Of course it is. Context matters. I was trying to keep with the spirit of the article: 'Here's a fair warning: this article is reductio ad absurdum, therefore y

Of course it is. Context matters. I was trying to keep with the spirit of the article: 'Here's a fair warning: this article is reductio ad absurdum, therefore you shouldn't take it as gospel. ' Usually though in my experience, if you also control the network, then most security updates can wait to be tested on a non-production machine. Also it helps to Never ever use Windows.