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blessed be the user, for the user does provide our paychecks.

Well, at least you get it. I was about to blast you and others over the "everyone's an idiot" nonsense, because I just had a nice little experience with the virus today.

My boss, who happens to be my best friend, and I were going over some loans today when his new laptop kept on getting the old "new mail" chime. He says to me that the IT guy just called him and told him not to open any of these for the obvious reasons. I was starting to show him how to delete them all at once (I know a bit more than he does about computers) when he accidentally double clicked the message, but did not open the attachment.

He was about to yell the "F" word out, when I told not to worry, etc, etc.

Anyway, the point of the story is that he's 34 (so am I) and has been very busy over the last few years creating a company that employs about a dozen people, is very profitable, and does a lot of good for the community. I'm very happy he wasn't wasting his time learning about computers as his talents are creating businesses and generating profits which employs the Nerds who cannot even compose a full sentence, or iron a shirt, or have a social interaction with a live being (not YOU, but I'm sure you know more than a couple of 'em).

I've worked at quite a few companies that employed a cadre of Nerds, some who could actually speak English, and even one or two that wasn't a complete social embarrasment. When the Nerds would give you the "your an idiot" look, I always would invite to go out to the bar and pick up some women. That would shut them up fast, because deep down inside they knew that they were Nerds, and completely unable to interact with a real live woman.

God Bless those who risk it all to provide jobs for others....and bless the salesmen too!

I always would invite to go out to the bar and pick up some women. That would shut them up fast, because deep down inside they knew that they were Nerds, and completely unable to interact with a real live woman.

I don't "pick up women", but I am geek that can interact quite effectivly with real live women. I have a wonderful family to show for those skills.

That said, "Unless you have a customer, you don't have a business". Marketing and sales are the ones that bring the $$s in.

/john