h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

[mt]

Now I forgot what I was going to say.

Well everyone just seems to be leaving calling cards, if you don't mind I'll tell you about my day.

I was very close to a location where a patient died, and I wittnessed most of the aftermarth. Of course I can't talk about it in more detail because of confidentality. If I give away details it might make him/her indenfiable to relatives.

On a different note I've volenteered to join a programe teaching sex education to teenagers in local schools, needless to say this is the sort that will be telling them about contraception. Which was good news and got friendly with someone who I knew of but didn't know closely.

Z. That's why I never even came close to considering medicine as a career.

Oh right, I remembered what I was going to say.

Munchkin, you're being pinged by a really nasty virus that is spreading at an incredible rate. Make sure you did all your "critical updates" because this virus exploits a flaw in Windows that M$ just patched a week or two ago. I had to remove it from 3 computers in my office today, and I'll probably spend much of tomorrow doing the same thing.

I got a warning about a nasty worm today from MOREnet security. Is that what you're talking about? So far we haven't gotten it - at least I don't think we have. With the public accessing heaven knows what, anything is possible.

I've downloaded the patch, but for some reason, my desktop (although not my laptop) doesn't want to accept it. Which may mean we have it there already. Which would be a good thing, really, since I would finally have a legitimate reason to clear off stuff we haven't used in ages (the STBX is a huge packrat. I used to be, but am slowly getting over it).

I got hit with msblast, and it sucks. I just removed it, and now I have to do the same to the slumlords machine. Punks writing viri, some of my worst nemisis.

hi, everyone

Hey Bryce! How are you, hon?

No shoe shopping today. Instead, I had to take a muscle relaxer and fall asleep. I know the physical therapy for my shoulder is supposed to do it good, but shouldn't the process of getting better actually make it feel better? Today it felt like I had been harpooned!

a new virus? crud.

i never do updates.

Good to hear from you, MR ! How is the TAing going ?

Have to get off of Lil's now, so will see your answer tomorrow !

*looks up 'phrenologist' in dictionary*

Ah!

I heard that the current virus messes up your computer if you have Windows 2000 or later version... *hoping she'll be safe with her 95 and 98 versions*

My pc has been running really slowly and crashing at regular intervals. So H downloaded stuff from ad aware and removed over 300 pesky cookies.

But I had better remind him about the M* thing, I know he checked all the w*rk ones and was going to do ours, but I'm not sure if he actually got around to it.

But my pc still crashes and it is partly due to M* media player and Real bith trying to open cds . I know it's just a question of sorting out the default, which I thought I had done, but Real doesn't want to take any notice. It's like kids squabbling inthe playground.

[p]

That was nice and something to wake me up. The fire alarm went off again! I guess it must be the builders doing something they shouldn't have done, this being the second time in two days it's happened.

[Ben]

*worried about viruses*

*theme music from The Twilight Zone*

The alarm went of here too just a few minutes ago - but it turned out to be the burglary alarm, which was discovered before we had left the building

Greetings, all. Sorry for yet another of my long absences.

This very computer here was infected with MSBlast a couple of days ago. I think I must have been one of the first to be infected, because while I was reading about the problem and working out how to get rid of it, all the usual virus alerts were being published.

For the benefit of people who haven't yet patched up their copy of Windoze and who haven't got firewalls installed, I'll provide this link to the conversation where the problem was fixed. http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/15396.html Ignore anyone telling you to actually /disable/ RPC - that's not a good thing. As soon as you get that error, though, get the patch, disconnect your computer from the Internet, and then run it - some people have had really terrible things done to their computers because they didn't act fast enough. (Actually, I don't that was the result of the MSBlast worm, but just other people exploiting the Windoze vulnerability.)

Anyway, on to other topics...

Z, if I were an employer I wouldn't, when perusing someone's CV, find anything wrong about being part of the LBG(T). In fact, I'd consider it a great plus.
But then, not all people think the way I do. (Now wouldn't that be scary...)

Gawd, it's results day tomorrow for us A(S)-Level people. Tomorrow dictates how I live the next few years of my life. Either I get what I want and go to Durham, just miss and go to Southampton, do worse and find something through Clearing (applying for positions that haven't been filled yet, with lower grade requirements), or stay back a year to re-sit some exams. I'm positive that I did well enough in my exams to get what I need, but after the debacle last year (if that's the word I want), I just don't trust the exam boards to get it right.

Good luck for tommorrow Chris