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Re: Trusted computing [WAS new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]



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On 01/13/08 17:07, David wrote:
> Hal Finney wrote:
[snip]
> 
> There is no critique of open source formats here (I've been meaning to
> check back on the Open Bios project for a while), but I do endorse full
> control being in the hands of the enduser, especially in regard to the
> internet. Once control is translated to the network, the controllers of
> the network dictate access and content and the most innovative
> environment in the history of the species degenerates to the state of
> being no more than cable tv, on speed, replete with ads.
> 
> It is of the utmost importance that the control factor is kept at the
> 'edge' of the 'net, in the hands of the enduser and that the network
> itself, is kept in as simple a state as possible.

Here in the US, 99.5% of the people who regularly use the intarweb
couldn't secure their computer with a map, both hands and a flashlight.


- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian
because I hate vegetables!"
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