Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ptsfa!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva) Newsgroups: comp.misc,misc.headlines Subject: Yet Another Wasted Debate (was Re: Hacker Scholarship) Message-ID: <394@sugar.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 08:51:34 EDT Article-I.D.: sugar.394 Posted: Mon Jul 13 08:51:34 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jul-87 06:37:09 EDT References: <2757@mtgzz.UUCP> <345@genesis.UUCP> <2318@hoptoad.uucp> <1063@killer.UUCP> Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX Lines: 20 Summary: Who needs computer time, these days? Xref: mnetor comp.misc:852 misc.headlines:1140 > [comment about breaking into systems being the only way to get computer time] First of all, let me note that I don't think "hacking" is an appropriate word, nor that kids breaking in to systems is a real problem. But I'd like to point out that if your kid with the //e had held off buying his machine he'd be able to buy an Amiga today for the same money with more CPU power than he's likely to be able to rip off and (in most cases) a better operating system... certainly a better operating environment. And, apropos of nothing at all, most security breaches are the result of people discovering passwords... if you leave your keys out on the porch you're going to get ripped off. I'm not saying that's right, just that it's a fact of life. Direct flames on *this* subject to /dev/null. Finally, hasn't this argument gone on long enough? It's about as useful as computer wars, printer wars, terminal wars, and the copy protection debate. That is... not at all. -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)