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From: alden@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Dave Alden)
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Subject: Re: Possibly nefarious users
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Date: 7 Jun 91 21:53:49 GMT
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In article <1991Jun7.184025.25010@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>Oh, and if you made a habit of leaving your car unlocked with the keys in the
>ignition, and people came by and took it for a spin now and then, I suspect
>the cops would just laugh at you for being such an idiot if you tried to 
>prosecute them.

At first I thought you were kidding, but then I read your other posts and I
realized that you just don't have a clue.  Rather than waste bandwidth I'll
just point those with a similar opinion to the Internet worm case with Robert
Morris(sp?) - he tried a similar line of reasoning and lost in court.

...dave