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[OT?] Orrin Hatch - Hacker, Denture Wearer, Crackpot

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Kevin Wayne Williams

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Jun 18, 2003, 5:27:12 PM6/18/03
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No spammage wrote:

> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/06/18/download.music.ap/index.html
>
> ===
> "No one is interested in destroying anyone's computer," replied Randy
> Saaf of MediaDefender Inc., a secretive Los Angeles company that
> builds technology to deliberately download pirated material very
> slowly so other users can't.
>
> "I'm interested," Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone's
> computer "may be the only way you can teach somebody about
> copyrights."
> ...
> He endorsed technology that would twice warn a computer user about
> illegal online behavior, "then destroy their computer."
> ====

Saw this over on NANAE, and thought the some of the locals here might be
interested.

KWW

Darrien

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Jun 21, 2003, 7:17:30 AM6/21/03
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59305,00.html

Main Entry: hyp・o・crite
Pronunciation: 'hi-p&-"krit
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ypocrite, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrita,
from Greek hypokritEs actor, hypocrite, from hypokrinesthai
Date: 13th century
: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion


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