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From: Mxsmanic on 29 Jul 2006 05:42 Martin writes: > It depends if you consider an embedded microprocessor as a computer. Everyone in the computer industry does. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 29 Jul 2006 05:43 Jim Ley writes: > Of course it is, designing the system so it cannot run untrusted code > is absolutely virus protection, it was part of the design constraints. Running trusted code and actively protecting against viruses are two different things. Virus attacks are unlikely in a wristwatch. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Jim Ley on 29 Jul 2006 05:51 On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:43:26 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Jim Ley writes: > >> Of course it is, designing the system so it cannot run untrusted code >> is absolutely virus protection, it was part of the design constraints. > >Running trusted code and actively protecting against viruses are two >different things. Nope, never running untrusted code is excellent virus protection. > Virus attacks are unlikely in a wristwatch. Because of the excellent virus protection they have. Jim.
From: Terry Richards on 29 Jul 2006 06:26 "Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:kk7mc2l08ld22fbesl3prtdmnesu58n05u(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:16:14 +0200, "Terry Richards" > <terryr999(a)removethis.orange.fr> wrote: > > > > >"Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > >news:gl3lc2pcfkjmroes3n4v7r6bghdk6e3bak(a)4ax.com... > >> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:55:25 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > > > >> The great majority of computers worldwide are general-purpose desktop > >> computers. > > > >Seems unlikely. > > > >1) The "average" person owns more cars than they do computers. > > eh? where? Globally. I don't have numbers but my reasoning is:- - we can omit those people who own neither. They water down the ratio but don't change the sense. - most households that own a computer also own a car, possibly more than one. - many people that own a car do not own a computer. - add it up for a small sample - everybody you know, all members of your family. Try not to pick an obviously biased sample, "all members of the urban computer club" won't cut it. > It depends if you consider an embedded microprocessor as a computer. > Well, your original statement would be correct if you exclude all computers that are not "general-purpose desktop computers". > > Anyway Mixi is wrong :-) I, for one, find that attitude a little offensive. I grant that his online persona makes this an easy attitude to take but he is not always wrong. T.
From: Padraig Breathnach on 29 Jul 2006 07:08
Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:26:39 +0200, "Terry Richards" ><terryr999(a)removethis.orange.fr> wrote: > >> >>"Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >>news:kk7mc2l08ld22fbesl3prtdmnesu58n05u(a)4ax.com... >>> Anyway Mixi is wrong :-) >> >>I, for one, find that attitude a little offensive. > >"offense is received not given" > I have said before that such a claim is bollocks. It's still bollocks. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/ |