Drivers License required for surfing?

"Herman Mann" <> wrote in message news. ..
> Should a license be required to go online?
>
> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...e/tech/2095322
>
> Good idea. And also the requirement for ALL windows users to have crash
> insurance.
>
> I know this is harsh, but using windows is like drunk driving. Nobody
> cares if you just crash yourself - the problem is that you take too many
> innocents with you.
>
> HM

The idea sounds good to me, but I don't think webtv and aol users, not
to mention the "Tracker" biatches and sycophants, would appreciate
this too much.


Furi G.

Furi Geller

On 15 Sep 2003 21:55:41 -0700, (Furi Geller)
wrote:

>The idea sounds good to me, but I don't think webtv and aol users, not
>to mention the "Tracker" biatches and sycophants, would appreciate
>this too much.


I wholeheartedly believe that a system should be in place to heavily
fine the hapless dumbasses that pass along viruses after having their
machine infected due to their own negligence.

But that would be in a perfect world...

W.S. Blevins

On 15 Sep 2003 21:55:41 -0700, (Furi Geller)
wrote:


>
>The idea sounds good to me, but I don't think webtv and aol users,

That's right, you don't think.

Malev

On 15 Sep 2003 21:55:41 -0700, (Furi Geller) wrote:

>"Herman Mann" <> wrote in message news. ..
>> Should a license be required to go online?
>>
>> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...e/tech/2095322
>>
>> Good idea. And also the requirement for ALL windows users to have crash
>> insurance.
>>
>> I know this is harsh, but using windows is like drunk driving. Nobody
>> cares if you just crash yourself - the problem is that you take too many
>> innocents with you.
>>
>> HM
>
>The idea sounds good to me, but I don't think webtv and aol users, not
>to mention the "Tracker" biatches and sycophants, would appreciate
>this too much.

Most reasonable people would not appreciate it at all. The government
isn't known for making things better. Just more difficult and expensive.

The free market is already taking care of the problem. A lot of ISP's have
been closing ports and blocking traffic that never served any purpose on
the net anyway (NetBIOS, and such). Some ISP's are also pushing cable
modems with built in NAT devices. It will never stop all of the problems,
but widescale denial of service attacks can be reduced to a brief nuisance.

Keep in mind that any thoughts of the government helping out come at a
price. Some would go as far as to suggest that the government's sole
reason for even offering to help would be to place themselves in a
supervisory position. Politicians are much more interested in what all of
these free people are doing with their time.

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SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

- Ambrose Bierce

CyberDroog

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:15:33 GMT, W.S. Blevins <> wrote:

>On 15 Sep 2003 21:55:41 -0700, (Furi Geller)
>wrote:
>
>>The idea sounds good to me, but I don't think webtv and aol users, not
>>to mention the "Tracker" biatches and sycophants, would appreciate
>>this too much.
>
>
>I wholeheartedly believe that a system should be in place to heavily
>fine the hapless dumbasses that pass along viruses after having their
>machine infected due to their own negligence.
>
>But that would be in a perfect world...

Would be also incarcerate people who passed on the flu?

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SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

- Ambrose Bierce

CyberDroog

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:36:56 GMT, CyberDroog
<> wrote:

>Would be also incarcerate people who passed on the flu?


Stupidity never caused the flu, dumb****.

W.S. Blevins

Why not make it illegal to ship or offer for download an operating system
unless all inbound and outbound ports are closed by default? The OS needs to
be explicitly told which programs can access the internet. This could be
done during the system install for web browsers and email clients. But, all
other programs would need to be turned on after the install.

The average use does not know as much about security as the average OS
vendor/packager. Responsibility for out the box security belongs to the OS
provider. They cannot be allowed to hide behind assertions of limited
liability -- especially when they ask for compensation.

Fred_McGriff

>Stupidity never caused the flu, dumb****.

No, stupidity usually resorts to obscenities to win arguments. Stupidity also
does not cause computer viruses, only their propagation, like the flu, or the
Black Plague.
--
Dave "Crash" Dummy - A weapon of mass destruction

http://lists.gpick.com

\Crash\ Dummy

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:15:52 GMT, W.S. Blevins <> wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:36:56 GMT, CyberDroog
><> wrote:
>
>>Would be also incarcerate people who passed on the flu?
>
>
>Stupidity never caused the flu, dumb****.

Stupidity causes people to go to enclosed work environments when they have
the flu so they can pass it on to everyone else, pencil dick.

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PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance
to man.

- Ambrose Bierce

CyberDroog

"CyberDroog" <> wrote in message news:...
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:15:52 GMT, W.S. Blevins <> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:36:56 GMT, CyberDroog
> ><> wrote:
> >
> >>Would be also incarcerate people who passed on the flu?
> >
> >
> >Stupidity never caused the flu, dumb****.
>
> Stupidity causes people to go to enclosed work environments when they have
> the flu so they can pass it on to everyone else, pencil dick.

Isn't influenza communicable before it becomes symptomatic?
I wonder how communicable it is once symptoms become
manifest ~ is there a doctor in the house?

FromTheRafters