Extraordinarily.


"Securing cyberspace is an extraordinarily difficult strategic challenge that requires a coordinated and focused effort from our entire society--the federal government, state and local government, the private sector and the American people," — President Bush

Dear Mr. President, securing 'cyberspace' (did you really use the word 'cyberspace'?) is relatively easy to do and I am surprised none of your staff knew this before hand. Let me save you some hassle.

Here are the steps necessary to protect 'cyberspace':

If you are using Windows XP:

1. Click the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen. 2. Click on Control Panels. 3. Click on Network and Internet Connections. 4. Click on Network Connections. 5. Right click on your active Network Connection and choose Properties. 6. Click the Advanced tab. 7. Click the box next to the words, "Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet". 8. Click OK.

If you are using Mac OS X:

1. Order and iced latte because Jaguar is already protected. Yehaw!

See how easy that was!

Now you can spend more time dealing with the poor economy, Hydrogen cars, Alert Condition Orange, and less time worrying about 'cyberspace'.

On this one, we've got your back Jack.

12 Responses to “Extraordinarily.”
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Tomas — 08:31 on 02.17.03#
 

Iced lattes, your favourite I presume? I dunno, to me there is something terribly wrong with drinking cold coffee.

I will get a PowerBook, someday.

Beerzie boy — 08:36 on 02.17.03#
 

The question is not whether "the President really use[d] the word 'cyberspace'?", but whether he pronounced it correctly....

Beerzie boy — 08:38 on 02.17.03#
 

And, Tomas...iced coffee rocks! There's no better beverage on a 100-degree Sacramento Valley day than an iced coffee with a shot (called a Walkie-Talkie or a Eye-Opener here).

Greg — 08:48 on 02.17.03#
 

Beerzie, I'll bet he stumbled on 'extraordinarily' before 'cyberspace'.

Thomas, someday I will travel to Sweeden and then I'll buy you an iced latte.

Tomas — 08:56 on 02.17.03#
 

Greg: I'm coming to Florida in March, I'll have to try an All-American Iced Latte out then. Great timing for a visit to the states, ain't it?

Bob — 08:58 on 02.17.03#
 

Shrub needs to worry more about putting a muzzle on Rummie before his attempts at "diplomacy" effectively reduces our allies to only one or two tiny countries who are already afraid of us anyway. We can probably go ahead and kiss Germany goodbye.

Blake — 12:13 on 02.17.03#
 

Another attempt for Bush to sound relevant to current thinking. Kind of like a caveman talking about the overwhelming support against human cloning. Sooner or later, the poor bastard will pick his nose and walk away in confusion.

resonance — 12:29 on 02.17.03#
 

Greg, I think what el presidente had in mind was a 4.3 billion dollar program to develop an anti-evil-doing chip for installation in every American computer. Don't worry, older computers can be retrofitted with just a little duct tape.

Greg — 12:39 on 02.17.03#
 

Funny you should mention duct tape.

scott — 05:52 on 02.17.03#
 

I'm not a big fan of XPs built in firewall, but it's turned on by default too. I know this because I always have to disable it when I create a new connection. Other firewalls are more capable so I just disable the built in one.

webspiffy — 06:20 on 02.17.03#
 

Yeah I don't like ICF for Windows XP either. Definitely head over to ZoneLabs and download ZoneAlarm for free. It's much better.

sylvia — 09:58 on 02.17.03#
 

And like a schmuck, I had my computer wrapped up in plastic sheeting and duct tape.

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