The punishment does not fit the crime. If this is a crime, it's not worth having. So the philly inq had a bad email day. So what! If they knew anything about there mail system they could have stop it. A misconfigured script or program could cause as much "damage". "damage" - has anything been broken at the philly inq? No. This not a crime but a issue for the civil courts if that. These laws, legislators who enact them, and prosecutors who argue them are STUPID STUPID STUPID!
If Verisign can't play by the rules and/or play nice then yank the TDL. Remove their administrative control quickly. I don't have time for corporate greed breaking dns. A sendmail guru once told me that "dns is like air. you poison the air and everything dies."
This gadget glut is mearly marketing. "Why just get a cell phone when you can have a cell phone that can take pictures!" Just call me captain obvious.
I don't see a good use for a cell phone that can take pictures and my old cell phone is just fine. Problem solved! Happy with my old cell I don't buy that cell phone that looks and sounds like a slot machine and I don't waste my time, money, or brain cycles. I'm all for rejecting useless, annoying products. If you want a cell phone that plays "pop goes the weasle", by all mean, enjoy yourself. I don't care.
Conversely, if there is a robot that removes brain tumors, please build them. Please build things that benefits humanity.
Microprocessors allow us to program machines to do what we want them to do. We can program useful and/or useless actions into them. You choose what products you buy. And if you code, you choose what the machine will do.
Technology we need:
Environmentally friendly transportation. High polluting vehicles are destructive. Maybe I'm lazy for driving a car. Maybe I should ride a bike. (which I do and should do more of.)
I would perfer technology that saves lives and feeds people. Maybe the third world needs a freezer that can run on very little power instead of an internet enabled freezer that sucks electricity.
Environmentally friendly energy production.
That should keep us busy for a while.....
Give SCO a call, write an email and/or a letter. Let SCO know of your dissatisfaction. This seems like an appropriate action.
Maybe a Linux defence fund is next.
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The punishment does not fit the crime. If this is a crime, it's not worth having. So the philly inq had a bad email day. So what! If they knew anything about there mail system they could have stop it. A misconfigured script or program could cause as much "damage". "damage" - has anything been broken at the philly inq? No. This not a crime but a issue for the civil courts if that. These laws, legislators who enact them, and prosecutors who argue them are STUPID STUPID STUPID!
If Verisign can't play by the rules and/or play nice then yank the TDL. Remove their administrative control quickly. I don't have time for corporate greed breaking dns. A sendmail guru once told me that "dns is like air. you poison the air and everything dies."
This gadget glut is mearly marketing. "Why just get a cell phone when you can have a cell phone that can take pictures!" Just call me captain obvious. I don't see a good use for a cell phone that can take pictures and my old cell phone is just fine. Problem solved! Happy with my old cell I don't buy that cell phone that looks and sounds like a slot machine and I don't waste my time, money, or brain cycles. I'm all for rejecting useless, annoying products. If you want a cell phone that plays "pop goes the weasle", by all mean, enjoy yourself. I don't care. Conversely, if there is a robot that removes brain tumors, please build them. Please build things that benefits humanity. Microprocessors allow us to program machines to do what we want them to do. We can program useful and/or useless actions into them. You choose what products you buy. And if you code, you choose what the machine will do. Technology we need: Environmentally friendly transportation. High polluting vehicles are destructive. Maybe I'm lazy for driving a car. Maybe I should ride a bike. (which I do and should do more of.) I would perfer technology that saves lives and feeds people. Maybe the third world needs a freezer that can run on very little power instead of an internet enabled freezer that sucks electricity. Environmentally friendly energy production. That should keep us busy for a while.....
Give SCO a call, write an email and/or a letter. Let SCO know of your dissatisfaction. This seems like an appropriate action. Maybe a Linux defence fund is next.