Blame it on Lee. He gave David permission. :)
On 11/19/02 5:13 PM, "Henri Yandell" <bayard at generationjava.com> wrote: > > Much as I'd like to reply and continue the thread, I think we've lost the > Mac plot and there's a lot of people getting spammed. > > Plus, as a Brit in the US I've finally learnt not to talk about culture, > government or religion :) > > Hen > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Bill Rising wrote: > >> On 11/19/02 15:07, Henri Yandell wrote >> >>> >>> >> [snip...] >>> >>> Does the US have any privacy laws? The way that companies happily sell my >>> information off to anyone makes me think not. >> >> I think that there is an unwritten law which is: >> >> You get what you can get away with. >> >> After all, the prez' dad won't have his iran-contra secrets revealed, >> because his son has ignored the laws which say that such /public/ >> information should be released. >> >> So... it seems that we are having accountability of the individual, down >> to the amount of corn bought, combined with deniability of the >> organization (govt., bizniz, whatever). >> >> As for Jerry's comment about the Nazis: the gathering of info doesn't >> automatically precede the rise of Killer Fools. It could be far milder >> than jackboots marching in the streets, and still be plenty bad. >> >> Imagine this: everybody dumps all their info into a big database. Some >> erroneous information goes into the big database in the sky, and you come >> under suspicion for terrorism. No amount of denial will work, of course, >> because guilty people who are clever and devious also deny their guilt. >> More likely, though is that insurance companies will find that you have a >> slightly higher risk of cancer and raise your premiums (or heck, cancel >> your insurance). Employers will find that your sentiments lie with the >> unions and not with the owners, and you cannot find a job. You may think >> that gov't has the data, but it'll be a short time until a CEO-prez >> figures out that there is money to be made selling the data. >> >> Bill >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >> >> > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
