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From: Dustin on 5 Aug 2010 00:19 John Slade <hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> wrote in news:G1j6o.53362$dx7.3611 @newsfe21.iad: > "Virus" is both a generic term and a specific term. Why do > you think they call the software used to clean trojans and > worms, "Anti-Virus" software? I'm sure you don't think that they > only clean viruses and leave trojans and worms alone. It's all a > matter of semantics. Just about all of the major anti-malware > vendors have products that they call Anti-Virus. This is because > it just stuck. You're a professional and you don't know this? The only people who think virus is a generic term are the ones who don't know any better and wouldn't be considered professional in my book. The reason virus isn't a generic term is because it describes a very specific function and requirement of the software to be called a virus. It's obvious to me atleast that you are someone who fixes computers and you might even do a good job of it, but you aren't deserving of the title professional. I do respect the knowledge you do have, but at this time, I wouldn't agree with your self assessment. -- "I like your Christ. I don't like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." - author unknown.
From: Dustin on 5 Aug 2010 00:25 ASCII <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:4c5b12a4.765921(a)EDCBIC: > David H. Lipman wrote: >>MBAM >>can NOT remove viral code such as Virut > > or even IroK ;-) > He covered that already when he mentioned prependers.. Doh! -- "I like your Christ. I don't like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." - author unknown.
From: Dustin on 5 Aug 2010 00:26 ASCII <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:4c5c130c.869812(a)EDCBIC: > FromTheRafters wrote: >>"John Slade" <hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message >>news:NXi6o.35931$F%7.12219(a)newsfe10.iad... >>> On 8/3/2010 2:47 PM, Buffalo wrote: >>>> Dustin wrote: >>>>> That's like some electricians I know that call all 9" linemans >>>>> pliers >>>>> klein, even tho they aren't. As klein is actually a company >>>>> name. >>>> >>>> Hey, how did you know I am a licensed electrician? >>>> And yes, it is common in the trade to call them 'kleins', like >>>> in, 'can I >>>> borrow your kleins?' >>>> Buffalo :) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> It's like people calling powdered drink mix from Flavor >>> Aid, >>> "Kool-Aid". I'm sure we've all heard the expression, "Drinking the >>> Kool-Aid" when talking about someone who follows something or >>> someone blindly. Well it came from the Jim Jones tragedy in >>> Jonestown, Guyana. They drank poisonded Flavor Aid but most people >>> still call it Kool-Aid. >> >>Same sort of thing applies to crescent wrench (Crescent is a brand >>name of a very popular open end adjustaqble wrench). Crowbar is >>another, where a wrecking bar is almost always incorrectly called a >>crowbar. Dykes are a misnomer for the shortening of the tool known >>as a "diagonal cutter". >> >>Most people don't care about using correct terminology, and so there >>is often confusion and shouts of *mere semantics* when someone tries >>to inform them. >> > > I'd bet Dustin wouldn't think it unusual if someone actually > requested a Pepsi when someone offered to buy them a "Coke". Of course not. Although, personally; I don't care for pepsi products as much as I do coke. -- "I like your Christ. I don't like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." - author unknown.
From: ~BD~ on 5 Aug 2010 02:46 FromTheRafters wrote: > Viruses are rather unique Being pedantic and specific, FTR - explain why viruses are not simply 'unique' - are they is some way /rather/ special? ;-) -- Dave - and all along I've thought 'malware' was the more modern term!
From: FromTheRafters on 5 Aug 2010 07:21
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:i3da7d02q1v(a)news2.newsguy.com... > From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> > > | "ASCII" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > | news:4c5c130c.869812(a)EDCBIC... >>> FromTheRafters wrote: >>>>"John Slade" <hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message >>>>news:NXi6o.35931$F%7.12219(a)newsfe10.iad... >>>>> On 8/3/2010 2:47 PM, Buffalo wrote: >>>>>> Dustin wrote: >>>>>>> That's like some electricians I know that call all 9" linemans >>>>>>> pliers >>>>>>> klein, even tho they aren't. As klein is actually a company >>>>>>> name. > >>>>>> Hey, how did you know I am a licensed electrician? >>>>>> And yes, it is common in the trade to call them 'kleins', like >>>>>> in, >>>>>> 'can I >>>>>> borrow your kleins?' >>>>>> Buffalo :) > > > >>>>> It's like people calling powdered drink mix from Flavor >>>>> Aid, >>>>> "Kool-Aid". I'm sure we've all heard the expression, "Drinking the >>>>> Kool-Aid" when talking about someone who follows something or >>>>> someone >>>>> blindly. Well it came from the Jim Jones tragedy in Jonestown, >>>>> Guyana. >>>>> They drank poisonded Flavor Aid but most people still call it >>>>> Kool-Aid. > >>>>Same sort of thing applies to crescent wrench (Crescent is a brand >>>>name >>>>of a very popular open end adjustaqble wrench). Crowbar is another, >>>>where a wrecking bar is almost always incorrectly called a crowbar. >>>>Dykes are a misnomer for the shortening of the tool known as a >>>>"diagonal >>>>cutter". > >>>>Most people don't care about using correct terminology, and so there >>>>is >>>>often confusion and shouts of *mere semantics* when someone tries to >>>>inform them. > > >>> I'd bet Dustin wouldn't think it unusual if someone actually >>> requested >>> a Pepsi >>> when someone offered to buy them a "Coke". > > | Yep, that's another one. > >>> ...and for the benefit of non Americans; >>> Coke - The shortened name for a product of the Coca Cola company >>> that >>> has >>> become colloquial slang for any carbonated soft drink. > > | If I send someone out for coke, I sure don't want them coming back > with > | a pepsi. :oD > > | Band-Aid is another brand name embedded in the popular US lexicon. > | Kleenex another. > > Xerox > > You can go to a Kyocera and Xerox a copy. Indeed, and wet method copies get called xerox copies as well even though xerography is a dry copying process. |