-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 17:53:52 -0800 From: Franklin Wayne Poley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Robot-for-President] Re: [transhumantech] Re: New Technologies Imperil Humanity From: "Franklin Wayne Poley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bill Joy is correct...up to a point. But consider that humankind is about to take off into the Cosmos. The technologies he fears today will be child's play compared to what will be used in a century or two or three. But those technologies are a necessary part of having humankind "growing up" and taking its place in the Cosmos. FWP. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 5:41 PM Subject: [transhumantech] Re: New Technologies Imperil Humanity >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kragen Sitaker) > >Bill Joy said: >> "It is no exaggeration to say we are on the cusp of the further perfection >> of extreme evil,'' Joy writes. "An evil whose possibility spreads well >> beyond that which weapons of mass destruction bequeathed to nation states on >> to surprising and terrible empowerment of extreme individuals.'' > >Yeah, I guess this wasn't news to me after I read the results of the >Internet Auditing Project. The question is, what do we do about it? > >Here's my fear. In the next year or two, someone is going to write a >worm that penetrates more than a million computers on the Internet. >They will be quiet about it. They will use this access to embed their >worm into widely-used operating systems. > >Their power to spy on other people will be limited only by their >ability to spirit the results of their espionage out through covert >channels. Their power to blackmail and deceive will be immense. Their >power to cut off Internet service to the likes of Yahoo --- should they >choose to exercise it --- would be unstoppable. Their power to >embezzle money from innocent people would be immense. > >I considered doing it myself --- because whoever does this will also be >in an unsurpassed position to close the ubiquitous security holes that >infest the world's computers. I decided I couldn't trust myself with >the power. > >-- ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kragen Sitaker <http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/> >The Internet stock bubble didn't burst on 1999-11-08. Hurrah! ><URL:http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/bubble.html> >The power didn't go out on 2000-01-01 either. :) > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >DON'T HATE YOUR RATE! >Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as >0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. >Apply NOW! >http://click.egroups.com/1/2120/4/_/618879/_/952998107/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Community email addresses: > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/transhumantech >Old archive: > http://mail.planetx.com/transhumantech/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! http://click.egroups.com/1/937/4/_/433155/_/952999095/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** The Era of Total Automation is Now *** <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
