The Refresh Button

Глава 1Pavel sat in his office staring at the monitor screen. The screen displayed: "Refresh page?" Below the text, a blue "OK" button was blinking."Strange," Pavel thought. "I didn't do anything."He looked at his colleagues. They were all staring at their monitors too, and they all had the same expression on their faces—something between bewilderment and resignation."Do you have this button too?" he asked Oleg from the neighboring desk."What button?" Oleg replied without taking his eyes off the screen."Well, this one—'Refresh page?'""Oh, that. I've had it for three days now. My wife says I should just click it already. But I'm thinking—what if it's a virus?"Pavel pondered this. Indeed, what if it was a virus? On the other hand—what if he didn't click? Maybe the system woul…