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I'm amazed with what simmering rage people on these boards talk of the virus dudes. They make it seem as though they walked in on one of these guys porking their wife! I personally don't think virus writing in general should even be a crime. If you don't take proper precautions when connecting to the Net (a public network) then you deserve what happens. I NEVER get hit with any viruses. Why? Because I take responsibity for myself. It's like a person driving a motorcycle without a helmet who gets thrown off his bike, slams his head on a telephone pole, and then complains that it should be a crime for not putting any rubber padding on the poles to protect bikers. If you take a young child out in public and don't watch him/her and a pedophile scoops him/her up and runs off, can we complain to the cops that they weren't watching our kids enough? Retarded. The only time I think it should be considered a crime is if a person writes a virus with the specific intention of causing financial harm to a corporation, so in this case I would say that this is a crime. But as for viruses in general, they really are small potatoes. It's just f*cking software! Re-install the OS and be on your way! People that equate cybercrime with real crime are spending too much time in the house and need to get out there more to see the real crimes they are comparing this to..
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli   Posted on: 10/18/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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You know why they continue?  Doink | 10/18/04
That doesn't make sense  voska | 10/18/04
You haven't been reading the news lately...  BitTwiddler | 10/18/04
Sure I have  voska | 10/18/04
Not quite..  d_jedi | 10/18/04
I disagree  vferrara | 10/18/04
I agree completely.  Kamikaze_Ohka | 10/19/04
They will use fresh fruit  Taz_z | 10/18/04
BBC 3 TV announcer:  Yen_z | 10/18/04
Thanks!  ejhonda | 10/18/04
Burma!  sbenson@... | 10/18/04
There is a very good reason  Bill4 | 10/18/04
Organised crime methods  Robert Carnegie | 10/18/04
Big talk from a bunch of cowards.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/18/04
Perhaps..  Jeff Spicoli | 10/18/04
Perhaps.. but you'll need some proof to convince me..  d_jedi | 10/18/04
what point are this freaks trying to make  V Sanders | 10/18/04
That'll scare them  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/18/04
exactly  Jeff Spicoli | 10/18/04
OK.. I should just leave this alone, but I'm going to reply..  d_jedi | 10/18/04
You SHOULD have left it alone, son..  Jeff Spicoli | 10/18/04
Maybe I should have, but not for the reasons you give..  d_jedi | 10/18/04
I could give you reasons to have left it alone.  The King's Servant | 10/19/04
Falling into the classic "religious" trap  Jeff Spicoli | 10/19/04
Re: King  d_jedi | 10/19/04
Re: Jeff  d_jedi | 10/19/04
They are in essence stealing life  Doink | 10/18/04
Almost like what Americans are doing in Iraq right now..  Jeff Spicoli | 10/18/04
Accepting your argument  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/18/04
I agree. Seven years for cruelty to a man's cat...  The King's Servant | 10/18/04
Forget about MyDoom  Doink | 10/18/04
What? I haven't got my Longhorn machine yet!  The King's Servant | 10/18/04
Time to recognize virus writers as cyber terrorists..  d_jedi | 10/18/04
A man such as myself should not be saying such things  The King's Servant | 10/18/04
Time for AVs to release a bot or such  FilledOut | 10/20/04

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