I was about to ask "what's 'conkers'?", but that's what Wikipedia is for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker
Here in America things are simpler. Kids just throw rocks at each other. Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [email protected] http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Drsolly Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:56 PM To: David Harley Cc: [email protected]; 'Alex Eckelberry'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] DON'T DO STUPID THINGS! It isn't conkers that's the problem, it's people insufficiently trained in the safe use of conkers that's the problem. If conkers were banned, then only criminals would play conkers. On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, David Harley wrote: > > OTH, if we remove all danger from society, there's not much > > life left in that society. > > > > (Not disagreeing about stupid people, just pointing out the > > other side, such as the UK's obsession with safety which has > > resulted in nonsense like children not being able to play on > > playground equipment in some > > areas.) > > I'm not sure that sort of nonsense is restricted to the UK. However, > nannying like schools banning the playing of conkers hasn't done our public > image any good. :( > > First person to mention guns gets a chestnut stake through the heart, > though. > > -- > David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP > Director of Malware Intelligence, ESET > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
