[Eug-lug] Operating Systems.

[Alan]

Ben Barrett wrote:
> Dare I say, their "negligence" is a "passive evil"....
...
>  If I ran a major petroleum
> business, I
> know that various other organizations would be on my case about the
> infrastructure
> threats & liabilities involved... shipping security, site safety, 
> etc.  IT
> is simply not
> mature and this is a major arena where the "wild west" concept still 
> has a
> hold,
> and we're still in the infancy of the web, so to speak.
>
A petroleum spill has lasting consequences for the health of the planet 
and the people.
A "router spill" means someone's myspace page gets updated every 30 
minutes rather than every 5.

> IMHO, those who provide networks & bandwidth to the masses should be 
> liable
> for what they allow to happen in their [virtual] spaces & "series of 
> pipes"
> transport
> systems.  
Liable to whom?


> Consider similar scenarios in a physical space, if you have not,
> and the
> disparity becomes pretty obvious.
Despite many attempts, the online world does not match up with the 
physical world.
What works in one is not a good basis for decisions in the other.


-ajb