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Good Virus info. Working fix. Highly recommended.
by In Him 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

If your email client does not show this email formatted, please, go here. AOL users may cut-paste this link onto the browser http://www.ipm.org/av/SirCam _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Do you remember seeing this message? Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice. See you later. Thanks Do you remember READING the attached file? If the answer is "yes" to both, your PC is infected with one of the trickiest and most dangerous viruses that takes internet by storm. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Worm W32-SirCam@MM Why the trickiest? It comes with an innocent request for advice from someone that you know (message can be in Spanish). Attachment - is a real file from a real person's PC; it might even be relevant to the field of interests of the person it came from. You will even feel obligated to reply. Why the most dangerous? When you read the attached file, worm W32-SirCam@MM comes out of the document, goes in to your Windows registry, and here's where the fun begins. 1. It looks in your PC for every file that is a Document (*.doc, *.txt), image (*.gif, jpg, etc.) compressed files (*.zip, rar). 2. It takes found documents, copies itself into bod! y of text and sends silently to each and every email address found in your entire MS Outlook mail and temporary internet files. Virus does no affect users of Outlook only, as it is using its own SMTP engine. 3. Reportedly, it destroys documents and blocks drive C: from writing anything on it, which is the main thing that Windows does -- reads and writes from the hard disk drive. (I know the latter to be true, it did happen in MY case) Can you just imagine, your personal file (even passwords, credit cards, work-related, secret database - whatever you have that is not meant to be shared) being distributed to your friends and partners and correspondents? Is there any immediate cure for a PC infected with W32-SirCam@MM ? Yes. It is right here http://ipm.org/av along with some other information on this and other viruses. Run file http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/FixSirc.com to check and fix your PC. Is there any precaution against this and similar viruses? Yes, 1. Never open attachments from people that you do not know. If indeed interested in the attachment, or it comes from a friend, always reply to the sender with the question "Did you send this to me?". If the answer is "yes", enjoy the file. If "no" just delete email and empty Deleted files folder. Make sure to reply with the message that he may be sending a potential virus. 2. Install (unwise to pinch pennies here) and never turn off Antivirus software. We recommend Norton Antivirus. In Norton properties, set Auto Update for weekly automatic downloads. 3. Do not rely (sorry, folks!) on MacAfee Anti-virus software pre-installed on your PC from the manufacturer. This is what has happened to me--system admin--for a second time. Two years ago I bought Sony notebook for home use and MacAfee did not catch "happy99" virus. Several months ago I bought another GREAT notebook from Sony, got lazy about uninstalling MacAfee ! and replacing with Norton. MacAfee slept well with W32-SirCam@MM from 18th of July, until I received from a friend -----> a positive comment on the file that I never sent to him <------- !!! I installed my old-time buddy Norton Antivirus and here we go W32-SirCam@MM was found! We came to the conclusion of sending this message to all friends and partners of this Prison Ministry, after we received 30 infected emails yesterday. We need to join forces to stop the spread of this virus. Please, pass this message on to your correspondents so they can take all precautionary measurements and clean their PCs too. Have a truly blessed day, pray, and enjoy worry-free internet experience. Take a look at one of the most inspirational pages here http://www.ipm.org/guests/God's_creation/thanksgiving.htm Serge Taran

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LE INTERESARA
by COFOR 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

