People are... *sigh*

I don't know why I keep heading to the Microsoft.public.* newsgroups. A 'bot could answer their questions... "Is my version of XP 32 or 64 bit?" Hmmm... why don't you check the answer to the THIRTY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ASKED THIS MORNING?

Nah, too much work to actually LOOK and CLICK.

Which, of course, explains the MSBlaster worm. Gee, MS had a patch out a month ago. Windows Update auto-downloads by default and tells you it's ready to install. One double-click. Done.

Yet... what do you think? It's like 80% of the people with XP never f*cking bothered, now they're whining. It's not like it was on Windows Update, mentioned on the news, mentioned on TV, mentioned in computer mags and on websites everywhere...

Like the example I put on one of the newsgroups:
"Doctor, I feel ill."
"Oh, my god, you have to go to surgery NOW or you'll die within the week!"
"I don't understand all that medical stuff, I'm going on vacation."

Uh huh.

Now, I don't really *like* MS but they DID THEIR JOB here. They can't FORCE the patch on your system, but they make it so easy to get it's rediculous.

Even if people DON'T patch, they ADDED A FIREWALL for the fucking connection!

Damn, people....