PTIJ: Should I kill my computer after installing software? [closed]
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Shemot 22:17 says that a wizard should not live.
When I buy a new computer or if I've inherited a computer and I install new software, it frequently involves a wizard to set it up or install it. What should I do with this? The software package doesn't show the wizard or mention anything about it. Otherwise, of course, I wouldn't have purchased it because I'm not supposed to trust in wizards.
But, now that I'm about to install it and the CD or the download process has begun, the wizard is now on my computer. Should I kill the entire computer? Should I kill just the software itself? What's the proper halacha, here?
This question is Purim Torah and is not intended to be taken completely seriously. See the Purim Torah policy.
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Shemot 22:17 says that a wizard should not live.
When I buy a new computer or if I've inherited a computer and I install new software, it frequently involves a wizard to set it up or install it. What should I do with this? The software package doesn't show the wizard or mention anything about it. Otherwise, of course, I wouldn't have purchased it because I'm not supposed to trust in wizards.
But, now that I'm about to install it and the CD or the download process has begun, the wizard is now on my computer. Should I kill the entire computer? Should I kill just the software itself? What's the proper halacha, here?
This question is Purim Torah and is not intended to be taken completely seriously. See the Purim Torah policy.
purim-torah-in-jest
edited Mar 11 at 18:47
LN6595
3,99911040
asked Mar 11 at 16:35
DanFDanF
35.3k528133
closed as off-topic by msh210♦ Mar 23 at 22:23
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Purim Torah questions are on-topic only once a year, and will be closed after Purim. For details, see: Purim Torah policy" – msh210
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My default answer whenever I see a question about computer security and maintenance is to quote a line from the פיזמון by ר' ינקווייך titled 'Virus Alert': "Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down, Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground, Bury it completely; rocks and boulders should be fine, Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!"
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:06
1
Why am I seeing this in the review queue as “primarily opinion based”? Does someone not get the idea behind PTIJ?
– DonielF
Mar 12 at 1:42
This question came up in HNQ and took me completely by surprise. I didn't know what to expect but this was not it.
– Clonkex
Mar 12 at 5:38
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Shemot 22:17 says that a wizard should not live.
When I buy a new computer or if I've inherited a computer and I install new software, it frequently involves a wizard to set it up or install it. What should I do with this? The software package doesn't show the wizard or mention anything about it. Otherwise, of course, I wouldn't have purchased it because I'm not supposed to trust in wizards.
But, now that I'm about to install it and the CD or the download process has begun, the wizard is now on my computer. Should I kill the entire computer? Should I kill just the software itself? What's the proper halacha, here?
This question is Purim Torah and is not intended to be taken completely seriously. See the Purim Torah policy.
purim-torah-in-jest
edited Mar 11 at 18:47
LN6595
3,99911040
asked Mar 11 at 16:35
DanFDanF
35.3k528133
Shemot 22:17 says that a wizard should not live.
When I buy a new computer or if I've inherited a computer and I install new software, it frequently involves a wizard to set it up or install it. What should I do with this? The software package doesn't show the wizard or mention anything about it. Otherwise, of course, I wouldn't have purchased it because I'm not supposed to trust in wizards.
But, now that I'm about to install it and the CD or the download process has begun, the wizard is now on my computer. Should I kill the entire computer? Should I kill just the software itself? What's the proper halacha, here?
This question is Purim Torah and is not intended to be taken completely seriously. See the Purim Torah policy.
