On Tuesday 16 December 2003 1:56 pm, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Am Di, den 16.12.2003 schrieb Wesley J Landaker um 21:34: > > On Tuesday 16 December 2003 1:08 pm, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > > > Local software can destroy (your) local stuff. > > > > Exactly my point--a mail server is local software. > > > > Just another good example of why writing software and controlling > > it's use should be left to professional commercial entities who > > know what they are doing. We definately should leave compilers and > > scripting languages out of the hands of end-users; think of the > > havoc they could cause, flooding mail servers, writing DDoS > > attacks, etc! > > A DDoS attack is something you _want_ to do. You will not do that > accidently. Well, of course, the high-class elite and enlightened employed by corporations would not ever want to perform a DDoS, only low-class terrorist-breeding end-users, which I've asserted several times should be denied access to their own computer equipment in the first place. > I mail server is a software with a high risk to break other people's > stuff just by making a very little mistake. > > Don't do somethink risky if you not /really/ need that. And you > absolutely don't need a mailserver at home. I'm so glad that you agree with me! I support the position that *anything* that is not *strictly* *necessary* (as defined by the technology nobility) should be illegal. I have some further propositions that go along with this: * No one should be allowed to run Windows for any reason. Windows is notorious for letting viruses run amok, and these annoy people. Also, Windows only really works when each user has their own computer, which is something I am totally against. The nice thing about Debian GNU/Linux is that god-ordained providers can set up their servers remotely and only allow the bare minimum access possible to those end-users righteous enough to have enough money to pay them. Because the source code is available, the corporations can easily secure their machines against viruses and hackers, and can modify the code to restrict the so-called "freedoms" that the end-user freaks are always trying to get. Of course, this is only works until one of the subvertive ruffians get his hands on some source code. * No one should be allowed to eat more than one meal a day. It's easy to survive off one meal a day. I propose that it should thus be illegal to eat more than that. It's wasteful and leads to starving people all over the world. Corporate employees (such as those that run mail servers) should *obviously* be a special exception. Well, you get the idea; I don't want to get too off-topic. > > Oh yes, and blacks to the back of the bus, please; just be happy we > > let you on at all. > > No more arguments? They had BETTER not put up any more arguments. -- Wesley J. Landaker - wjl@icecavern.net OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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