The tools would have been developed anyway, so it's really a non-issue.
I guess it's a pretty good issue: we only have incontrollable spam today because it was all fine and rosy in the beginning, and now every single server runs a flawed system. Developing good systems takes time and "feedback" (i.e. hack-me, fix-me cycles).
I truly believe that laws enforcing this or that procedure are always subject to failure and legal trouble in general. What would be more reasonable is making general laws , leaving the details to more localized work.
For instance, the law should require strict identification at the airports. If you have your face on the database, you don't even need your passport, just say "cheese". If not, you'll be asked where, why, how, etc.
The only reason US Constitution still works after so many years is because it's so generic. Shouldn't the congress forget that.
Once, the Brazilian government thought it was possible to reduce crime by estinguishing gun registrations and permissions nation-wide. Then someone without the need for popularity pointed out that most of the kills came from unregistered weapons stolen from police, the army, or imported by drug dealers.
About the 60%, my friend, 0,01% of all brazillians have their own jets, but 60% don't even have the money to buy a gun.
If the moderators gave this message a 4 because Mr. Ungrounded Lightning showed that he knows about guns, I think I'll reconsider my threshold option. Sorry, but I'm pacifist (sp?).
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The tools would have been developed anyway, so it's really a non-issue.
I guess it's a pretty good issue: we only have incontrollable spam today because it was all fine and rosy in the beginning, and now every single server runs a flawed system. Developing good systems takes time and "feedback" (i.e. hack-me, fix-me cycles).
I truly believe that laws enforcing this or that procedure are always subject to failure and legal trouble in general. What would be more reasonable is making general laws , leaving the details to more localized work.
For instance, the law should require strict identification at the airports. If you have your face on the database, you don't even need your passport, just say "cheese". If not, you'll be asked where, why, how, etc. The only reason US Constitution still works after so many years is because it's so generic. Shouldn't the congress forget that.
Once, the Brazilian government thought it was possible to reduce crime by estinguishing gun registrations and permissions nation-wide. Then someone without the need for popularity pointed out that most of the kills came from unregistered weapons stolen from police, the army, or imported by drug dealers.
About the 60%, my friend, 0,01% of all brazillians have their own jets, but 60% don't even have the money to buy a gun.
If the moderators gave this message a 4 because Mr. Ungrounded Lightning showed that he knows about guns, I think I'll reconsider my threshold option. Sorry, but I'm pacifist (sp?).