Comments on: Farenheit 2577

by: Linkmeister

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Somebody over at Corante’s Moore’s Lore column likened it to terrorism. Sounds good to me.

Senator Hatch has no intellectual honesty, as we all know from his flip-flops on how judicial nominees should be treated.

by: Bob

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It’s, like, really stupid. (A favorite of the young folks.)

by: Rook

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

You could try and get up to 35% of my cerebrum, but you’d have to find it first. I’ve been looking for it myself for many years. You know what, just nothing up there. Seriously, it’s empty as a dry coconut, which is not to be mistaken for a coco bean-though I’ve made that mistake. Trust me on this, coco taste better made from the bean…………
Ah, what were we talking about?
Hey! Look! More WMD! Wow, these things are just laying all over the place.

by: CrackerHacker

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Any one want to hack back at these a–holes?

by: Tiffany

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Speaking as a Utah voter, I think it’s only worth saying that I didn’t vote for him in the last go-round and he certainly won’t be receiving my vote should he run again.

What an idiot.

by: Chicory

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Talk about a flame war!

Can’t wait to see how the effects state universities.

by: Anonymous

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Is this the first step to further plans for “2577″-ing computers for visiting other types of sites deemed unacceptable to those in charge?

by: Murray

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It would be like putting someone in jail for 25 years for smoking a joint. Oh, wait a minute, we do that. Thanks Orin.

by: Kris

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

In the highly unlikely scenario where a proposal like this actually becomes a law, how in the world are they going to inforce it? Do they honestly belive that I’m going to allow someone like the RIAA to scan my computer for material?

If the RIAA (or other enforcement body) circumvents my firewall and other security software, does that make them liable for property destruction? Especially if they destroy files that I created or legally obtained.

Finally, I just can’t see this happening without a whole lot of support from the software community. Sure, Microsoft will probably get (further) in bed with the RIAA and make such searches possible, but what about Apple? What about Linux? What about BSD, Solaris, and the BeOS? What about the old 486 lying in my basement running DOS 6.0?

From an ethics point of view, I don’t think this is a good idea. From a software point of view, I think this is impossible.

by: tim

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I like Frank Zappa’s analogy quoted by Salon.com when he was talking about the PMRC in the 80’s - “The equivalent of treating dandruff by decapitation.”