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From: daniel@island.uu.net (Dan "1461 days of Bush is 1462 too many..." Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Possible Fines for Virus Perpetrator
Keywords: Morris, virus, internet
Message-ID: <454@island.uu.net>
Date: 11 Nov 88 22:21:56 GMT
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In article <6101@netnews.upenn.edu> farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu.UUCP (David Farber) writes:
> [....] I suspect you would be
>upset if a biologist let loose a recombinent dna bug to see
>what would happen, or if someone brought down the east coast
>power system to show that it can be done (and it can). 
>
>
>David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of  Penn,  Philadelphia,  PA

	What a fool!  And a professor too?!  Did you ever take
*Critical Thinking*, your professorship?  This is a "Questionable
Analogy".  Bringing down the internet *and* deleting lots of files
*and* planting worms and viruses that continue to pop up when the
internet is brought back up is orders of magnitude less serious
than:
>I am keep thinking of a scientist (I hope heshe does not exist)
>who decides to test the nuclear winter theory by starting a war.

or the release of a dna bug...

	Not only that...but what we have been talking about on the
net is an order of magnitude less serious than my example scenario of
deleted files and resurfacing worms and viruses.

>Come on now.

	Look in the mirror and say that, Mr. Farber.

	I'm sick of the general news media not being able to explain
this problem adequately, but I'm outraged that a "Prof. of CIS and EE, U
of  Penn" would mix apples and oranges.  Do us all a favor and retire.

				dan
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