1.8.2001.Publicidad/Enseñanza a Distancia Hola que tal: El motivo de la presente carta es informarte de la posibilidad de poder realizar algún curso a distancia de tu interés, cursos relacionados con tu trabajo inquietudes y ocio.ect.El conocimiento es el mayor patrimonio de que podemos disponer. Nos dedicamos desde 1996.a impartir cursos a distancia disponemos de una amplia variedad de cursos sencillos para poder seguirlos comodamente desde cualquier parte del mundo y a unos precios muy competitivos. NET ------------ Redes y Sistemas Sistemas Servers Diseño Web BUSSINES ------------ Gestion Comercial y Marketing Relaciones Publicas Recursos Humanos Comercio Exterior Direccion Comercial Gestión Medio Ambiental SALUD SUPERACION PERSONAL ------------------------------------- Psicoterapia Psicologia Practica Nutrí terapia y Salud Monitor Yoga Tai-Chi Hipnoterapia Quiromasaje y Reflexoterapia Aromaterapia Cosmética Natural Hierbas Medicinales -------------------------------------- CURSOS BECADOS: Los cursos son de 200.horas lectivas el precio standar por curso es de 35.000.pts(Despues de beca)España a plazos.Iberoamerica 150.usa dolar aplazados.(Despues de beca) El Diploma: "Técnico Especialista" El tiempo aproximado por curso dependiendo de los conocimientos en areas similares de que se disponga,es entre 2-6.meses.aprox. Si desean que les ampliemos información pueden enviar un e-mail les contestaremos con la mayor brevedad y les indicaremos nuestro espacio web que se encuentra en reformas.No lo pienses mas y envia un e-mail y recibiras todo tipo de informes y detalles muy en breve. Envie e-mail: COTFORTR(a)terra.es Sin otra que rogarte me envies un e-mail si estas interesado/a Te enviamos un saludo. Si desea no recibir mas e-mail. remove/mail CUERRT(a)terra.es distancia.20(a)wanadoo.es Jose Garceran COFOR Gestion Integral 1.SL C/Constitucion.34 03310-Alicante España ------------------

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by Discount Software 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

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Re: The real enemies of the poor
by Faustine 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

> On Thu, 3 Aug 2001, Faustine wrote: > Jim wrote: > > In this context I meant "personality" as in demeanor and attitude, not > > scholarship and competence. > >Opposite sides of the same coin... > I suppose "attitude" can be ambiguous, but it's hardly relevant! >Then why bring it up??? "it" being "opposite sides of the same coin". >The point I'm making is that demeanor and attitude (for example) are >inextricably linked. Sure, but for me both are almost entirely separable from my personal evaluation of someone's scholarship and competence. >If one is insecure (attitude) then it can't help but >effect other aspects such as demeanor (ie presentation to others). If one >isn't confident in their skills then they can hardly be competent. And >that confidence has 'personality' based characteristics. Okay, I'll apply this to my example of dear old Doctor X, a man I simultaneously respect and can't stand. You can infer certain aspects of his attitude towards his colleagues from the mocking and contemptuous way he addresses them in meetings--which he never fails to hijack with an endless barrage of commentary, transforming any occasion into a platform for self-aggrandizement. If you've ever seen a nature special and observed the alpha chimp's posturing before the younger males who inadvertently pose a challenge by attracting the attention of one of the females, you'll understand this dynamic quite well. The unwritten rule is that no one is "allowed" express a theory before the group without getting it ripped apart by Dr. Alphachimp, he just can't seem to stand it. His demeanor--presentation to others--alternates between what can best be described as "genteel patronizing condescension" and "being a full-bore asshole". None of this has the slightest bearing on the fact that he's one of the most brilliant, knowledgeable and incisive people I've ever met: his social skills deficit is just an unfortunate by-product. Is he a "nice person"? No. Would I ever want to spend time with him in a social setting? Hell no. Do I enjoy arguing with him? Definitely. Would I want him to review my research before I published it? You bet your life I would! >You're trying to seperate out components which are not orthogonal. Why do you think concepts need to be orthagonal to be useful? > Being obnoxious, unpleasant, etc. has absolutely nothing to do with > whether or not you know enough about a subject to be worth listening to. >>One persons 'obnoxious' is another persons 'strained consideration'. >>Taking the attitude it's the 'other guys' problem is problematic itself. No, I realize that I'm probably a little more sensitized to (and upset by) the way Dr. Alphachimp treats the people around him because I have a tendency to the same sort of failings myself. If I had an easygoing sort of temper, the things that irk me most about him would probably sail over my head unnoticed. You sure can learn a lot about yourself by stepping back and noticing how you react when interacting with other people... >As to 'know enough to be worth listening to', out of the mouths of babes. >Sometimes the last person who needs to be talking about a problem is >somebody that 'knows all about it'. There are other shades of tinted >glasses besides rose. It's important not to shut yourself off from new ideas, but you have to have a way to decide at what point you're wasting your effort. >Fundamental Rules of Science: >- There are no sacred truths, all assumptions must be critically examined. > Arguments from authority are useless >- Whatever is inconsistent with the facts must be revised or discarded. >See Feynman's concluding commentary in the Challenger report. No quarrel here. > Thoroughly looking forward to hearing what a person has to say > and actively, intensely disliking them is not contradictory in the > slightest... >>Provided you have the opportunity to leave at your own behest...at some >>point homicide is likely to occur. Oh not really, it's fine as long as at least one person is able to maintain the veneer of civility. As long as Dr. Alphachimp never figures out what I really think of him, it'll be an awesome opportunity to keep learning from him. I see more of the "genteel patronizing condescension" side anyway, which helps a lot. Or at least that's the way it feels, ha. > Good point. I'm an atheist, but I think Aquinas can worth reading. Marcel > (the Mystery of Being), Bataille (Inner Experience), Unamuno(Tragic Sense > of Life), Kierkegaard (Either/Or), Heidegger (Sein und Zeit) Schopenhauer > (complete works!) also come instantly to mind. I usually have no patience > for anything mystical, but these authors have been very valuable to me. > Several orders of magnitude above the usual religious mush. >>If you say so. I've found them to be rather confused myself. Not orthagonal enough..? >To be honest I've never read a philosopher who I agreed with. I can't say I agree with anyone in sum either; it's what you can take away from it with you that counts. >They all seem to be trying to get around basic fundamental facts they >don't want to face. Oh yeah? Schopenhauer is about as honest and real as they come. > >I disagree, see Newtons comments about hypothesis and playing with stones > on a beach. > More on this in future posts. >:) Newton is such a nutcase, he's fun to use in arguments. What can you >say about a religious fundamentalist who pursued alchemy wholeheartedly, >developed fundamental mathematical and physical descriptions while he >dabbled, and then turns around and hangs people for stealing the King's >money. And all the while hating people in general... >I think, at least for me, he beats out Gauss as being a general sour puss. But that's part of what makes him so interesting! :) > True. But an overwhelmingly large percentage of concepts floating around > your head and populating your mental landscape (so to speak) came from > somewhere else: >In a real sense, all of them did. In another sense they were always there >just waiting for any sentience to recognize them, That's a pretty heavy dose of Platonism, no? ...whole lotta reification goin' on... > and then from another >perspective they are each new and revelatory. It harkens back to the >Socratic Method (I'm a fond user thereof); everybody knows everything >there is to know by knowing nothing in particular outside of being able to >ask questions. (Note that a big criticism of the Socratic Method is one of >misunderstanding - Socrates claimed he knew nothing, but at the same time >knew how to ask questions. Many readers, some quite lettered, seem to miss that there are two different things being discussed here; knowing something about the subject under discussion, and how to organize questions and thoughts). Well it's certainly worth keeping in mind. > if you're creative and original, you make new ones out of > the building blocks of the old. But they didn't just pop out of thin air. >Maybe, then again there are leaps of insite which for all intents and >purposes do just that. It's only after you reach the goal that you even >see the path. It might be more accurate to say that they pop out of the >throw of (mental) dice. A good example is Huffman Coding. Up until the >problem was given to student Huffman it had remained unsolved. He spent >the first part of his approach doing exactly what everyone else had done, >and got nowhere. Then he decided to try it backwards and the problem >resolved itself. Today we have compression algorithms out the yin-yang. >The 'discovery' of the Benzen Ring came out of a dream of snakes eating >their tails. >Discovery is highly non-linear and non-deterministic. (My personal >prescription/favorite is free association) Just because an event is nonlinear and non-determined doesn't mean it negated the laws of causality. The building blocks are much smaller and less obvious, but they're still present in some form, even when they're not readily ascertainable. No one ever invented anything unless the conditions preceeding it were in place. Is there a great degree of freedom in discovery? Of course, but you have to have some mental dice to throw before you can throw them! > Singular viewpoint?? How so! Talk about different mental contexts... >How many viewpoints do you hold on a given subject? And I'm not asking >"How may do you understand, describe, recite"... >Consider 'abortion' (and no I don't want to know how you feel), how many >viewpoints do you hold (as opposed to know of, understand, ...)? Law? Etc. >People are singular in their internal mental views. Opposition and >conflict create confusion. See the popularity of religion for a prime >example. That issue is fairly clear-cut for me. But if you were to ask me about something I'm more ambivalent about--say, "globalization"--it's easy to imagine having simultaneous viewpoints that are seemingly contradictory on a superficial level. >This will get into 'free will' pretty quickly so I'm not going to pursue >it deeply; each person has only so many viewpoints that they can relate >to. Some of these limits are biological in nature, some social, and then >some are simply the way each individual brain is wired. Maybe some people are just wired or socially conditioned to relate to more viewpoints. "Do I contradict myself? Very well then...I contradict myself." >Have you ever met somebody who had a viewpoint you just couldn't wrap your >noggin around? No, but then there's the issue of whether you really can, or just think you can. If you're sensitive enough to be able to pick up on how and why someone formed a certain view, it helps. Great page on empathy, analogy and cognitive processes: http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/Articles/Pages/Empathy.html ~Faustine.

