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RE: CyberInsecurity: The cost of Monopoly
From: Steve Wray <steve.wray () paradise net nz>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:27:07 +1200
Yeah you know, that has always been my theory as to why, in Star Trek (and others), the control panels on starship bridges sometimes explode with sparks and smoke for no better reason than that some component on the outer hull got shot up by the Klingons (or whoever); its an important feedback mechanism ensuring that the operator knows that something is very seriously wrong. Now if only desktop PCs had such a system...
From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Cael Abal
[snip]
I believe I can safely say that easily 75% of my users would recognize that their computer needed attention if it started billowing
huge
noxious clouds of black smoke. Okay, 50% at a minimum.
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