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From: David E A Wilson <munnari!cs.uow.edu.au!david@uunet.uu.net>
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Subject: Re: MCI as Slamming King
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gutierre@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez) writes:

>Computers out of control:
>This should be a comp.risks issue, really.  A telemarketer sets off a
>chain of computer events that is vurtually unstoppable.  Only the
>hapless customers get to clear the aftermath ... or at least try.

This is beginning to sound like John Brunner's "The Shockwave Rider"
where with a single call a malicious person could stop your phone
service (and your credit) until you somehow managed to get the
tapeworm killed.

David Wilson	Dept Comp Sci, Uni of Wollongong	david@cs.uow.edu.au