-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 07 December 2002 7:45 pm, R. Quenett wrote: > from dep: > > " led to the current miserable situation. here in the east, we have > " similar in the form of those who think it is somehow better to let > " tens of thousands of deer starve to death than it is to shoot and > eat " the things. > > Has nothing to do with deer or grass or trees etc etc. They're just > the excuse. Fact is, it's a control issue, pure and simple.
And the last issue is why some geeks, hackers and just plain end users are joining an effort to get a large enough lobbying group to keep Congress from trying to control everything about the Internet and our personal computers. They're still trying to force everyone to buy what they misname "secure" computers (a secure computer is one that allows the government to snoop on every computer user connected to a modem, DSL, or WebTV and would outlaw opensource -- secure for government snoops and no one else). So far enormous efforts have kept this bizarre notion off the floor or being soundly defeated everytime it's come up. - -- Robert Black Eagle One gets wise only after being stupid. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9817ptjSYKkYJrmcRAk6kAKCbitq/ewT0AkudD+S3y5ea+c2+OQCfVd0m 0UhWG9o2bks0ibsPNyXuQi4= =/t1I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
