what did the aliens do on xmas?

WOW! check this: http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.osborn/GHNurburg74475LotusFF.zip

WOW! check this: http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.osborn/GHNurburg74475LotusFF.zip

Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! Check This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of displaying a web page? Are you NUTS :) Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continue with the download. Not under these circumstances :) -Larry "Jeffrey3456" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a0fqkd$kqo50$[email hidden]... > WOW! check this: > http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.osborn/GHNurburg74475LotusFF.zip > >

True enough, but it is a ZIP file. If it were a document or an EXE I could see being alarmed, but you do scan your ZIPs for viri before opening them, correct? That alarmest of an attitude is what these virus-maker-cyberterrorists want to happen, everyone to be scared to death to actually USE the internet. I ain't giving in... Just so you know, it checked out with no problems. Now just to get home to GPL so I can watch it, hehe. Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]...

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> Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! Check > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > displaying a web page? > > Are you NUTS :) > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continue

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> the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > -Larry > > "Jeffrey3456" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:a0fqkd$kqo50$[email hidden]... > > WOW! check this: > > http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.osborn/GHNurburg74475LotusFF.zip > > > > > >

You're right of course, Larry, but a look at the link would show it's a zip file containing a new WR at the Ring (7:44.75 - sheesh!) Congrats to Greger; what a nice present for Barty. I'm sure he'll enjoy it. Best served cold, eh? ;-) SB (tucking tail & whimpering away) "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]...

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> Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! Check > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > displaying a web page? > > Are you NUTS :) > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continue with > the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > -Larry >

Yes, I scan my stuff thank you. And it's not being alarmist hesitating to download a deep-linked file from a posting in a newsgroup that says simply "WOW! Check This:" Think about it. -Larry "SimRacer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:q4LW7.113325$[email hidden]... > True enough, but it is a ZIP file. If it were a document or an EXE I could > see being alarmed, but you do scan your ZIPs for viri before opening them, > correct? > > That alarmest of an attitude is what these virus-maker-cyberterroristswant

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> to happen, everyone to be scared to death to actually USE the internet. I > ain't giving in... > > Just so you know, it checked out with no problems. Now just to get home to > GPL so I can watch it, hehe. > > > Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW!

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> > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > > displaying a web page? > > > > Are you NUTS :) > > > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continue > with > > the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > > > -Larry > > > > "Jeffrey3456" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:a0fqkd$kqo50$[email hidden]... > > > WOW! check this: > > > http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.osborn/GHNurburg74475LotusFF.zip > > > > > > > > > > > >

I saw the Zip file. I know what it says it was. My point is the post chose the worse possible way to get people to download the file. Or, maybe not. Maybe we HAVEN'T learned anything. Either way, I digress... -Larry "Steve Blankenship" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:TbLW7.1140$[email hidden]... > You're right of course, Larry, but a look at the link would show it's azip file containing a new WR at the Ring (7:44.75 - sheesh!) > > Congrats to Greger; what a nice present for Barty. I'm sure he'll enjoyit. Best served cold, eh? ;-) > > SB (tucking tail & whimpering away) > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW!Check > > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > > displaying a web page? > > > > Are you NUTS :) > > > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continuewith > > the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > > > -Larry > > > >

Deep embedded link that is from GH's home page about a new Nurgburgring WR? Get a clue Larry (The other larry) -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8fLW7.70137$[email hidden]... > Yes, I scan my stuff thank you. > > And it's not being alarmist hesitating to download a deep-linked file from a > posting in a newsgroup that says simply "WOW! Check This:" > > Think about it. > > -Larry > > "SimRacer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:q4LW7.113325$[email hidden]... > > True enough, but it is a ZIP file. If it were a document or an EXE I could > > see being alarmed, but you do scan your ZIPs for viri before opening them, > > correct? > > > > That alarmest of an attitude is what these virus-maker-cyberterrorists > want > > to happen, everyone to be scared to death to actually USE the internet. I > > ain't giving in... > > > > Just so you know, it checked out with no problems. Now just to get home to > > GPL so I can watch it, hehe. > > > > > > Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > > > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! > Check > > > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > > > displaying a web page? > > > > > > Are you NUTS :) > > > > > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continue > > with > > > the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > > > > > -Larry > > > > > > "Jeffrey3456" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:a0fqkd$kqo50$[email hidden]... > > > > WOW! check this: > > > > http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.osborn/GHNurburg74475LotusFF.zip > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Scan it or shut the hell up twit. We don't need people like you trying to protect us from ourselves Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:egLW7.70145$[email hidden]...

