Re: Destroying computers
At 01:07 AM 6/19/03 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote:
Methinks Mr Hatch is not a very bright man.
If Orrin Hatch proposes such a thing, we can propose technologies which identify those from .gov or .mil or other Congress/Gov't. domains and send lethal viruses and suchlike back to them to destroy their machines if
A Southern senator. Need I say more? Usual suspect wrote: they
illegally connect to our machines.
Trivial to do, and legal, if they are advised and consent by clicking through. M$'s auto bug- / RAMsnooping- reporting is legal since the lUsers agreed. One man's trojan is another's remote control / file sharing program, baby. Similarly an encryption program that won't decrypt without a license. I have often considered releasing binaries with a EULA that stipulates various actions taken if found to be running on machines whose IP address reverse-lookups to an evil, (specified) TLD. No different than a demo program that won't save results without a license; if the license is granted automatically for non-evil TLDs. Similarly with M$'s auto posting of RAM. Of course, that astronomy Professor Usher would be pretty bummed when his research was toasted by an RIAA killbot, but then the Prof employs a provocatory surname, no? "Collateral damage" -hey, he could change his name, after all. Maybe to David Nelson :-) ---- If programmers are liable for security flaws in code, are legislators liable for unconstitutional laws they pass?
On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 07:41 AM, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
At 01:07 AM 6/19/03 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote:
Methinks Mr Hatch is not a very bright man.
A Southern senator. Need I say more?
Except Utah is not in the South by anybody's definition.
Of course, that astronomy Professor Usher would be pretty bummed when his research was toasted by an RIAA killbot, but then the Prof employs a
provocatory surname, no? "Collateral damage" -hey, he could change his name, after all. Maybe to David Nelson :-)
I was going to mention Prof. Usher in a follow-up I was mentally planning a few minutes ago. For those who may not have heard about him, he's a retired astronomy prof. who included a .MP3 of one of his own songs on his Web site. The record company conglomerate representing the negro minstrel named "Usher" somehow found his site, found that it had .MP3 files, and made the assumption the site was pirating the minstrel Usher's music. They fired off threatening letters and demanded action. Had Orrin Hatche's seek and destroy software been available, his site would have been toast. When the record company was informed of the truth, they proposed to send him a free Usher t-shirt. Just what a retired white astronomy prof wants, the t-shirt of a negro rap crapper. --Tim May
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