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[JD]

On 07/02/2011 10:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 07/02/2011 09:40 PM, JD wrote:
>> Actually, no.
>> I mean drugs that will kill you even when you  take them
>> as Rx'ed!
>> I am sure you have heard the TV/Radio ads for some drugs??
>> Many state that death is a possible side effect
> Not to pick a nit, but if you take a drug, such as penicillin, and don't
> know you're allergic to it, the results can go from hives through
> anaphylectic shock all the way to death, no matter how "safe" the drug's
> supposed to be.  Why do they sell drugs like that?  Well, there are lots
> of reasons, none of them evil.  Generally speaking,the chance of a fatal
> effect is low, and the probability of benefit is so high that it's been
> decided that the minor risk is worth it for enough people.  It's a
> judgement call based on the fact that if you reject any treatment where
> death is possible you reject just about all of medicine.
Well, javascript is known to be "craftable" to do evil.
I am sure you have already seen the links I sent.

But at least in the case of the patient taking penicillin,
it is taken knowingly and with some information of it's
contents, as per his physician, and with exact dosage
and frequency of ingestion...etc.

In the case of javascript malware, the user does not even
know that javascript is came in and made his day!