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Where do viruses come from?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by strategic, Aug 18, 2009.

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  1. Twister123 Newcomer, in training Posts: 219

  2. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,946   +355

    And Now, For the "Rez-erection" of Latin.....

    Are those the same people that swear that they heard Steve Jobs speaking to them from the middle of a burning bush? Or perhaps it was Bill Gates.
    Many Americans have the tendency to believe that being God damned fat, makes you God damned important. Plus we're a religious bunch, we're always sitting around waiting for the second coming, of the feedbag that is. Doesn't this seem like an opportunity for a patent and a thriving business; invent potato chip bags with eyelets at the mouth, so that you could just rip the bag open, and strap it to your face!

    Being from "South Europe", shouldn't you be "Lynx Lynx", the cat so ferocious they had to name it twice?

    Anyway, I sort of subscribe to my own custom of calling all Lynx species "bobcats", since the bobcat gets it's common name because of the "bobbed" tail. All Lynx species have short tails, hence they are all "bobcats", at least to my muddled application of Taxonomic reasoning. IE; "Lynx Canadensis" becomes the "Canadian Bobcat", Lynx Lynx the Asiatic (or European) Bobcat, and Lynx Pardinus (the Iberian Lynx) becomes the Spanish Bobcat, except of course for the actual Bobcat, which becomes Lynx Rufus.

    Moving on to "Vir >>"ii"<<, the "ii" ending is used in certain scientific names, and it's pronounced "ee, eye" (long "E", then long "I"! This also manifests itself in the words of certain traditional songs such as, "Old MacDonald's Farm", [sic] , "Old MacDonald had a farm, EE, Eye, EE, Eye, Oh", as it were. (Please note the long "O" sound).

    But I digress! Back to the topic in hand, since "fungus" is pronounced with a hard "G", why do many people pronounce "fungi" with a "J". This has bothered me deeply for years.

    To whom it may concern, no computer viri were produced, nor was any computer harmed in the making of this post.

    Now, as to who I may have pissed off, oops sorry. :rolleyes: :haha: :wave:
  3. Twister123 Newcomer, in training Posts: 219

    yes , well , as a matter of fact Steve Jobs is a personal friend of mine and indeed he does frequent many a burning bush , with continueing price hikes on heating , it seems a sane choice for maintaining a high living standard which contributes to his life expectancy, if such a choice were adopted across the u.s. there is no doubt the u.s would rank higher than #45 , loby your senator today and the burning of bushes could become mandatory tomorrow.
  4. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,946   +355

    You should watch more porn, you would quickly learn that there are no more bushes to burn. And to make matters worse, Penicillin no longer extinguishes the flames.

    And yes, this is on the topic, (sort of), of "where do viruses come from". Since viruses seem to accompany free downloads of Russian porn. Well, even paid downloads for that matter.
  5. Twister123 Newcomer, in training Posts: 219

  6. bobcat TechSpot Paladin Posts: 599   +32

    The captain raised several matters of importance, none more than the various cat species…er.. should’t that be specieses in analogy to viruses?

    I chose the nick “bobcat” because it contains the familiar word “cat”, which doesn’t portray the wild image of lynx, but lacks no comparable abilities nevertheless.

    Moreover, it has a simple, undisputed plural, so that I don’t get challenged over my use of Latin. Now, what would the plural of “lynx” be? Lynx or lynxes? And what would the plural of “lynx lynx” then be? Or is it already a plural since there are 2 of them?

    Trying to keep up with the captain’s remarkable knowledge about cats, I looked up the etymology of “lynx”.

    Now, I find all this confusing and felt really glad I’m a simple cat. That is until I looked at the etymology of that:

    Confusing though it still is, all this makes me feel not just European, but international. :)
     
  7. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,946   +355

    Yeah Well........

    The plural of "axis" is "axes", wrap your collective heads around that!
  8. bobcat TechSpot Paladin Posts: 599   +32

    Cynic Cat’s Cutting Comments II

    Having dealt with the priority subject of cats, I return to other matters raised.

    And for us purists, the plural of “index” is “indices”.

    The most pressing problems of the planet are two: How to save half the population from starvation and the other half from obesity.


    But so as to occasionally remember the thread subject:
    I have just discovered an alternative source:

    VISTA: Viruses, Intruders, Spyware, Trojans & Adware.

    There’s also a virus-free version of VISTA specially developed for:
    VISTA: Vastly Inferior Software To Apple’s.
  9. Twister123 Newcomer, in training Posts: 219

    The most pressing problems of the planet are two: How to save half the population from starvation and the other half from obesity.
    sad but true , corn syrup for victory
    and sticking with the original topic I second previous post
  10. strategic TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,274

    I must say...
    This thread is becoming very interesting...
    Without the help of 'those guests' if you can imagine that!:haha:
    We should do this more often.:)
  11. kritius TechSpot Guru Posts: 2,087

    From this post Twister123 is a douchebag.
  12. Twister123 Newcomer, in training Posts: 219

  13. fimbles TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 1,036   +58

    Viruses are caused by good pc knowledge and a curious mind :)

    This thread itself is a virus. However it works on the honor scheme.

    After reading this thread please email porn to your entire contact list, And format your hard drive.

    Thanks in advance!
  14. hellokitty[hk] I'm a TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 4,014   +33

    Whats your email?
  15. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,946   +355

    Wow.......

    This thread has become a soap opera. Perhaps we should name it, "As the Douche Squirts". :rolleyes: :haha: :wave:
  16. strategic TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,274

    I agree (that's what I was implying in post #30).
    Since I started this thread, I thought I could rename it, but it won't let me :(
    Or maybe I just don't know how...:suspiciou
  17. fimbles TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 1,036   +58

  18. hellokitty[hk] I'm a TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 4,014   +33

  19. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,946   +355

  20. bobcat TechSpot Paladin Posts: 599   +32

    I think this thread has taken a turn for the worse and has spun off to spam.

    [IMG]

    We should get back to talking about cati * (plural of catus)

    * Felis catus = domestic cat