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Re: What's your modus operandi?
de Susan Bugher 05/22/2006 10:11
Al Klein wrote:
> On Mon, 22 May 2006 11:56:17 -0400, Susan Bugher <sebugher@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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>>Software is a "black box" - a door that's waiting to be opened. What's
>>the best way to find out what's behind the door? (Is it a lady or a tiger?)
>>
>>What's your modus operandi before downloading/ installing a program?
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> Everyone's MO is going to be different. I have a few spare boxes
> (different OSs) that I try unknown downloads on. Not everyone has a
> spare computer, though.
>
> I also depend on what I read in acf - if enough people in whom I have
> some trust pan a program, I don't waste my time downloading it.
Sure, but *somebody* has to go first ;) and ISTM there's often a certain
reluctance to do that - perhaps because people don't know how to do it
safely. . . Where/how to start and what precautions to take is the
topic under discussion.
Susan
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