every thing running on a computer should be able to say: "I am [x version ...], these are my parents [y, z, 1, ...], i was compiled by program [...] from source code [...], here are my credentials [blah, blah]"
when sent a signal from GOD. since GOD can kill you you should have the right response ready when (s)he calls. any process which does not respond should be thus cast into the outer darkness of the bits and never to return (aka a virus or unauthorized program). yes, i'm amused by conversations in debian devel at times... songbird (recursively or not cursedly yours parenthetical or knot