Insulting spam

[robinturner]

I am used to getting spam telling me that my breasts or genitalia are too small, but this is damned insulting:

"Your operation system is Windows98 or Windows2000 - you face a risk."

The funny part is that they then tell me I can reduce the risk by buying Windows XP!

Note also that the author of these spams thinks an operating system is an "operation system".

Comments

[tristan-moore.livejournal.com]

What a retard

[earthemp6.livejournal.com]

I still don't understand why they do this when they have no obvious financial gain by it

I heard XP described as :

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

"A sponge for viruses".

(I know, it should be virii.)

Re: I heard XP described as :

[solri.livejournal.com]

No, it shouldn't be "virii". You were right the first time: the plural of "virus" is "viruses". Even if we were to use a Latinate plural, it would be "viri", not "virii" ("virii" would be the plural of "virius").

"Viri"

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

I've just forgotten enough of my schoolboy latin that this almost comes as news to me... (I avoided latin when I did classics at uni - frankly, with a few notable exceptions, roman history is rather dull).

"viri" -> 'virile' ???

Just a thought...