On Wednesday 17 November 2004 11:33 am, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-11-04 21:10:29 +0000 Jeremy Dales
jeremy@thepeak.fsworld.co.uk wrote:
As requested, I'll try and outline why I am interested in Linux [...]
Welcome Jeremy. Thanks for the good introduction! I share your concerns about security. Recently there have been some interesting work about the ability of open free software development to fix bugs more quickly than closed proprietary software, such as the preprint at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306511 which may give you some hope on security.
[snip] I am sure I read this post about 12 days ago (apart from the bad news about poor Patrick J. Volkerding)
Speaking of which, when reading this does it cross anybody's mind that this guy should really admit himself to ER ASAP. He has already admitted himself a couple of times I know, but on at least one of those occasions he got bored and left without getting attention.
The general theme of his post is that he is quite worried about his health, and yet he is using Google of all things for a diagnosis.
Google is a great tool for finding out how to configure Postfix or getting some information to help rebuild an Austin 10 carburettor (taking my most recent two searches as an example) but even in those cases I have found misleading and incorrect information. Yet here we have a guy who honestly believes he is in deep medial smeg yet is trying to hunt down a bug in his own body like it is some dodgy code......unfortunately unless you are a qualified doctor, self medication probably won't work.
That plea for stronger pills at the end fills me with fear !!