Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!killer!pollux!bjc From: bjc@pollux.UUCP (Betty J. Clay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!! Message-ID: <12491@pollux.UUCP> Date: 22 Sep 88 09:39:04 GMT References: <681@zehntel.UUCP> <3084@hermes.ai.mit.edu> <4197@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <599@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> <378@uwslh.UUCP> <3568@s.cc.purdue.edu>Reply-To: bjc@pollux.UUCP () Organization: Department of Electrical Engineering; S.M.U.; Dallas, TX, 75275 Lines: 27 In article limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: > >IMHO, the best thing would be education. We have to teach people that >virii writing is not funny. > There was a trial in Fort Worth this week in which a man was accused of There was a trial in Fort Worth this week in which a man was accused of planting a virus in the computer of his employer (just before he was fired). He was found guilty, under a new law passed by the last Texas legislature. Sentencing has been delayed until October, but can include a jail sentence as well as a rather hefty fine. How is THAT for educating people about writing virii? >Tom >-- Betty Clay ..........killer!pollux!bjc