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I've Got a NASTY Virus!
by Mike Banks Valentine
I've got a seriously destructive and nasty virus wreaking havoc
in my CPU! I downoaded it by shaking hands with my father-in-law
on Thanksgiving! There's nothing that can be done about it short
of lots of bed rest and drinking plenty of fluids. I even went
to the doctor yesterday to see if there was some magic anti-virus
I could take to wipe out this awful strain. He was encouraging,
and said it wouldn't do any permanent damage to my hard drive.
The effects are all temporary.
You would think that with all the advances in software, they
could come up with a way to zap these silly biological demons!
The web is nothing short of magical to me most of the time, but
it seems there are some things you just can't fix by going online.
I've had a screensaver running (dreams of flying toasters) for
the last two days while lying in bed reading novels (3 so far!)
and having my wife feed me vitamin C. I have our toy Yorkshire-
Terrier and our cat Raspberry sleeping beside me.
Sounds real homey and sweet, right? Well It's making me nuts!
E-commerce waits for no man! The web is out there advancing at
a screaming pace while I lie in bed sniffling and snoring and
sneezing. It makes me crazy to think of all the great news
sitting there in my e-mail box that could be the next big thing
online and all I'm able to do is open another box of tissues
and cough incessantly! I want to open my software and get back
to work!
Well that's enough! I'm going to at least go read the e-mail
and tell everyone all is well. The newsletter is late! My work
is piling up and I've got six projects waiting on the backburner
while I nurse this silly virus. Circulation for the Reading list
continues to climb as I continue to take my medicine.
So I sit down at my computer and stack the tissue box on top of
the monitor, a hot cup of tea beside me. I turn it on. Nothing.
I try again. It begins the startup process and stalls. Nothing.
Sorta how I feel too. Start to write, nothing. Try again, nothing.
Well the computer's getting a brand new hard drive tomorrow.
I only wish it were that simple to get my own CPU to function.
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