Outlawing general purpose computers *is* feasible

2002-07-02 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:31 PM 7/1/02 -0700, Tim May wrote: Unfortunately it is being introduced at the same time as there is legislation proposed, the SSSCA, to outlaw general purpose computers Anyone who believes this, or even repeats it as a rumor, is on drugs. I have half a dozen computers, all usable in

Re: Outlawing general purpose computers *is* feasible

2002-07-02 Thread jamesd
-- Tim May: I have half a dozen computers, all usable in various ways. Not even in a Chinese-type police state could these legally-acquired computers, acquired for a lot of money, be declared outlawed. Major Variola (ret) First you register them. Then declare them a public