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OK.. I should just leave this alone, but I'm going to reply..
>> I personally don't think virus writing in general should even be a crime. <<

Congratulations, that takes the prize as the dumbest statement I've heard on ZDNet (or, at least, the dumbest statement that isn't completely off topic).

>> If you don't take proper precautions when connecting to the Net (a public network) then you deserve what happens. <<

OK.. so if I don't walk down the street wearing head-to-toe kevlar.. then I DESERVE to be shot for not taking the proper precautions? Ludicrous.

>> 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 <<

That's a very poor analogy. If you insist on using a car analogy, it's more like a terrorist putting a bomb onto your motorcycle, such that when you start it, it blows up. Because that's what virus writers are, cyber-terrorists.

>> ut 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! <<

And what about all of the data lost? And what about if this software that needs to be re-installed is in a hospital? The point is, PEOPLE COULD DIE because of a virus attack hitting the wrong systems at the wrong time.
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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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