Re: [dvd-discuss] Fwd: Bush taps Clarke as CyberdefenseChief

[Dan Steinberg <synthesis(at)videotron.ca>]

I put this on the same shelf as the virus warning everyone seems to think
fit to pass on...
that scream about the ability of some new virus on steroids to destroy the
boot sector on the hard disk. or fire the laser in your CD-ROM and make
you sterile.....

Ron Gustavson wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:47:52 -0500, John Schulien wrote:
>
> >A computer with the bios zeroed out would
> >have to be physically repaired -- the flash chip
> >would have to be replaced -- in order to ever
> >boot again, which would cause widespread chaos.
>
> Is that true? You couldn't restore CMOS or unjump the power and reset?
>
>         __________NO-∞-DO__________

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