Obviously, another of big brother's little helpers. I personally have no need for a government that insists I live in a state of constant observation. Never in the history of mankind has such a government turned into anything but a disaster.
If it's a choice between getting killed or having some government thug analyzing every word I speak and every move I make, I'll take the ticket out. Is there no other function of life other than just living? You keep that thought, and we'll see who wins in November, because the Bushtapo is on the way out.
Comply? Don't you mean obey? Let skirt around the euphemisms,smoke and mirrors, for a bit. This is the beginning of some sort of licensing/ID of all internet users. This isn't this first time we've seen horse manure in a shiny wrapper. Don't start grumbling when the powers that be decide it's best for you to use a government ID on slashdot instead of Hard Code as your handle. Then, they can punch up your number anytime they please and check you out. Of course, they'll have some "noble" excuse. Maybe you think that's great, but not everyone enjoys big brother and its self-appointed elite running every facet of their lives.
Why isn't it just as well to investigate some type of software restriction of email volume from a particular connection, which will actually address the problem? Is it possible for a network to know when a major bundle of email has been released? How hard is Microdsoft working on finding out? If someone wants to blurt out thousands of email, let them get registered. The net Microsoft wants to cast is too wide.
Identification always precedes restrictions. So, you've just cast your vote for the government censoring/removing internet content, or hassling the web site owner until they pull it. For all we know, the spam is coming from outside of this country to force the very restrictions you support. What right does a foreign country have to influence US domestic law, if there is that possibility? Just like most laws these days, the ones causing the restrictions will get around it, the problem will remain, and the only loser will be Joe Grunt taxpayer who's getting checked out for any "suspicious" moves, forever. Who defines "suspicious", someone who sees me as a political adversary?
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Obviously, another of big brother's little helpers. I personally have no need for a government that insists I live in a state of constant observation. Never in the history of mankind has such a government turned into anything but a disaster. If it's a choice between getting killed or having some government thug analyzing every word I speak and every move I make, I'll take the ticket out. Is there no other function of life other than just living? You keep that thought, and we'll see who wins in November, because the Bushtapo is on the way out.
Comply? Don't you mean obey? Let skirt around the euphemisms,smoke and mirrors, for a bit. This is the beginning of some sort of licensing/ID of all internet users. This isn't this first time we've seen horse manure in a shiny wrapper. Don't start grumbling when the powers that be decide it's best for you to use a government ID on slashdot instead of Hard Code as your handle. Then, they can punch up your number anytime they please and check you out. Of course, they'll have some "noble" excuse. Maybe you think that's great, but not everyone enjoys big brother and its self-appointed elite running every facet of their lives.
Why isn't it just as well to investigate some type of software restriction of email volume from a particular connection, which will actually address the problem? Is it possible for a network to know when a major bundle of email has been released? How hard is Microdsoft working on finding out? If someone wants to blurt out thousands of email, let them get registered. The net Microsoft wants to cast is too wide.
Identification always precedes restrictions. So, you've just cast your vote for the government censoring/removing internet content, or hassling the web site owner until they pull it. For all we know, the spam is coming from outside of this country to force the very restrictions you support. What right does a foreign country have to influence US domestic law, if there is that possibility? Just like most laws these days, the ones causing the restrictions will get around it, the problem will remain, and the only loser will be Joe Grunt taxpayer who's getting checked out for any "suspicious" moves, forever. Who defines "suspicious", someone who sees me as a political adversary?