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The Detective at Work

30 June 2000 - 12:00am — Christopher Wright

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MARK: Well, that's pretty much it, guys, so I guess you can both go back to the --

ALEX: WAIT!!!

ALEX: This whole thing started because you told me your machine caught the IHATEYOU virus, which wiped out your MP3 collection. Well, this machine is running Linux and OS/2, both of which are IMMUNE to the IHATEYOU virus! So how exactly did it trash your system?

MARK: OK, let's say that, hypothetically, I borrowed one of IT's computers...

ALEX: I knew it!

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