Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!kevvy@AMSAA.ARPA From: kevvy@AMSAA.ARPA (RAMD-SUM) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Times have changed at Apple Computer ... Message-ID: <753@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 10:46:31 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.753 Posted: Fri Aug 16 10:46:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:31:32 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 17 > You call this 'hacking'?? I'd call it self-protection... [etc, spew] `Course then again, any kid who's smart enough to know anything about hardware ( I believe it possible to assume ) would have loosened a screw or two to "see what makes [something] go." Sure, Apple wants to be on everyone's good side ( there's money in that ), but let's face it- if a kid wants to get in there, screws ain't gonna do it. I've seen restraining plates with padlocks on Apples before, and it's not a pretty sight. A better idea would be to teach the kids about what's inside the computer and how to handle it- then restraints aren't neces- sary. Since such locks and things aren't effective enough ( in the long run - it slows down, but doesn't completely deter ), knowledge has to be the key. Who knows- might even spark an interest in EE... kevin%udccvax1@louie Ps: Hacking: Learning through unauthorized access