virus assholes

My wife got an email from cochranbuilders@verizon.net at Mass. College of Art where she works. It is a warning about one of the most horrific viruses yet, as reported by CNN. It says do not open any message with an attachment entitled POSTCARD. It is a virus that opens a postcard image which burns the whole hard disc C of your computer. They go on to say that this virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his or her contact list, and if you were unfortunate enough to receive it, shut down your computer immediately.

CNN says that this virus has been classified by Microsoft as the MOST DESTRUCTIVE virus ever, and the folks at McAfee say that there is no repair yet for it.

This country's over reliance on information technology leaves us vulnerable to any terrorist asshole with an agenda of ruining the American economy. I have always thought that it was unwise to put all of our eggs in that particular basket, while at the same time allowing countries like China to steal our manufacturing base.

Sooner or later some terrorist is going to come up with some virus that will be so destructive that you won't even have to have your computer on. Our over reliance on things as simple as calculators could one day come to haunt us. We had better hope for the best and be prepared for the worst.