On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:12:35PM -0800, Lucky Green wrote:
| In other words, the new WaveLAN cards are shipping with a remote
| off-switch held by minor government officials. Let's recap the
| initiatives currently underway by both governments and major software
| vendors:
|
| Remote disabling of your OS.
| Remote disabling of your applications.
| Remote disabling of your network connectivity.
| Remote invalidation, if not downright alteration, of your digital
| documents.
|
| I wonder what they'll announce next.
Local disabling of your cynicism, in room 101.
--
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
-Hume
