Hackers: Computer Outlaws revisited

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Jul 27 21:59:14 2001

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:

> > You have YOUR stuff and I have MINE. You have your private space and I have
> > mine. I have both the right and responsibility to protect my private space and
> > my property. The courts have upheld the property owner's right to apply deadly
> > force in protecting his/her own life/property. This presents an option to other
> > forms of population/pest control that some might find attractive. Now all we
> > need is a way to transmit deadly force over the internet.
>
> Have you read Neuromance by William Gibson? In the book they have
> computer protection called "Black ICE" which can kill someone trying
> to break into a computer over the network.. The novel was written
> *long* before the internet we know today.

But in this case it would be molten metal ;)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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