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Old 28 May 2010, 03:31 PM
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Because they would have to know something about computers other than "look, the monitor is shiny".
I heard that the new version of this virus takes the shininess off your monitor. I have deleted my CD-ROM tray. It's the only way to be sure.
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Old 28 May 2010, 04:22 PM
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However sometimes the RAM is eaten and the size of your RAM determines how many bites you can take out of it.
Maybe they watched too much MST3K. The Bots were always begging for RAM chips from Joel, who would only give them RAM chips when they properly gave a good thing and bad thing about the movie they watched. (One time the good thing about a movie was "It's short".)
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Old 04 June 2010, 10:53 AM
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Be my guest.
I take this answer to apply to me as well. It just so well suits some of these warnings.
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