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Though I see the humor in rog's comment, I must say that I had NO intention or wish for this thread to go off on such a distant tangent. I shared no opinion on Hitler, President Obama, Bush, Old Bush, Bush's grandfather, or any other president. This thread was not meant to attack a political party or group of people, it was intended to bring light to a very scary, stupid, idea that could become a reality. Since we are all involve in IT in one form or another, I felt this information worthy of the list. In fact, this thread has NOTHING todo with Hitler. Since I started the thread, I am deciding that. STOP TALKING ABOUT HITLER ON THIS THREAD. Not only is Hitler to far tangent for this discussion, but nobody seems to care and the discussion about the original topic is dissolving. Hitler does not help the situation. Chris... On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Peter Manis<[email protected]> wrote: > I'm there, me and my rack lol, we'll get some stuff going, screw fios, > 320gigs to the home! > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Dino K <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It just shows how out of touch our lawmakers are, they are not keen to the >> technologies of the intarwebzz... >> >> And for pete: you bet your ass I will have a couple routers to peer with >> and I'll break out the ladder and start stringing fiber >> over telephones myself if I have to or have Roger bring me some big Wifi >> units. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Someone at the eff emailed me this with respect to the bill: >>> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/cybersecurity-act >>> >>> "The Cybersecurity Act is an example of the kind of dramatic proposal >>> that doesn't address the real problems of security, and can actually >>> make matters worse by weakening existing privacy safeguards – as >>> opposed to simpler, practical measures that create real security by >>> encouraging better computer hygiene. We’ll be watching this bill >>> carefully to ensure that it doesn’t pass in its present form." >>> >>> Hopefully this will not lead to a conversation about the third reich. >>> >>> Chris... >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Jeff Lasman<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > On Sunday 30 August 2009 07:18 pm, Dino K wrote: >>> > >>> >> I'm gonna have to agree with Chris, we are getting way off topic. >>> > >>> > Which is why I brought up Godwin's Law. >>> > >>> > From Wikipedia: >>> > >>> > <snip> >>> > There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more >>> > canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)[2] than others.[1] For >>> > example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet >>> > discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is >>> > finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" >>> > whatever debate was in progress. This principle itself is frequently >>> > referred to as Godwin's Law. It is considered poor form to raise such a >>> > comparison arbitrarily with the motive of ending the thread. There is a >>> > widely recognized codicil that any such ulterior-motive invocation of >>> > Godwin's law will be unsuccessful (this is sometimes referred to as >>> > "Quirk's Exception"). >>> > </snip> >>> > >>> > Jeff >>> > -- >>> > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services >>> > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 >>> > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only >>> > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: >>> > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > LinuxUsers mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >>> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >>> -Roger Penrose >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > > -- > Peter Manis > (678) 269-7979 > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
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