Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
It is a design flaw in Wikipedia.
-Lars
I understand now why what I suggest really is tilting at windmills.
But damn... I remember an internet where the 'denizens' were relatively
benign.
Really? While the good old days are often cited, I've been on the "Internet" since the
eighties and have no recollection of such an era. Conspiracy theories, trolling, baiting, and
bias have always been commonplace Smart people adapt accordingly and the
lazy don't - oh, well.
I did say RELATIVELY benign. I too have been around since the beginning
-- I began in the early 1980s -- There was no commerce, and all too
briefly, no trojans, viruses or worms.
he Morris worm arrived in late 1988 but it was not released with
malicious intent. He intended to gauge the size of the net, and he
screwed up the replication mechanism. He should have tested the damn
thing on a simulator before releasing it.
But like any situation where human beings are involve, there was porn
from the start, there was arguing, and back biting, sometimes bitter,
but none of the commerce driven stuff we have today. Conspiracy,
absolutely. While there were ideas that couldn't bear the weight of
careful examination. But the entire set of net protocols were designed
for a relatively benign population. And PC software was clearly
designed without any attention to security. Otherwise we would be a lot
safer than we are.
Smart people do adapt, that is true. I don't know about lazy, but the
stupid have no equipment with which to adapt.
Warmest Regards
David Teague
