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Someone's been watching too much Independence day.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 10:52:55 AM EST
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Not to worry, the latest Mac OS comes with a built-in defense mechanism that will automatically upload a virus to the mothership of any alien attacker within the solar system. Way more practical than it used to be back in the day!

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:56:53 AM EST
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And you think Steve Jobs and Bill Gates come from where - hmmm?
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 02:06:45 PM EST
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Binary fission?

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 02:23:05 PM EST
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Careful.  They're going to have you turning your iPhone in to the ministry for that Jobs/Gates comparison.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 03:17:24 PM EST
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"Someone's been watching too much Independence day."

Generally I would agree with you (Independence Day was on TV a few days ago), but this discussion about alien computer viruses is in a serious article...

by asdf on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:01:48 PM EST
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thta dosent mean the author hasn't watched it too many times.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:14:53 AM EST
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