Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!pacbell!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucbvax!DECWRL.DEC.COM!mwm From: mwm@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Mike Meyer, Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: <9008311653.AA10570@raven.pa.dec.com> Date: 31 Aug 90 16:53:41 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 >> How about this scenario... you're told that there's a great MUD at >> [ww.xx.yy.zz], but when you telnet it it's obviously some bozo IBM >> mainframe. Is that a felony? It shouldn't be. On the other hand, if you keep hitting that port for hours because you're not sharp enough to realize that it's not what you were told and go double-check your information, then you're bordering on the criminal. You're guilty of being criminally stupid, at the very least.