Those who read this list or watch the news of the "Wired Curtain" that is attempting to be drawn across the Net know that there is a theory out there that government Denial of Service Attacks (GDOS) are a real threat. The GDOS theory holds that if government legislates or even threatens litigation against the provision of a particular service, the providers of the service will fold and the public will be unable to obtain the banned service. In the case of the net this is the "Do Not <--'Enter" theory. The governments claim that by threat, deception, or nuclear weapons, they can keep millions of us from hitting the <--'Enter key and thus transmitting banned material. That is a very fine control regime indeed. (Original meaning of 'fine' of course.) If the governments had this GDOS power; this Do Not <--'Enter power, then the article on the front page of today's New York Times could not have been written. "Behind a Suburban Facade in Queens, A Teeming, Angry Urban Arithmetic" is the annual NYT article on the spread of illegal apartments throughout the Region. From the humblest urban ghetto to the swankiest suburbs, denizens of the TriState area are converting one- and two-family dwellings into two- three- or four-family (and denser) dwellings. These illegal apartments are commonplace and illegal. This has been true (and written about) for years. Here we have a physical service (apartment rental), difficult to hide, and illegal which is offered by hundreds of thousands of property owners in this area. The GDOS theory holds that this can't happen. "All they have to do is pass a law." Note that the GDOS theories that involve our activities say that once the government passes a law, no one (or hardly anyone) will offer an anonymous Net account, or an uncensored ISP connection, or an un IDed financial account, or an uncensored news server, etc. That all government has to do is pass a law and all transactions will be carried out in rigid conformity to its dictates. I say nonsense. If the government can't keep thousands of property owners (with their physical property at risk) from offering it for rent illegally, in an "open, notorious, and continuous" manner; then they aren't going to be able to keep very many of us from hitting <--'Enter. DCF "During Fiscal 1996, the Government of the United States collected more taxes from the American people than any government had ever collected before in the history of mankind. During Fiscal 1997, the Government of the United States plans to collect more taxes from the American people than any government has ever collected before in the history of mankind. And still it's not enough."