Hi, Paul Quinn!   
   I read your message from  08.04.2014 10:04   
   about Some observations.   
      
    ak>> No, but I believe it must be true. There are so many viruses now   
    ak>> and their amount is growing up significantly, every year. As for   
    ak>> me, I don't use an anti-virus that works constantly. When I've got   
    ak>> a virus I load my computer from the USB boot disk and run a   
    ak>> program for virus scanning.   
      
    PQ> This is an unknown condition here. All of our machines are   
    PQ> moderately fast. We have eight PCs: two physical machines and six   
    PQ> virtual computers, for specific tasks. E. g. you've used one of my   
    PQ> virtual computers to post your note on.   
      
   Well, may be. Last computers are, maybe, fast enough for modern anti-viruses.   
   Although, there exist many anti-viruses. Some of them can demand little system   
   resources for working, and vice versa. Probably the joke is rather old. ;-)   
      
    PQ> We've only experienced one viral-like attack last August, on my   
    PQ> wife's virtualised XP SP3 computer. It was easily fixed using the   
    PQ> last backup of the (virtual) hard disk, and restoring from the   
    PQ> previous afternoon's backup. Since then I've installed an anti-   
    PQ> virus package that runs all the time. There are other browser add-   
    PQ> on packages that also protect my wife's internet wanderings. That's   
    PQ> the only computer of the eight that has any anti-virus software   
    PQ> installed.   
      
   If I were an honest anti-virus maker I would make my anti-virus tell the   
   results of its work. For instance, "today I saved you from these viruses". Or   
   "for the last month I've worked in vain." ;)   
      
    PQ>>> railcars, with its own furnace & forge facilities. Is that what   
    PQ>>> you mean?)   
    ak>> There is a blacksmith's work. It is when a blacksmith takes a   
    ak>> metal detail, puts it on the anvil and strikes it heavily with his   
    ak>> huge hammer. A forging plant, I believe, is a factory shop, where   
    ak>> many blacksmiths do their work. It is especially noisy if they use   
    ak>> big pneumatic hammers. Actually, you can't talk when work is going   
    ak>> on. So, I told you about the cats who lives in such a shop.   
    ak>> Probably, these cats would be happy to go away, but they don't   
    ak>> know another place where they can get milk for free. ;-)   
      
    PQ> Ah. Yes, I understand. I was wondering if you were about to educate   
    PQ> me in some aspect of your life's experience, whilst I had in mind   
    PQ> that there could be other forms of forge-ing. I. e. art forgery or   
    PQ> banknote forgery, or jewellery forgery, etc. I had an urge to ask,   
    PQ> you see.   
      
   So, what should I have said instead of "forging plant" to be understood well?   
      
   Bye, Paul!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   ENGLISH_TUTOR 2014   
      
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)