Re: Favoritre anime starships


Abraham Evangelista wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 04:01:47 GMT, rgorman@xxxxxxxxx (David Johnston)
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:15:38 -0500, Rob Kelk <robkelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:46:36 +0100, ender <echo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:59:10 -0500, Rob Kelk wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Why was the system set up to allow "vandalism" in the first place?
> >>>
> >>>That's the same as asking "why does the e-mail system allow spamming".
> >>
> >>No, it isn't. The standards for Internet e-mail were written back when
> >>only governments, universities, and defence contractors had access to
> >>the system, and spam wasn't even imagined. The software for Wikipedia
> >>was written after spam became a fact of Internet e-mail, DDoS attacks on
> >>websites became a security concern, and the big HipCrime attacks on
> >>Usenet were (mostly) cleaned up. Knowing enough to defend against
> >>e-mail spam would have required reliable precognition; knowing enough to
> >>defend against wiki vandalization required only basic knowledge of the
> >>need for Internet security.
> >
> >It would also require a method for actually doing it. No such method
> >exists.
>
> Um... how about verified logins? You know those... the same methods
> they use for user accountability on just about every other system...

Wow ... I don't think it's possible you could "get this" any less.

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