Probably some of these idiots are the teachers. It would explain all the
horror stories we hear about - high school graduates not being able to
read, and those people you see on the Tonight Show when Jay Leno does his
Jaywalking segments.
This mentality is not limited to people who use computers. How many times
each year do you hear of stupid motorists who try to drive across a
flooded wash, get stuck and need rescue or their bodies recovered?
How often do you hear of idiots in the summer who go hiking up Camelback
Mountain or Squaw Peak in the middle of the day in July without enough
water, proper footwear or who stick their hands in a bush and get
snakebit?
How often each year do you hear of someone who goes off into the desert in
the summer, doesn't take enough water, a cell phone, and doesn't tell
anyone where they're going or when they're coming back?
I see this stuff each year. I guess some people won't get the message
until their noses are rubbed in it.
--
In 08 vote for a crook you can trust.
Del Boy for President.
http://www.ofah.net
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> On Saturday 13 November 2004 09:28 pm, Jim kindly wrote:
> > I have a 1988 Chevy Celebrity that looks like a piece of crap. The only
> > reason I keep it is it's reliable and hasn't ever given me any trouble.
> > It was stolen TWICE last year. I didn't lock it. If I did they would
> > have broken a window to get in. I did have a club on it. When I got the
> > car back the club was still on the steering wheel.
> >
> > You may not be able to keep them from getting in, but you can make it more
> > difficult.
>
> Sorry about your car! I have an old Crown Vic that runs like a dream but looks
> like a rust heap.
>
> I used the lock you car, lock your house analogies. My coworker (who had the
> most bug-ridden computer in the office) just argued with me that she didn't
> have anything anyone would want on her computer. I then asked her if she ever
> went online to her bank to check her bank account. She said she did. I told
> her about keystroke loggers that could get her bank account information and
> how someone could raid her bank account. She said if that happened, she would
> just file a fraud report with the bank. I asked her how she would pay her
> rent and bills in the meantime. She answered that she didn't think anyone
> would ever raid her bank account. I told her she could be the victim of
> identity theft. She started getting visibly annoyed (with me, not with
> herself) and walked off, shaking her head, accusing me of reading bogus scare
> literature and just being paranoid.
>
> And people like this vote, and blame the schools when their children are
> idiots!
>
> Siri Amrit
> >
> > --
> > In 08 vote for a crook you can trust.
> > Del Boy for President.
> > http://www.ofah.net
> >
> > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Victor Odhner wrote:
> > > People learn from experience. They do lock their
> > > house and their car, don't they? Maybe not their
> > > car, because they don't believe anyone would want
> > > that either, or don't believe how quickly someone
> > > can drive it away without a key. Maybe not their
> > > house, because they've never been broken into.
> >
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