On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
You have YOUR
stuff and I have MINE. You have your private space and I have
mine. I have both the right and responsibility to protect my private space and
my property. The courts have upheld the property owner's right to apply deadly
force in protecting his/her own life/property. This presents an option to other
forms of population/pest control that some might find attractive. Now all we
need is a way to transmit deadly force over the internet.
Have you read Neuromance by William Gibson? In the book they have
computer protection called "Black ICE" which can kill someone trying
to break into a computer over the network.. The novel was written
*long* before the internet we know today.
But in this case it would be molten metal ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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