"In a democracy (‘rule by mob’), those who refuse to learn from history will be the majority and will dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance."
Lovely Daughter took the following pic while on the road the other day (I need to talk w/her about her driving behavior, eh? ;-)). My only mods to it were some cropping and some quick-and-dirty (and very sloppy) cloning to cover some names and phone numbers.
*heh* In comments, Nicole suggests the jackasses are running away from D.C. You know, she’s probably right on… more than one level.
Think Bugs Bunny’s infamous “What a maroon… “
Well, Woody was the first one to clue me in on the latest from that conspiracy of dunces, posting this,
This is the new logo for the Party of Voting Dead, Illegals and Felons? Oh, well. Woody then posted a number of more reasonable representations of the party’s real agenda and nature, even adding one based on a comment I made. I took that graphic representation and modified it as below:
Yeh, yeh, I didn’t do a really close color match to the original, but in my defense, it’s about 3:30 a.m. here… *yawn*
No, not with the idea. Look, if the guy’s right-handed, carrying his Bible in his right hand will interfere with his draw. If he’s a leftie, he’s not carrying his handgun properly for a efficient draw. Someone needs to think about these things…
(20+ years malware-free on my personal computers, speaking here.)
I am so very tired of this kind of thing,
“As a user who has fallen prey to this new rogue / virus, while surfing the net using IE9, let me share my personal experience with you.”
So very many stupidities in one brief sentence; where to begin? I’ll start with the least offensive element: “rogue / virus”. No, dumbass, “rogue/virus”. *sheesh*
Now, the next least offensive: “surfing the net using IE9”. Why do such a thing? It’s still in beta and… it’s still Internet ExPloder. Lame; truly lame. As much as the thing is touted as having been improved, features added, etc., it’s still far behind modern browsers in features and compatibility with standards.
But the really offensive statement is, “As a user who has fallen prey to this new rogue / virus [sic]…”
1. “[F]allen prey” indicates the attack was waiting in ambush for an innocent passerby. Not so, as I will explain in a moment.
2. “[N]ew rogue / virus [sic]”. No it’s not. It’s the rogue Antivirus 2010, which is almost exactly the same as the rogue Antivirus 2009 and the… etc. “New” it is not. It’s so old, it’s almost reached puberty. *heh* And it always achieves its infestation of a user’s computer by direct action by that user. Sure, it’s “laying in wait” to lure a stupid, lazy* user into installing it, but if one simply doesn’t install it, one will not be infected.
And, BTW, while I’ve seen the invitations to infect myself while surfing, it’s only while surfing with Internet Exploder or Firefox that I’ve seen these popups. Of course, the really stupid folks who infect themselves do so by clicking on static ads that lead to a direct download and install of one of the variants of this crap.
And the comment, “Not sure of which site infected me… ” once again says the author doesn’t recognize or accept responsibility for infecting himself–typical of most users infected with malware. Here’s a brief video that demonstrates the typical steps someone has to take to infect themselves with this pest:
No, it’s not “As a user who has fallen prey” but “As a user who has stupidly infected himself.”
Oh, the really funny thing about the article I find offensive overall? “…Antivirus 2010 labeled Alureon.h, though recognized by current security software like Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes, can remove the virus, but the after effects of the removal will disable users from using IE9.”
Bud, that’s not a negative. It’s a benefit.
Word of advice: If you ever do infect yourself with some malware, the FIRST step to recovery and prevention of future infections is to admit your own culpability. This guy’s just going to keep on infecting himself and refusing to accept responsibility, I’d bet.
*stupid and lazy? Yes. While one could say “naive” in this day and time a naive computer user running loose with an internet connection and installing apps willy-nilly is definitely the result of their own (or in the case of a child user, an irresponsible adult’s) stupidity and laziness. Period. No exceptions.
