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Matter of National Security
If they are going to go so far as to say that people NOT keeping their personal computers safe and secure and NOT "taking cybersecurity seriously" will affect national security, then they need to come at this from a different angle.

This late in the game it will be near impossible, but maybe they should look into licensing computer users. If they think people under 18 or 16 (depending what state you're in) shouldn't be able to operate an automobile alone without first passing many tests, then why not computers?

Just my 2 cents...throwing out an idea...
Posted by: liquidmercurial   Posted on: 10/25/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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even IF you use MS stuff  Valis Keogh | 10/25/04
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And Bill Gates is Satan?  Linux_Developer | 10/25/04
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EXACTLY  Jeff Spicoli | 10/25/04
Don't plug it in  Chad_z | 10/25/04
Neither stops Spyware.  BitTwiddler | 10/25/04
Correction  seosamh_z | 10/25/04
Where in his post, did he mention Linux?  Brasonte | 10/25/04
There's nothing wrong with your eyesight then  seosamh_z | 10/25/04
not sure who is the more mentally challenged...  Valis Keogh | 10/25/04
Be nice  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/25/04
Spyware is beyond the users experience...  BitTwiddler | 10/25/04
Documenting is believing.  Anton Philidor | 10/25/04
What Irony...  realitycheck101 | 10/25/04
Great PR for MS  Richard Flude | 10/25/04
Yes, it is.  Anton Philidor | 10/25/04
Matter of National Security  liquidmercurial | 10/25/04
Ummm, because....  Jomo_z | 10/25/04
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but its true!  doh123 | 10/25/04
but its true  SC-man | 10/25/04
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Gee, And Who Is To Blame Here? MICROSLOTH!!  itanalyst | 10/25/04
AOL = Internet For Idiots.....  itanalyst | 10/25/04
Oh yes, let's get right on this  James T. Kirk | 10/25/04
Let's Also Get Rid Of Moron Posters Who Use Stupid Analogies  itanalyst | 10/25/04
Hello pot.  James T. Kirk | 10/25/04
Yes, And Maybe If ZDNet Filtered Out Retards Like You  itanalyst | 10/25/04
Dude  James T. Kirk | 10/25/04
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blame  tamuhockey | 10/25/04
Defective product  dave95 | 10/25/04
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License exam  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/25/04
Responsible?  Update victim | 10/25/04
Same old debate:  d_jedi | 10/25/04
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National Security?  rapson | 10/25/04
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Really?  Ardian Daka | 10/25/04
Even with that  FilledOut | 10/25/04
Virus writers do write viruses for Linux  voska | 10/25/04
Exaggeration  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/25/04
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Which  Linux User 147560 | 10/25/04
as an addendum to my last  Linux User 147560 | 10/25/04
We test a Linux box on an open internet connection  voska | 10/25/04
hello  wongfei | 10/02/06
what?  doh123 | 10/25/04
Time is comming ...  Ardian Daka | 10/25/04
But you didn't take into account  WhoIsDaMan | 10/25/04
Car analogies, the curse of IT  seosamh_z | 10/25/04
Yes but...  WhoIsDaMan | 10/25/04
You say:  Ardian Daka | 10/25/04
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If you can't ...  Ardian Daka | 10/26/04
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Create = Invent?  quietkey | 10/25/04
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