Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!md3b+ From: md3b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Donald Drown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Self Extracting Archives Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 90 15:16:54 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 21 My editor doesn't allow me quote, so I will paraphrase a message from Larry Phillips, lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca If it is a bad quote, then please correct me. "Every program that you execute is a potential dissaster." Hmm, you must have a lot of fun using your computer. Are you the type of person who when they leave the house sees the fact that every time he crosses the street, he could be dead? There comes a point when it is not worth checking everything. Do you check all the files that come on comercial disks? How about the files on non-standard dos? Do you power down before you use the machine after, say, playing a game? What about files that are crunched? How do you deal with those, you can't check them for text that you want, you must trust them. If you run your computer in a way were half your time is spent checking for viruses then what is your hobbie? Checking for viruses? (I don't know if it me you were talking about when you said, "I download and extact more stuff in a week, then you do in 3 months." But lets cut this stupid stuff out. We don't need "Mine is better then yours" wars. -Matt Drown (md3b@andrew.cmu.edu)