Date: 08/20/2003 03:21 PM
From: Russ Abbott ([email protected])
Subject: Geeks Grapple With Virus Invasion
As in nature, the most effective protection against a catastrophic virus is diversity ("Geeks Grapple With Virus Invasion," Aug. 21, 2003).
Even if a virus affects all machines of one type, it is unlikely to affect all machines of all types. The more diversity, the less likely a virus attack is to have a major societal impact. Microsoft's monopoly makes viruses that much more dangerous.
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Date: 08/21/2003 06:31 AM
From: Mike Potter ([email protected])
Subject: Patriot Act II Resurrected?
A 200-year sentence? I'd suggest that somebody involved in "hatching" this bill is a brick short of a load ("Patriot Act II Resurrected?," Aug. 21, 2003).
But maybe they're just lazy and picked the first round number that came to their heads. With this kind of thinking, it's not hard to see why the power grid failed.
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Date: 08/21/2003 12:54 PM
From: david courson ([email protected])
Subject: Patriot Act II Resurrected?
I can only guess that Ashcroft must be a direct descendent of the court of King George and that his intention is to bring the Constitution in line with the era when the common man had no real need for rights ("Patriot Act II Resurrected?," Aug. 21, 2003).
Ashcroft simply is trying to right the grave error that our forefathers made. Long live the Georges.
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Date: 08/21/2003 10:35 PM
From: Brian Schaefer ([email protected])
Subject: Patriot Act II Resurrected?
The audacity of Hatch and the Justice Department regarding their exploitation of 9/11 for their shared Stalinistic vision of America is something worth screaming bloody murder about ("Patriot Act II Resurrected?," Aug. 21, 2003).
The fact that so few are screaming or even concerned about their intentions suggests most Americans know little about why this nation was formed and why its founders were more revolutionary than anyone before them. So it goes.
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