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I subscribe to the bandwidth and worm/virus arguments, and would also present one more: We do not write professional letters in green ink on purple notepaper scented with lavender (at least where I come from), so why the need to do this with email to a discussion list? Jeremy Harrison PS Someone on the list has his out of office auto assistant turned on indicating that he'll be back in September. Could he turn it off please? > -----Original Message----- > From: John PASKINS [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 11 October 2002 10:29 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Viruses/worms[Scanned] > > > Does everyone have broadband then? > > JP > > >>> Adrian Fogarty 10/11/02 08:10am >>> > But it's like saying, let's not use colour photography, it's > slow to process > and expensive, let's stick with black and white. And you > can't really mean > that broadband is exotic. We'll laugh at how slow it is in 5 > to 10 years > time. I suppose fuel injection and multivalve cylinders are > exotic too, and > in-car aircon and CD players etc etc... > > And what's wrong with having anti-virus software...it works. > > AF > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jel Coward" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 7:07 AM > Subject: Re: Viruses/worms > > Yep - and everyone here in N America drives a 5 litre gas > guzzler cos it > > is available and cheap - not sure that is a good thing however ;-) > > > > The bandwidth argument is enough in itself - this is at > least doubled > > with html (from the more common mail client at least). The other > > argument is that html can have viruses/worms etc embedded in java. > > Personally, I have always been a condom man rather than be > tempted by > > the frills/thrills of the more exotic > > > > Cheers > > -- > > Jel Coward > This email has been scanned for viruses by NAI AVD however we are unable to accept responsibility for any damage caused by the contents. The opinions expressed in this email represent the views of the sender, not South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust unless explicitly stated. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender.