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I recently had an intelligent, highly educated, highly paid woman tell me that "Macs are immune to viruses". Education and money don't necessarily translate to
by lutze 14y ago
I recently had an intelligent, highly educated, highly paid woman tell me that "Macs are immune to viruses".
Education and money don't necessarily translate to domain expertise in everything.
I don't have to tell you that Macs aren't immune to viruses, just that they're targeted less. Like malicious software, there simply aren't enough Macs out there for the scammers to give a shit about, yet.
You don't go trawling in your garden pond when you live next to the Atlantic Ocean.
- Deestan 14y ago> I recently had an intelligent, highly educated, highly paid woman tell me that "Macs are immune to viruses". I don't doubt that, but you can't really refute a general argument with a single data point. It's not as if I said "all Mac users are more intelligent than all Windows users", which would be nonsense. "Women in IT are generally paid less than men." cannot be refuted by "I know a lady who makes a ton of money in IT."
- lutze 14y agoYou make a completely unfounded generalization and then ask ME for citations? You first bub. Edit: and frankly, I don't see how you're refuting my point that being intelligent and educated doesn't necessarily make you a domain expert in fields you have little experience in. Or are you the kind of guy who lectures the mechanic with 30 years experience on how to fix your car?