On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Young, Beth A. wrote: > > This might be an bad analogy but here it goes: You don't blame the > Department of Transportation for bad drivers. Every body that owns a car is > responsible for the operation of their vehicle, including safety measure and > insurance in case something does happen. Why can't we expect those same > people to take responsibility for home computers? Sorry to go off topic but tangentially our society as a whole allows bad driving. We elect officials to represent our interests and the laws we have in place and how proactively and rigorously those laws are enforced also reflect on us. Lets face it, Americans are still very lax when it comes to things like drunk driving and as reporter on '60 Minutes' story said about it, if you want to kill someone, use a car, and you will most likely get away with it. <END OF RANT> > Should we make home computer users attend a mandatory licensing class and > teach them safe computing (getting a drivers license)? Maybe we should have We need multi-tiered system of recertification , especially for young drivers and older drivers. > a ticketing system and if they guilty of 3 network violations, they have to > attend class again (the dreaded traffic review course). Or if all else > fails, suspend their access to the network for a year? We need video network as they have in Japan where violators of speed limit, etc. are automatically caught and issued citation. If people start getting hit in the pocket a certain % will start driving more responsibly. But there will always be those reckless self-absorbed individuals who flagrantly ignore the law. > Now, how do you do that world wide? It always come down to that final > question....How do you get world buy in? Good question! uram@cmu.edu "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have faith." - John 20:29 - [To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@lists.gnac.net with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]