Learn from the mistakes of others

Jimmy Kuo, research fellow for McAfee Avert (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team) at Network Associates:
"The simplest way (to prevent viruses) is a text-only e-mail system," Kuo said. "It would be helpful if one was provided with every computer, so people could devolve from the glitzy versions if they so chose."

not to mention the fact that most of the glitzy-crap actually does nothing to enhance communication. certainly not the way most people use it.

In addition, e-mail attachments would have to be decoded outside the mail program, so users would have to take extra steps to open files, eliminating spur-of-the-moment clicking that leads to network havoc, he said.

thinking. we can't have that surely. [didn't microsoft tell us that was wrong? everything should be 'user friendly' ... aka 'stupid friendly']

But Kuo doesn't expect any widespread rush to text e-mail programs. In general, he noted, given the choice between security and functionality, functionality will always win.

"Most people will choose the easy-to-use system," he said. "Easy also means it's easy to make mistakes and that the system is easy to exploit."

ah, with the thinking again.

most people, in my experience, wouldn't know what thinking was if they had to do it to save their lives. oh wait. they do. [see the darwin awards ...]