A wrist slap for Jeanson James Ancheta!

[Roxoff]

i dont really care about the passive smoking health risks i dont want to smell the nasty things what part of that is not getting through. if you choose not to drink beer and i splash it in your mouth because i am careless with the mug then isnt that the same thing. as i see it smoking in public is like farting in a crowded elevator it just pisses everyone off.

Ahh, but what if I say "I do want to smell those nasty things". Who's opinion is more valid?

But my point isn't about who likes and who dislikes the smell; it's about the figures that we're fed by our various the governments about health risks. They dont add up. All I really suggest is you dont take my word for it, but go look at them yourself.

[techieMoe]

But my point isn't about who likes and who dislikes the smell; it's about the figures that we're fed by our various the governments about health risks. They dont add up. All I really suggest is you dont take my word for it, but go look at them yourself.

I have, and the evidence I've found (from places like the American Cancer Society) points overwhelmingly in the negative. But there's another topic for this so I'll stop in this thread.

[cousinlucky]

I am not in the least offended or upset that this thread has gone " off topic ". I will probably never completely get over my microsoft traumas. However bringing up the subject has exposed me to many other ways of looking at it through the concepts of people who have the skills to avoid being taken advantage of.

Like so many other people it would have been much wiser for me to learn about computers and their operating systems before ever going onto the Internet. It was a hard and very painful lesson.

[fingal]

Like so many other people it would have been much wiser for me to learn about computers and their operating systems before ever going onto the Internet. It was a hard and very painful lesson.

That goes for me too. My first experiences with the 'Net' were as a slightly naive undergraduate, and thinking about it I suspect we're all still learning about the pros and cons of being online. When I surfed from the campus I was fine (behind a firewall) but there was no education or enlightenment about getting cracked, compromised and shafted while surfing from home using Windows 95 and ... 'What's a firewall?' would have been my response to any questions about that.

So the phrase 'hard and painful' lesson reminds me that the corporate world isn't about education but 'selling stuff to the punters' ... It's more fun (and safer) to learn and that's the value of this thread.