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> I saw the Zip file. I know what it says it was. > > My point is the post chose the worse possible way to get people to download > the file. > > Or, maybe not. Maybe we HAVEN'T learned anything. > > Either way, I digress... > > -Larry > > "Steve Blankenship" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:TbLW7.1140$[email hidden]... > > You're right of course, Larry, but a look at the link would show it's a > zip file containing a new WR at the Ring (7:44.75 - sheesh!) > > > > Congrats to Greger; what a nice present for Barty. I'm sure he'll enjoy > it. Best served cold, eh? ;-) > > > > SB (tucking tail & whimpering away) > > > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > > > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! > Check > > > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > > > displaying a web page? > > > > > > Are you NUTS :) > > > > > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continue > with > > > the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > > > > > -Larry > > > > > > > > >

Biz wrote: > > Scan it or shut the hell up twit. We don't need people like you trying to protect us from ourselves Actually, if you look at all the people wandering into my shop asking "I have a virus on my PC, even though I have Norton AV which I updated only 7 months ago, can you help me get rid of it ?", I think the evidence suggests otherwise, people need to be protected from themselves....... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

! <sob> -- Cheers, Robin ................... `o^=o- http://www.oppositelock.freeserve.co.uk N�rburgring and Grand Prix Legends "Jeffrey3456" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a0fqkd$kqo50$[email hidden]... > WOW! check this: > http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.osborn/GHNurburg74475LotusFF.zip > >

"SimRacer" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:q4LW7.113325$[email hidden]: > True enough, but it is a ZIP file. If it were a document or an EXE I > could see being alarmed, but you do scan your ZIPs for viri before > opening them, correct?What is the idea of scanning zip file? Btw, I like having direct link, so I don't have to go through the web-site. Alex.

Nice holiday spirit, there. Have a nice new-year. Larry "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bILW7.243047$[email hidden]... > Scan it or shut the hell up twit. We don't need people like you trying toprotect us from ourselves > > Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:egLW7.70145$[email hidden]... > > I saw the Zip file. I know what it says it was. > > > > My point is the post chose the worse possible way to get people todownload

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> > the file. > > > > Or, maybe not. Maybe we HAVEN'T learned anything. > > > > Either way, I digress... > > > > -Larry > > > > "Steve Blankenship" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:TbLW7.1140$[email hidden]... > > > You're right of course, Larry, but a look at the link would show it's

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> > it. Best served cold, eh? ;-) > > > > > > SB (tucking tail & whimpering away) > > > > > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > > > > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! > > Check > > > > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > > > > displaying a web page? > > > > > > > > Are you NUTS :) > > > > > > > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to

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> > with > > > > the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > > > > > > > -Larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Haven't learned what? Last time I checked, opening a zip file couldn't do any damage to Windows. If it could, then just download/unzip the file in a real operating system first to check its integrity. Jason "Larry \(The Other Larry\)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<egLW7.70145$[email hidden]>...

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> I saw the Zip file. I know what it says it was. > > My point is the post chose the worse possible way to get people to download > the file. > > Or, maybe not. Maybe we HAVEN'T learned anything. > > Either way, I digress... > > -Larry > > "Steve Blankenship" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:TbLW7.1140$[email hidden]... > > You're right of course, Larry, but a look at the link would show it's a > zip file containing a new WR at the Ring (7:44.75 - sheesh!) > > > > Congrats to Greger; what a nice present for Barty. I'm sure he'll enjoy > it. Best served cold, eh? ;-) > > > > SB (tucking tail & whimpering away) > > > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > > > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! > Check > > > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > > > displaying a web page? > > > > > > Are you NUTS :) > > > > > > Could be innocent, but no one in their right mind is going to continue > with > > > the download. Not under these circumstances :) > > > > > > -Larry > > > > > > >

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (jason moyer) writes: >Haven't learned what? > >Last time I checked, opening a zip file couldn't do any damage to >Windows. If it could, then just download/unzip the file in a real >operating system first to check its integrity. > But how many people have multiple systems with different OS's? And Windows works just FINE for probably 95% of the people out there...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW! Check > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > displaying a web page? It starts a download immediately? What newsreader are you using? Mine just displayed it as a hyperlink, and waited for me to do something about it (my first response was to expand the thread and read the first few responses ;-) I might go and download it later, but then again since I was stuck around 8:25 last time I tried, I might not! Jonny

Yes, it popped up a download dialog immediately. MSIE 6. -Larry "Jonny Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CjlZ7.7$[email hidden]... > > Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:GVKW7.70069$[email hidden]... > > Um, excuse me, but you embed a link in a newsgroup, that says "WOW!Check

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> > This:" That starts a download right away (deep linked) instead of > > displaying a web page? > > It starts a download immediately? What newsreader are you using? > > Mine just displayed it as a hyperlink, and waited for me to do > something about it (my first response was to expand the thread > and read the first few responses ;-) > > I might go and download it later, but then again since I was > stuck around 8:25 last time I tried, I might not! > > Jonny > >

speaking of aliens, I just saw a bumper sticker with a big alien head with big eyes and the caption said- "When they come back, they'll eat the fat ones first....."

Larry (The Other Larry) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vNlZ7.39442$[email hidden]... > Yes, it popped up a download dialog immediately. > > MSIE 6. Hmm, just been through my settings on OE5 and the only thing I can see is that it's set to Restricted Zone... Jonny

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> "Jonny Hodgson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:CjlZ7.7$[email hidden]... > > > > It starts a download immediately? What newsreader are you using? > > > > Mine just displayed it as a hyperlink, and waited for me to do > > something about it (my first response was to expand the thread > > and read the first few responses ;-)

In article <C2mZ7.73818$%[email hidden]>, "rik zeppelin" <[email hidden]> writes: >speaking of aliens, I just saw a bumper sticker with a big alien head with >big eyes and the caption said- > >"When they come back, they'll eat the fat ones first....." And the people who made those took a LOT of flak for it, too... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.