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Small-world networks
by Jim Choate 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

http://www.ncrg.aston.ac.uk/~vicenter/smallworld.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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LE INTERESARA
by COFOR 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

1.8.2001.Publicidad/Enseñanza a Distancia Hola que tal: El motivo de la presente carta es informarte de la posibilidad de poder realizar algún curso a distancia de tu interés, cursos relacionados con tu trabajo inquietudes y ocio.ect.El conocimiento es el mayor patrimonio de que podemos disponer. Nos dedicamos desde 1996.a impartir cursos a distancia disponemos de una amplia variedad de cursos sencillos para poder seguirlos comodamente desde cualquier parte del mundo y a unos precios muy competitivos. NET ------------ Redes y Sistemas Sistemas Servers Diseño Web BUSSINES ------------ Gestion Comercial y Marketing Relaciones Publicas Recursos Humanos Comercio Exterior Direccion Comercial Gestión Medio Ambiental SALUD SUPERACION PERSONAL ------------------------------------- Psicoterapia Psicologia Practica Nutrí terapia y Salud Monitor Yoga Tai-Chi Hipnoterapia Quiromasaje y Reflexoterapia Aromaterapia Cosmética Natural Hierbas Medicinales -------------------------------------- CURSOS BECADOS: Los cursos son de 200.horas lectivas el precio standar por curso es de 35.000.pts(Despues de beca)España a plazos.Iberoamerica 150.usa dolar aplazados.(Despues de beca) El Diploma: "Técnico Especialista" El tiempo aproximado por curso dependiendo de los conocimientos en areas similares de que se disponga,es entre 2-6.meses.aprox. Si desean que les ampliemos información pueden enviar un e-mail les contestaremos con la mayor brevedad y les indicaremos nuestro espacio web que se encuentra en reformas.No lo pienses mas y envia un e-mail y recibiras todo tipo de informes y detalles muy en breve. Envie e-mail: COTFORTR(a)terra.es Sin otra que rogarte me envies un e-mail si estas interesado/a Te enviamos un saludo. Si desea no recibir mas e-mail. remove/mail CUERRT(a)terra.es distancia.20(a)wanadoo.es Jose Garceran COFOR Gestion Integral 1.SL C/Constitucion.34 03310-Alicante España ------------------

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LE INTERESARA
by COFOR 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

1.8.2001.Publicidad/Enseñanza a Distancia Hola que tal: El motivo de la presente carta es informarte de la posibilidad de poder realizar algún curso a distancia de tu interés, cursos relacionados con tu trabajo inquietudes y ocio.ect.El conocimiento es el mayor patrimonio de que podemos disponer. Nos dedicamos desde 1996.a impartir cursos a distancia disponemos de una amplia variedad de cursos sencillos para poder seguirlos comodamente desde cualquier parte del mundo y a unos precios muy competitivos. NET ------------ Redes y Sistemas Sistemas Servers Diseño Web BUSSINES ------------ Gestion Comercial y Marketing Relaciones Publicas Recursos Humanos Comercio Exterior Direccion Comercial Gestión Medio Ambiental SALUD SUPERACION PERSONAL ------------------------------------- Psicoterapia Psicologia Practica Nutrí terapia y Salud Monitor Yoga Tai-Chi Hipnoterapia Quiromasaje y Reflexoterapia Aromaterapia Cosmética Natural Hierbas Medicinales -------------------------------------- CURSOS BECADOS: Los cursos son de 200.horas lectivas el precio standar por curso es de 35.000.pts(Despues de beca)España a plazos.Iberoamerica 150.usa dolar aplazados.(Despues de beca) El Diploma: "Técnico Especialista" El tiempo aproximado por curso dependiendo de los conocimientos en areas similares de que se disponga,es entre 2-6.meses.aprox. Si desean que les ampliemos información pueden enviar un e-mail les contestaremos con la mayor brevedad y les indicaremos nuestro espacio web que se encuentra en reformas.No lo pienses mas y envia un e-mail y recibiras todo tipo de informes y detalles muy en breve. Envie e-mail: COTFORTR(a)terra.es Sin otra que rogarte me envies un e-mail si estas interesado/a Te enviamos un saludo. Si desea no recibir mas e-mail. remove/mail CUERRT(a)terra.es distancia.20(a)wanadoo.es Jose Garceran COFOR Gestion Integral 1.SL C/Constitucion.34 03310-Alicante España ------------------

