Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!cs!huxley!jxxl From: jxxl@huxley (John Locke) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Re: Computer Abuse / Product Liability / Criminal Statutes / ECPA Message-ID: <672@cs.nps.navy.mil> Date: 20 Jan 90 00:03:15 GMT References: <22359@usc.edu> <4948@sugar.hackercorp.com> <9738@hoptoad.uucp> <5527@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Sender: news@cs.nps.navy.mil Reply-To: jxxl@cs.nps.navy.mil (John Locke) Followup-To: alt.flame Distribution: na Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA Lines: 22 Approved: me In article <5527@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Marc Cygnus writes: > hoooOOOOwaitaminute! There's a BIGBIGBIG difference... What is this supposed to be--credible English or an excerpt from Pee Wee Herman's autobiography? > yeah right, again. it'll tell YOU, the sysadmin, by tying up completely > valuable resources like networks and cpu time. that's what happened. Am I the only sysadm who thought the entertainment from this "worm" more than compensated for any time lost or inconvenience? I'm amazed (and further entertained) by the high level of moral priggishness applied to this phenomenal event. On the one hand, everyone seems to agree that nothing like this has ever happened before. On the other hand, we have people whining about losing a couple of days work. Well, partee animals, do me a favor and go back to sleep. (Or entertain me further.) > it _really_ wasn't anything breathtakingly brilliant. Sour grapes. It was a tour de force.