Friday, August 22, 2008

Is It Really Protection?

I have finally gotten around to posting this...it's been sitting in my mind for a few days now, but I've had no computer to type it into...not one at home anyway because I've now rebuilt two laptops and merged them into one. So what does this have to do with protection? Well here it is...feel free to laugh...and poke some fun.

If you're having sex, and you have a condom on...one would call that "protection". Just go with me here...I promise, it has a point. If you install anti-virus software on your computer...it's said that you've installed virus "protection". So why is it, that virus protection never seems to protect you from viruses...it only tells you that you have one and says that there's nothing it can do about it. My point here is...if condoms protected like virus protection, there would be a crapload of unwanted kids running around.

I imagine it would go something like this:

Condom: I detect fertile sperm, but I can't stop it. But if i don't stop it, I'm not doing my job. Wait...there are thousands of those little bastards coming my way and there's nothing I can do. Shit. Damn it...one got through. But you were using PROTECTION.

So yeah, you get my point. They should not call it virus "protection"...they should call it virus "detection"...so you know you're pretty much f*cked and you have to figure out how to deal with it as opposed to being in happy land and surfing the Internet with a total feeling of freedom. Am I a little annoyed? Well, yes I am...thanks for noticing. Virus protection...MEH.

3 Comments:

Blogger Katharine said...

Actually, condoms are not 100% effective against, ahem, viruses or pregnancy. I believe they are only 98% effective. Hence why most smart people use more than one birth control option. Perhaps instead of blaming your anti-virus you should stop surfing questionable sites. Just a thought!
;-)

8:41 PM  
Blogger Jeff - WeinerToons said...

Hmmm...How many times have I had to rebuild YOUR laptop?

And when you say questionable sites...surely you mean sites that offer free music downloads (which I don't visit), sites that refer to something I can win for free just by clicking (which I don't click), and that password reset page that my "bank" links me to that doesn't really belong to my bank.

People that write viruses tend to target popular places on the Internet, no matter where that might be. It says something about the world we live in that pr0n is the #1 seller online.

8:56 PM  
Anonymous sara said...

FIGHT, Fight, Fight!!!! Wow Jeff.....interesting comparison :)

10:27 PM  

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