Fwd: [unisog] procmail rule: sobig.f

[Antony Stone]

On Thursday 21 August 2003 10:37 pm, Steve Thomas wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:18:47PM +0100, Julian Field is rumored to have
said:
> > Check out www.mailscanner.info and click on the big link near the top of
> > the page.
>
> "There has been a very virulent virus spreading over the last few days..."
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Nice alliteration, but isn't "virulent virus" redundant? ;)

No; some viruses (both biological and computer-based) spread only fairly
slowly, and therefore aren't virulent.

>From the OED: "Virulent: Characterised by extreme malignancy or violence."

Antony.

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