__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 31 January 2007 16:06 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Mr. Wan <choosak@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:20:32 -0500, amicus_curious wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:2202552.JorXXRcMgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
>>>> | 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
>>>> | the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
>>>> | which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
>>>>
>>> First came Chicken Little and now there is Vint Cerf. They are
>>> equally compelling.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_Cerf
>>
>> The www is a great resource. Learn to use it before posting. Credibility
>> and respect from your peers has to be earned. You are not doing to well
>> I think.
>>
>
> Now that was a top quality error, wasn't it? It does give some clues as
> to the background of some of the trolls here, though, or at least, the
> lack of it.
It's those who can't defect from Microsoft and join Google (where Cerf work)
that fall to the bottom of the food chain and sign an astroturfing contract
with HR.
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