It just shows how out of touch our lawmakers are, they are not keen to the technologies of the intarwebzz...
And for pete: you bet your ass I will have a couple routers to peer with and I'll break out the ladder and start stringing fiber over telephones myself if I have to or have Roger bring me some big Wifi units. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone at the eff emailed me this with respect to the bill: > http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/cybersecurity-act > > "The Cybersecurity Act is an example of the kind of dramatic proposal > that doesn't address the real problems of security, and can actually > make matters worse by weakening existing privacy safeguards – as > opposed to simpler, practical measures that create real security by > encouraging better computer hygiene. We’ll be watching this bill > carefully to ensure that it doesn’t pass in its present form." > > Hopefully this will not lead to a conversation about the third reich. > > Chris... > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Jeff Lasman<[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sunday 30 August 2009 07:18 pm, Dino K wrote: > > > >> I'm gonna have to agree with Chris, we are getting way off topic. > > > > Which is why I brought up Godwin's Law. > > > > From Wikipedia: > > > > <snip> > > There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more > > canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)[2] than others.[1] For > > example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet > > discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is > > finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" > > whatever debate was in progress. This principle itself is frequently > > referred to as Godwin's Law. It is considered poor form to raise such a > > comparison arbitrarily with the motive of ending the thread. There is a > > widely recognized codicil that any such ulterior-motive invocation of > > Godwin's law will be unsuccessful (this is sometimes referred to as > > "Quirk's Exception"). > > </snip> > > > > Jeff > > -- > > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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