purim-torah-in-jest
purim-torah-in-jest
edited Mar 11 at 18:47
LN6595
3,99911040
asked Mar 11 at 16:35
DanFDanF
35.3k528133
edited Mar 11 at 18:47
LN6595
3,99911040
asked Mar 11 at 16:35
DanFDanF
35.3k528133
edited Mar 11 at 18:47
LN6595
3,99911040
edited Mar 11 at 18:47
LN6595
3,99911040
edited Mar 11 at 18:47
LN6595
3,99911040
3,99911040
asked Mar 11 at 16:35
DanFDanF
35.3k528133
asked Mar 11 at 16:35
DanFDanF
35.3k528133
asked Mar 11 at 16:35
DanFDanF
35.3k528133
35.3k528133
closed as off-topic by msh210♦ Mar 23 at 22:23
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Purim Torah questions are on-topic only once a year, and will be closed after Purim. For details, see: Purim Torah policy" – msh210
closed as off-topic by msh210♦ Mar 23 at 22:23
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Purim Torah questions are on-topic only once a year, and will be closed after Purim. For details, see: Purim Torah policy" – msh210
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My default answer whenever I see a question about computer security and maintenance is to quote a line from the פיזמון by ר' ינקווייך titled 'Virus Alert': "Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down, Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground, Bury it completely; rocks and boulders should be fine, Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!"
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:06
1
Why am I seeing this in the review queue as “primarily opinion based”? Does someone not get the idea behind PTIJ?
– DonielF
Mar 12 at 1:42
This question came up in HNQ and took me completely by surprise. I didn't know what to expect but this was not it.
– Clonkex
Mar 12 at 5:38
add a comment |
2
My default answer whenever I see a question about computer security and maintenance is to quote a line from the פיזמון by ר' ינקווייך titled 'Virus Alert': "Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down, Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground, Bury it completely; rocks and boulders should be fine, Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!"
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:06
1
Why am I seeing this in the review queue as “primarily opinion based”? Does someone not get the idea behind PTIJ?
– DonielF
Mar 12 at 1:42
This question came up in HNQ and took me completely by surprise. I didn't know what to expect but this was not it.
– Clonkex
Mar 12 at 5:38
2
2
My default answer whenever I see a question about computer security and maintenance is to quote a line from the פיזמון by ר' ינקווייך titled 'Virus Alert': "Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down, Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground, Bury it completely; rocks and boulders should be fine, Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!"
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:06
My default answer whenever I see a question about computer security and maintenance is to quote a line from the פיזמון by ר' ינקווייך titled 'Virus Alert': "Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down, Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground, Bury it completely; rocks and boulders should be fine, Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!"
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:06
1
1
Why am I seeing this in the review queue as “primarily opinion based”? Does someone not get the idea behind PTIJ?
– DonielF
Mar 12 at 1:42
Why am I seeing this in the review queue as “primarily opinion based”? Does someone not get the idea behind PTIJ?
– DonielF
Mar 12 at 1:42
This question came up in HNQ and took me completely by surprise. I didn't know what to expect but this was not it.
– Clonkex
Mar 12 at 5:38
This question came up in HNQ and took me completely by surprise. I didn't know what to expect but this was not it.
– Clonkex
Mar 12 at 5:38
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No need. Your computer does enough murder on its own; it'll kill the wizard for you.
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
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Your answer may create more more problems than it solves. So you got rid of the Mechasheifah issue, but now you want to 'sacrifice child'? Looks like you went out of the frying pan and into the fires of Molech!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 17:11
1
@Salmononius2 Obviously the fires are those of Sereifah of Harugei Beis Din.
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:14
1
@Salmononius2 Alternatively, in the spirit of Mishloach Minus, say that the prohibition of Molech is intimacy with a non-Jew (Megillah 25a).
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:20
1
I'm at my computer now, and the comments are funnier than the answer. My computer is dying from laughter!
– DanF
Mar 11 at 17:38
5
@DanF "My computer is dying from laughter!" So your question is moot. If we kill your computer with comedy, we don't have to worry about wizards and child sacrifice! The result is the same!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:02
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The installation wizard isn't really a problem, because it actually doesn't use magic. It's all just bells and whistles.
However, Linux users should be careful not to use the file command, because it does use magic.
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
Very good. Linux is a version of UNIX. It's been a long long long time since I used Unix. But, that "magic" triggered my memory, here. I forgot exactly what it is.