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LE INTERESARA
by COFOR 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

1.8.2001.Publicidad/Enseñanza a Distancia Hola que tal: El motivo de la presente carta es informarte de la posibilidad de poder realizar algún curso a distancia de tu interés, cursos relacionados con tu trabajo inquietudes y ocio.ect.El conocimiento es el mayor patrimonio de que podemos disponer. Nos dedicamos desde 1996.a impartir cursos a distancia disponemos de una amplia variedad de cursos sencillos para poder seguirlos comodamente desde cualquier parte del mundo y a unos precios muy competitivos. NET ------------ Redes y Sistemas Sistemas Servers Diseño Web BUSSINES ------------ Gestion Comercial y Marketing Relaciones Publicas Recursos Humanos Comercio Exterior Direccion Comercial Gestión Medio Ambiental SALUD SUPERACION PERSONAL ------------------------------------- Psicoterapia Psicologia Practica Nutrí terapia y Salud Monitor Yoga Tai-Chi Hipnoterapia Quiromasaje y Reflexoterapia Aromaterapia Cosmética Natural Hierbas Medicinales -------------------------------------- CURSOS BECADOS: Los cursos son de 200.horas lectivas el precio standar por curso es de 35.000.pts(Despues de beca)España a plazos.Iberoamerica 150.usa dolar aplazados.(Despues de beca) El Diploma: "Técnico Especialista" El tiempo aproximado por curso dependiendo de los conocimientos en areas similares de que se disponga,es entre 2-6.meses.aprox. Si desean que les ampliemos información pueden enviar un e-mail les contestaremos con la mayor brevedad y les indicaremos nuestro espacio web que se encuentra en reformas.No lo pienses mas y envia un e-mail y recibiras todo tipo de informes y detalles muy en breve. Envie e-mail: COTFORTR(a)terra.es Sin otra que rogarte me envies un e-mail si estas interesado/a Te enviamos un saludo. Si desea no recibir mas e-mail. remove/mail CUERRT(a)terra.es distancia.20(a)wanadoo.es Jose Garceran COFOR Gestion Integral 1.SL C/Constitucion.34 03310-Alicante España ------------------

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Chase-Durer problems
by Erik Viking 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

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Re: The Cautionary Ontological Approach To Technology of Gabriel Marcel
by Jim Choate 03 Aug '01

03 Aug '01

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Faustine wrote: > The Cautionary Ontological Approach To Technology of Gabriel Marcel > http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Tech/TechGend.htm > > ABSTRACT: I present the arguments of Gabriel Marcel which are intended to > overcome the potentially negative impact of technology on the human. Marcel > is concerned with forgetting or rejecting human nature. His perspective is > metaphysical. He is concerned with the attitude of the "mere technician" > who is so immersed in technology that the values which promote him as an > authentic person with human dignity are discredited, omitted, denied, > minimized, overshadowed, or displaced. He reviews the various losses in > ontological values which curtail the full realization of the human person > in his dignity. The impact of technology leads too often to a loss of the > sense of the mystery of being and self, authenticity and integrity, the > concrete and the existential, truth and dialogue, freedom and lover, > humanity and community, fidelity and creativity, the natural and the > transcendent, commitment and virtue, respect of the self and responsiveness > to others, and especially of the spiritual and the sacred. Thus, the task > of the philosopher is to be a watchman, un veilleur, on the alert for a > hopeful resolution of the human predicament. Then accept your humanity, that is the only resolution to the 'human predicament'. (as if there were a predicament outside of the belief that humans are somehow outside of the rest of the cosmology - philosophers are always trying to escape rather than face) -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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