On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 15:01:44 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
> That functionality isn't absent in DOS and *I* don't think it's > important anyway. We are plagued with virii and worms mostly because > some incomplete personalities see the notoriety of their efforts > as their only way to contribute to the universe. Viruses and worms and other security problems are often created by brilliant but maladjusted young people who wish to test out their abilities--to find out "what they can do" and to have an effect on the world. They are highly motivated by challenge and by self-proclaimed "secure systems". They love to hack their way into things just for the sheer pleasure of getting in where they don't belong. It's a power and control trip. If you tell them that something is "100% secure" they will work day and night to prove you wrong just for the perverse thrill of proving you wrong. If you tell them that they can't go there, that will be precisly where they want to go the most. -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
