Re: Diamond in the Rough: U.S. Congress Mulls Slew of Net-Sex Rules

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Fergie wrote:

> I'll only quote one paragraph of this article, which I think is
> a shining example of how whacked our U.S. lawmakers are:
>
> [snip]
>
> Dispatching "search and destroy" bots: The idea of disrupting
> peer-to-peer networks surfaced in 2002 in the House of Representatives,
> and Sen. Orrin Hatch said a year later that copyright holders should be
> allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates. Now Rep.
> Walden has revived that idea, proposing that search and destroy bots be
> launched to scour the Internet for illicit content. 
>
> "If you could search for different things, you might be able to search
> for a known image, identify it and destroy it," Walden suggested. He
> dubbed the idea "technologically scan and destroy." 
>
>
> [snip]
>
> Freekin' amazing.
>
> After you've finished laughing, you can read this reast of their
> bright ideas here:
>
>  http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6088627.html
>
> Enjoy. :-)
 
Hmm.

I have a search-and-destroy bot, perhaps he could buy it for $20 billion, 
or I'll trade it for the overpriced Health System we're buying from you 
guys.

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