-- 11 think the McCain whiners should get a life, or maybe a new candidate.

[Note: These votes were counted by hand, no optical scanning machines were used, and all hanging chads were collected and mailed to Katherine Harris.]

Now for a not entirely random sampling from the hundreds of comments and e-mails I've received. This first comes from someone known only as "The General," and judging by how he writes I'm guessing he's expecting me to salute.

Blaming Microsoft for security flaws is like blaming the guy behind the counter at the convenience store for getting robbed. He knows he's a target, and he does the best he can to prevent it. I guess they're teaching journalism majors that you can't sell newspapers without a lazy, uninformed populist message. It's certainly easier to repeat what the loud people say. Maybe the circulation numbers will shock you out of it someday.

I like the convenience-store analogy. But when a 7-Eleven gets robbed, everyone who shops there doesn't end up getting his wallet lifted. When there's a , everyone is vulnerable. We need more than security cameras here, bub.