September 19, 2003, 09:46:00
Aye, today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day and methinks a celebratory tankard of grog is in order. Yo ho, yo ho, a Pirate’s Life for me! Arr, ye can just call me Cap’n Joey “I’ve Never Owned a Parrot” Gibson fer today, ye can. So raise yer glasses high and be sure to refer to your wife/girlfriend as your “buxom beauty” or, fer the really adventurous, “serving wench!” Aye, that’s more fun than pillaging a small island settlement, it is. Shiver me timbers and prepare to be boarded!
(Note: Yes, this was a pretty poor attempt. I’ve never really tried to talk like a Pirate before.)
September 19, 2003, 09:33:00
For all you worthless punks out there who get off on writing and spreading computer viruses, I’d like to paraphrase Robert DeNiro as Al Capone in The Untouchables. And here’s what I’d like to say:
I want you all DEAD!!! Do you hear me?!? DEAD! I want your families DEAD! I want your houses burned to the ground! I want you violated in more ways that I can count!
OK, so I don’t actually want anyone dead, but I’m sticking with the bit about having them violated… Why am I so mad this morning? Because in the past 24 hours I’ve received over 100 copies of the supposed Microsoft “patch” and various alleged bounce messages because of the W32/Swen@MM worm. People are getting infected with this thing, and it then sets about emailing itself to people that the victim’s computer has emailed before. I’ve gotten close to 10 megabytes of this damned thing just since yesterday! I’m sick of it. Please people, update your antivirus defs and, most importantly, STOP OPENING ATTACHMENTS FROM EMAIL!!!!! And stop using Outlook and Outlook Express.