– DanF
Mar 12 at 14:36
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2 Answers
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
No need. Your computer does enough murder on its own; it'll kill the wizard for you.
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
17.1k12689
16
Your answer may create more more problems than it solves. So you got rid of the Mechasheifah issue, but now you want to 'sacrifice child'? Looks like you went out of the frying pan and into the fires of Molech!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 17:11
1
@Salmononius2 Obviously the fires are those of Sereifah of Harugei Beis Din.
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:14
1
@Salmononius2 Alternatively, in the spirit of Mishloach Minus, say that the prohibition of Molech is intimacy with a non-Jew (Megillah 25a).
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:20
1
I'm at my computer now, and the comments are funnier than the answer. My computer is dying from laughter!
– DanF
Mar 11 at 17:38
5
@DanF "My computer is dying from laughter!" So your question is moot. If we kill your computer with comedy, we don't have to worry about wizards and child sacrifice! The result is the same!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:02
|
show 3 more comments
No need. Your computer does enough murder on its own; it'll kill the wizard for you.
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
17.1k12689
16
Your answer may create more more problems than it solves. So you got rid of the Mechasheifah issue, but now you want to 'sacrifice child'? Looks like you went out of the frying pan and into the fires of Molech!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 17:11
1
@Salmononius2 Obviously the fires are those of Sereifah of Harugei Beis Din.
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:14
1
@Salmononius2 Alternatively, in the spirit of Mishloach Minus, say that the prohibition of Molech is intimacy with a non-Jew (Megillah 25a).
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:20
1
I'm at my computer now, and the comments are funnier than the answer. My computer is dying from laughter!
– DanF
Mar 11 at 17:38
5
@DanF "My computer is dying from laughter!" So your question is moot. If we kill your computer with comedy, we don't have to worry about wizards and child sacrifice! The result is the same!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:02
|
show 3 more comments
No need. Your computer does enough murder on its own; it'll kill the wizard for you.
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
17.1k12689
No need. Your computer does enough murder on its own; it'll kill the wizard for you.
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
17.1k12689
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
17.1k12689
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
17.1k12689
answered Mar 11 at 16:53
DonielFDonielF
17.1k12689
17.1k12689
16
Your answer may create more more problems than it solves. So you got rid of the Mechasheifah issue, but now you want to 'sacrifice child'? Looks like you went out of the frying pan and into the fires of Molech!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 17:11
1
@Salmononius2 Obviously the fires are those of Sereifah of Harugei Beis Din.
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:14
1
@Salmononius2 Alternatively, in the spirit of Mishloach Minus, say that the prohibition of Molech is intimacy with a non-Jew (Megillah 25a).
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:20
1
I'm at my computer now, and the comments are funnier than the answer. My computer is dying from laughter!
– DanF
Mar 11 at 17:38
5
@DanF "My computer is dying from laughter!" So your question is moot. If we kill your computer with comedy, we don't have to worry about wizards and child sacrifice! The result is the same!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:02
|
show 3 more comments
16
Your answer may create more more problems than it solves. So you got rid of the Mechasheifah issue, but now you want to 'sacrifice child'? Looks like you went out of the frying pan and into the fires of Molech!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 17:11
1
@Salmononius2 Obviously the fires are those of Sereifah of Harugei Beis Din.
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:14
1
@Salmononius2 Alternatively, in the spirit of Mishloach Minus, say that the prohibition of Molech is intimacy with a non-Jew (Megillah 25a).
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:20
1
I'm at my computer now, and the comments are funnier than the answer. My computer is dying from laughter!
– DanF
Mar 11 at 17:38
5
@DanF "My computer is dying from laughter!" So your question is moot. If we kill your computer with comedy, we don't have to worry about wizards and child sacrifice! The result is the same!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:02
16
16
Your answer may create more more problems than it solves. So you got rid of the Mechasheifah issue, but now you want to 'sacrifice child'? Looks like you went out of the frying pan and into the fires of Molech!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 17:11
Your answer may create more more problems than it solves. So you got rid of the Mechasheifah issue, but now you want to 'sacrifice child'? Looks like you went out of the frying pan and into the fires of Molech!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 17:11
1
1
@Salmononius2 Obviously the fires are those of Sereifah of Harugei Beis Din.
