Posts by Sneaky Fruit

Worked in banking IT when the first Excel virus hit...

That was a real wake-up call.

90% of the money went through Excel (having moved from Lotus 123, not long before).

First virus that hit us at the time randomly swapped 6 & 9 around in some cells of a spreadsheet.

When £9,6123,457 suddenly becomes £6,9123,457 people tend to notice, but with a spreadsheet full of tabs and each tab full of money and percentages, nobody could be sure we caught them all.

Still read 2000ad & JD Megazine until a few months ago...

Read 2000ad from day one.

3 things stopped my subscription.

1) Latest Judge Dredd story line, half city wiped out e.t.c., e.t.c. (sound familiar, been done so many times now)

2) Looked at the monthly subscription cost, was above £40 per month (2000ad + JD Megazine), more than the price of any top end phone sub.

3) No real mobile online sub option for a lot cheaper.

Still reading comics, just sourcing good stories in graphic novel form (Warren Ellis: freakangels.com and other stories, Garth Ennis: The Boys + many more).