From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,dbd35bb508093bd9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-06 07:35:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New Ada compiler for .NET Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:35:02 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3DEA5CC0.6B435E66@adaworks.com> <1039118476.628446@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1039187333.113972@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1039188902 12915 129.241.83.78 (6 Dec 2002 15:35:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:35:02 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31493 Date: 2002-12-06T15:35:02+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > It's very simple. If you buy something, unless you have made a > contract specifying otherwise, your purchase is not a secret. If > you walk around in a public street, anyone is free to follow you > and look at what you do. What about when you talk on your phone in your home? Or peek into your bedroom in evenings/night? Where do you draw the line of privacy? Not everybody wants to be in Big Brother. Another point is that how do you know that such a system isn't abused. Industrial espionage for example. -- Preben Randhol ------------------------ http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- �1984 is soon coming to a computer near you.