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:14
@Salmononius2 Obviously the fires are those of Sereifah of Harugei Beis Din.
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:14
1
1
@Salmononius2 Alternatively, in the spirit of Mishloach Minus, say that the prohibition of Molech is intimacy with a non-Jew (Megillah 25a).
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:20
@Salmononius2 Alternatively, in the spirit of Mishloach Minus, say that the prohibition of Molech is intimacy with a non-Jew (Megillah 25a).
– DonielF
Mar 11 at 17:20
1
1
I'm at my computer now, and the comments are funnier than the answer. My computer is dying from laughter!
– DanF
Mar 11 at 17:38
I'm at my computer now, and the comments are funnier than the answer. My computer is dying from laughter!
– DanF
Mar 11 at 17:38
5
5
@DanF "My computer is dying from laughter!" So your question is moot. If we kill your computer with comedy, we don't have to worry about wizards and child sacrifice! The result is the same!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:02
@DanF "My computer is dying from laughter!" So your question is moot. If we kill your computer with comedy, we don't have to worry about wizards and child sacrifice! The result is the same!
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:02
|
show 3 more comments
The installation wizard isn't really a problem, because it actually doesn't use magic. It's all just bells and whistles.
However, Linux users should be careful not to use the file command, because it does use magic.
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
Very good. Linux is a version of UNIX. It's been a long long long time since I used Unix. But, that "magic" triggered my memory, here. I forgot exactly what it is.
– DanF
Mar 12 at 14:36
add a comment |
The installation wizard isn't really a problem, because it actually doesn't use magic. It's all just bells and whistles.
However, Linux users should be careful not to use the file command, because it does use magic.
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
Very good. Linux is a version of UNIX. It's been a long long long time since I used Unix. But, that "magic" triggered my memory, here. I forgot exactly what it is.
– DanF
Mar 12 at 14:36
add a comment |
The installation wizard isn't really a problem, because it actually doesn't use magic. It's all just bells and whistles.
However, Linux users should be careful not to use the file command, because it does use magic.
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
The installation wizard isn't really a problem, because it actually doesn't use magic. It's all just bells and whistles.
However, Linux users should be careful not to use the file command, because it does use magic.
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
answered Mar 12 at 2:39
Y e zY e z
46.6k375209
46.6k375209
Very good. Linux is a version of UNIX. It's been a long long long time since I used Unix. But, that "magic" triggered my memory, here. I forgot exactly what it is.
– DanF
Mar 12 at 14:36
add a comment |
Very good. Linux is a version of UNIX. It's been a long long long time since I used Unix. But, that "magic" triggered my memory, here. I forgot exactly what it is.
– DanF
Mar 12 at 14:36
Very good. Linux is a version of UNIX. It's been a long long long time since I used Unix. But, that "magic" triggered my memory, here. I forgot exactly what it is.
– DanF
Mar 12 at 14:36
Very good. Linux is a version of UNIX. It's been a long long long time since I used Unix. But, that "magic" triggered my memory, here. I forgot exactly what it is.
– DanF
Mar 12 at 14:36
add a comment |
2
My default answer whenever I see a question about computer security and maintenance is to quote a line from the פיזמון by ר' ינקווייך titled 'Virus Alert': "Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down, Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground, Bury it completely; rocks and boulders should be fine, Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!"
– Salmononius2
Mar 11 at 18:06
1
Why am I seeing this in the review queue as “primarily opinion based”? Does someone not get the idea behind PTIJ?
– DonielF
Mar 12 at 1:42
This question came up in HNQ and took me completely by surprise. I didn't know what to expect but this was not it.
– Clonkex
Mar 12 at 5:38