> > On Jun 9, 2010, at 4:27 AM, Joe Greco wrote: > > >> I'm all for that, but, point is that people who fail to meet that standard > >> are > >> currently getting a free ride. IMHO, they should pay and they should have > >> the recourse of being (at least partially) reimbursed by their at-fault > >> software > >> vendors for contributory negligence. > > > > Great idea. You know, I've got a great solution for global warming. > > Let's hold all the car owners accountable for all the greenhouse gases > > their cars belch out, and let them have the recourse of being (at least > > partially) reimbursed by their at-fault car manufacturers and gasoline > > distributors for contributory negligence. > > > 1. My car emits very little greenhouse gas, so, I'm cool with that. Sounds > great to me. (I drive a Prius).
Your car emits lots of greenhouse gases. Just because it's /less/ doesn't change the fact that the Prius has an ICE. We have a Prius and a HiHy too. > 2. Manufacturers are held liable for contributory negligence when the > design of their vehicle is unsafe and causes an accident. That isn't relevant to what I suggested. > 3. We're not talking about greenhouse gasses here... We're talking > about car-wrecks on the information superhighway caused by > a combination of irresponsible operators and poor vehicle design. That wasn't the analogy I was making. I was stabbing at the whole idea behind your suggestion, by directly translating it to a real-world example. > > See how insane that sounds? > > > Actually, it sounds reasonably sane to me, but, it's not a good analogy > as noted above, so, the relative merits are mostly irrelevant. > > Owen > > > -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.