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:48, archived)
# bruce green?
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:52, archived)
# Yes, 00:46.
46 seconds...

Although I now seem to have 54!
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Mon 29 Sep 2003, 0:54, archived)