-=> Quoting Darin Crossland to Rick Collins <=-
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rc> Didn't you hear? Te Internet is an anarchy. There are no
rc> "police". 
dc> True... That's why I don't want to be online... Lord knows what
dc> will be comming down that line next... I've heard people
dc> bragging that they have "VIRUS SOURCE CODE" distribution
dc> points... Well... 
And crackz, and warez, and everything else you could probably find
even in Calgary.  The point is there's one heck of a lot of useful
stuff there, too (the vast majority, in fact) and you only get
exposed to what you go and see, after all.
You seem to see the Internet as a threat, while I see it as a
tremendous opportunity and advantage.  I'm having a problem with a
SCSI controller and a pair of drives.  No problem:  connect to the
appropriate sites, download the latest information about the devices
(including jumper settings for the drives, etc), and even send e-mail
to the tech support org.  That beats the hell out of a "does anybody
have the jumper settings for a XXX-YYY-ZZ drive?" commonly seen on
Fido. :-)
I don't _have_ to look at alt.crackz.warez, and if I don't look,
what's there isn't going to jump up and bite me. :-)  So what if
someone maintains a virus source site? Just go to Virus_nfo on Fido
and catch the latest source posted there.  Is it a "good idea"?  No,
but it isn't the end of the world as we know it, either.  Generally,
it's people who can't get any recognition in _normal_ society so they
turn to the "underworld" (in 80's parlance they're seduced by the
Dark Side of the Force) and become virus distributors and wannabees,
clocking the whole thing in some perverted "freedom of speech"
claptrap.  They should be pitied, not scorned.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 22 Mar 21:50 
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