Comment Re:$sys$ now Sony's fnord? (Score 2, Insightful) 597
Let me phase it for you. This worked on the people I support. I actually got a decent reaction.
"Newer Sony CDs install a type of virus on your computer called a root kit."
The word virus is the key. If the president of Sony doesn't have a clue what a root kit is, then lets cut the BS and use the right word. It is a VIRUS in the since that the only term most normal people really "get" (I know, it isn't a virus as security people define it).
"Newer Sony CDs install a type of virus on your computer called a root kit."
The word virus is the key. If the president of Sony doesn't have a clue what a root kit is, then lets cut the BS and use the right word. It is a VIRUS in the since that the only term most normal people really "get" (I know, it isn't a virus as security people define it).