Update: catch the whiny, crybaby tantrum (replete with continued denial of responsibility for infecting himself) posted by the author of the screed I deplore in my lil rant. Sounds a bit angry doesn’t he? But… over at a Shoutbox forum (scroll down to the actual post), he records his reaction to my lil post differently:
“I was shown this article today in response to the article I wrote about IE9 and the Antivirus 2010 virus. I almost spit my drink all over my computer, laughing, when I read it…”
Quite the contrast to his crybaby tantrum here, isn’t it? Methinks the dude can’t even lie well.
BTW, just for posterity’s sake (because you can never trust liars not to “pull a Charlz Green”), here’s a screencap of the guy saying my post was funny, not “inducing frothing at the mouth anger” as his comment here indicates:
LC Aggie Sith has issued a challenge of sorts. I say, “of sorts” because the ground rules are rather vague. I’m not sure, for example, if not doing this correctly will result in a duel to the death with light sabers or simply the scorn of the blogosphere, but oh, well…
1. I like dogs. No great revelation, but as much as I like ’em, we don’t have one in the family right now. Was offered a really nice Pit Bull pup about a week ago, but…
2. I hated beer for most of my life. Then I discovered stuff that was unlike the typical “better poured back into the horse it came out of” manufactured American gagme. Beer: the second Holy Brew.
3. I don’t like coffee. I love it. But for the next few weeks, I’m off the stuff. Don’t ask. I won’t tell. 🙂
4. I’m handy with my hands. A regular Mr Fixit. But right now almost all my tools I need for projects at twc central are languishing elsewhere, so I’m less handy than usual.
5. I have a couple of degrees I don’t use at all. Anyone want ’em?
6. I was 38 before I got “hooked” by computers. A (moderately) late model Tandy TRS-80 did me in. The addiction has only worsened as I’ve aged.
7. Spicy? You think you like spicy? Try some of my habanero sauce. 😉 Jalapeños are for the kiddie table.
8. I’ve put over 250,000 miles on each of more cars than I even want to recall. Traveling’s no longer my thing. Short jaunts into the piney woods of America’s Third World County are about my speed anymore.
9. I have relatively small feet. Make of it what you will.
10. I have more scars than you do. Do too. *heh*
There. Do I get a bunny or a face-off with light sabers?
I have no idea how I lived this long without this information.
Recently, 0bama got off the helicopter in front of The White House – carrying a baby piglet under each arm.
The squared-away Marine guard snapped to attention, saluted and said,
“Nice pigs, sir.”
The 0 replied: “These are not pigs. These are authentic Arkansas Razorback Hogs. I got one for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and I got one for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.”
The squared-away Marine again snapped to attention, saluted and said,
“Excellent trade, sir.”
(Gleefully stolen from a FB post by G.H.)
Bacon: It’s What’s for Dinner. Yum.
America’s Third World County “got” (afflicted with) its very own McDonald’s a couple of years ago. We learned very quickly to avoid it.
Yes, I edited out the name of the town. The good folks there don’t deserve the association.
Of course, maybe the sign’s referring to a new McDonald’s brand of something like this, instead…
Wouldn’t that qualify as an “anus wrap”? But of that’s what the sign was referring to, then it’s a bad buy. The “wraps” in the Depends box are only about $0.50 each…
OTOH, if they were taking about “anus wraps” for folks to send to Washington D.C. for use on congresscritters, that’d be remarkably inexpensive… and very, very fast selling items:
You know those lower back tattoos showing up more and more on what used to be called “loose women”? Would “sluttoo” be an appropriate term to refer to such things? Just… asking.
Update. Just saw this at the “Shit My Dad Says” blog:
…if you’re an attractive young female that stars on a television show, you’re allowed to dress like a hooker and instead of people saying “Are you a hooker?” they say “I love that dress, where’d you get it?”
Ain’t it the truth? *sigh*
“Mother Earth” apparently hates the things as well. From the Christchurch earthquake:
*heh*
h.t. Tim Blair