Remember when I wrote about my feeling concerning getting rid of windows in government organizations
(e:paul,47052) - well nothing could underscore it more than a computer virus outbreak at the hospital yesterday. Its something virus makers probably don't even think about - what hapens when their stupid programs hit life or death kind of places.
Its such a disaster waiting to happen. Vendor software is not always compatible with system updates, systems don't get patched, worm comes and bam! It just seems like such a bad idea to have everything depend on windows and then worse to run an outdated OS from 5 years ago with IE6, a stone age browser. Especially considering those two in combo are the biggest and weakest attack vector. Its just asking for trouble.
The worm was getting people accounts locked out and slowing down the network. Imagine if you were at the hospital for some serious treatment/appointment and the computers were "on the fritz" because of unsafe computing, argh.
I made this image for a journal about bluetooth cell phone virus's back in 2004
(e:paul,31005) but I think it still gives a similar feeling for the drama.
Lotus stem? Just guessing... Were they hexagonal and had 6-7 holes on transverse section?
seriously so delish and counting the days until i can go back!