[LINK] Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers

Craig Sanders cas at taz.net.au
Wed Aug 16 12:35:52 AEST 2006


On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 11:19:26AM +1000, Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> Craig Sanders [cas at taz.net.au] wrote:
> > 
> > also, the fact that source code is available to be examined and fixed
> > by the user (or their agent) is (or should be) a significant mitigating
> > factor in any liability claim.
> 
> thats not relavent. who has the time or ability to strutinise code?

who has the time to read the "do not drink" label on a bottle of poison?

of course it's relevant.


> there are plenty of commie judges who will rule that whatever
> precautions you took where inadequate because the accident happened.

Vic, this isn't america. "commie" isn't the dirty insult you think
it is. we have a slightly more sophisticated understanding of what
communism and socialism are than americans do (hint: communism is not
the opposite of Mom & Apple Pie).

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)



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