[X-Newbies] MAC VIRUS

J themacintoshlady at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 18 18:08:38 PST 2006


On Feb 18, 2006, at 8:53 PM, Scott wrote:

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> On Feb 18, 2006, at 5:06 PM, J wrote:
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>> Ok I saw this statement below on Apple's website and thought it  
>> referred to the fix, is all! Perhaps it doesn't!
>> Must you make a federal case out of that?
>
> I'm not making a federal case out of anything. Merely pointing out  
> your repeated behavior of stating opinion as fact, and then backing  
> out of it later.

Well you perhaps misunderstood. The only thing I stated that was that  
I would still do the update..and repeated behavior? I rarely even  
post...
>
> There is as of yet, no fix for the trojan from Apple. You stated  
> that the 10.4.5 update contained the fix for the virus. You stated  
> it without equivocation. If you don't know you are correct, say so  
> in the post, not 3 posts later. Don't act as if you are an expert  
> when you know not much more, and apparently much less, than the  
> average denizen of the newbies list.

Questioning something rhetorically is not stating it as fact.
>
> Better. A simple "I think..." would work. If, as you say, you are  
> 'exploring', or 'trying to figure out', say so in the post.

As I said, my style of writing led you to misunderstand apparently as  
I hadn't made a decision about it at all!

Sorry if you think I did. And I haven't posted in ages so I don't  
know what your other complaints refer to.



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