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	<title>Comments on: Jay Rockefeller: Internet Is Public Enemy No.1, it &#8220;should never have been invented&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
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		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re wrong on the charges of egoism and childish games. That&#039;s your interpretation (which, incidentally, reveals more about you than it does me). I just call it as I see it. That&#039;s all. You&#039;re right about the waste-of-time though. You&#039;re a lost cause.

Fish don&#039;t know that fish are wet. Pigs don&#039;t know that pigs stink. Deluded people are unaware of their own delusion. You, my friend, are deluded. And, unreachable.
Feeling angry? QED.

Over and out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re wrong on the charges of egoism and childish games. That&#8217;s your interpretation (which, incidentally, reveals more about you than it does me). I just call it as I see it. That&#8217;s all. You&#8217;re right about the waste-of-time though. You&#8217;re a lost cause.</p>
<p>Fish don&#8217;t know that fish are wet. Pigs don&#8217;t know that pigs stink. Deluded people are unaware of their own delusion. You, my friend, are deluded. And, unreachable.<br />
Feeling angry? QED.</p>
<p>Over and out.</p>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-1114</link>
		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re wrong on the charges of egoism and childish games. That&#039;s your interpretation (which, incidentally, reveals more about you than it does me). I just call it as I see it. That&#039;s all. You&#039;re right about the waste-of-time though. You&#039;re a lost cause.

Fish don&#039;t know that fish are wet. Pigs don&#039;t know that pigs stink. Deluded people are unaware of their own delusion. You, my friend, are deluded. And, unreachable.
Feeling angry? QED.

Over and out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re wrong on the charges of egoism and childish games. That&#8217;s your interpretation (which, incidentally, reveals more about you than it does me). I just call it as I see it. That&#8217;s all. You&#8217;re right about the waste-of-time though. You&#8217;re a lost cause.</p>
<p>Fish don&#8217;t know that fish are wet. Pigs don&#8217;t know that pigs stink. Deluded people are unaware of their own delusion. You, my friend, are deluded. And, unreachable.<br />
Feeling angry? QED.</p>
<p>Over and out.</p>
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		<title>By: Ed</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-520</link>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sadly, in the truest sense of the word, you are editing my opinion for what would appear to be some egoistic personal gain. This is dreadfully tiresome.

I suggest you Read Rouseeau&#039;s &#039;Social Contract&#039;, read the rest of what I wrote (not just the first sentence), the accompanying text with the film excerpt (to give the clip valuable context), and end this childish tit-for-tat prattle as it is waste of my - but, ironically, most of all your - time on this good earth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, in the truest sense of the word, you are editing my opinion for what would appear to be some egoistic personal gain. This is dreadfully tiresome.</p>
<p>I suggest you Read Rouseeau&#8217;s &#8216;Social Contract&#8217;, read the rest of what I wrote (not just the first sentence), the accompanying text with the film excerpt (to give the clip valuable context), and end this childish tit-for-tat prattle as it is waste of my &#8211; but, ironically, most of all your &#8211; time on this good earth.</p>
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		<title>By: Ed</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-1115</link>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sadly, in the truest sense of the word, you are editing my opinion for what would appear to be some egoistic personal gain. This is dreadfully tiresome.

I suggest you Read Rouseeau&#039;s &#039;Social Contract&#039;, read the rest of what I wrote (not just the first sentence), the accompanying text with the film excerpt (to give the clip valuable context), and end this childish tit-for-tat prattle as it is waste of my - but, ironically, most of all your - time on this good earth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, in the truest sense of the word, you are editing my opinion for what would appear to be some egoistic personal gain. This is dreadfully tiresome.</p>
<p>I suggest you Read Rouseeau&#8217;s &#8216;Social Contract&#8217;, read the rest of what I wrote (not just the first sentence), the accompanying text with the film excerpt (to give the clip valuable context), and end this childish tit-for-tat prattle as it is waste of my &#8211; but, ironically, most of all your &#8211; time on this good earth.</p>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-518</link>
		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>With the greatest of respect, it could be suggested that &quot;arguments that run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives&quot;

That lead to the following:

&quot;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&quot;

Are worth fuck all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the greatest of respect, it could be suggested that &#8220;arguments that run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives&#8221;</p>
<p>That lead to the following:</p>
<p>&#8220;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&#8221;</p>
<p>Are worth fuck all.</p>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-1113</link>
		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>With the greatest of respect, it could be suggested that &quot;arguments that run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives&quot;

That lead to the following:

&quot;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&quot;

Are worth fuck all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the greatest of respect, it could be suggested that &#8220;arguments that run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives&#8221;</p>
<p>That lead to the following:</p>
<p>&#8220;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&#8221;</p>
<p>Are worth fuck all.</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-524</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course he hates the Net.  All of the Elite hate the fact that it is in the hands of the hoi polloi.  They want it shut down or monitored and have many plans to curb this, one of the last freedoms allowed thinking creative people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course he hates the Net.  All of the Elite hate the fact that it is in the hands of the hoi polloi.  They want it shut down or monitored and have many plans to curb this, one of the last freedoms allowed thinking creative people.</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-1119</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course he hates the Net.  All of the Elite hate the fact that it is in the hands of the hoi polloi.  They want it shut down or monitored and have many plans to curb this, one of the last freedoms allowed thinking creative people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course he hates the Net.  All of the Elite hate the fact that it is in the hands of the hoi polloi.  They want it shut down or monitored and have many plans to curb this, one of the last freedoms allowed thinking creative people.</p>
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		<title>By: Ed</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-523</link>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(Jus&#039; for fun)

The denial of basic human rights use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of highly trained experts in transportation and murder located all around the world. Ordinary people are turned into empty vessels that carry out thousands of orders resulting in the death of millions of innocent civilians every minute. Not hard to bomb 3 million women and children and hard working civilian men out of their homes in a single day. And that’s just the most rudimentary form of attack.

Any military strategist will tell you that this is a real and present danger to any society that values morality and an ethical basis in basic Christian family values. A well targetted attack of many thousands of experts in demolition and murder brings down thriving cultures, whole civilisations. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of ordinary Western people&#039;s sense of perspective , etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.

- The arguments for my, admittedly flippant and unfocused, remarks run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives. Sadly I don&#039;t have the time or the money to fully explain it here. Please take the little jibe above in good humour.

As regards my offensive remarks. Indeed. I did break my own rule there didn&#039;t I. 400 lashes for me before bed.

Wise men drink while poor men think, Professor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Jus&#8217; for fun)</p>
<p>The denial of basic human rights use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of highly trained experts in transportation and murder located all around the world. Ordinary people are turned into empty vessels that carry out thousands of orders resulting in the death of millions of innocent civilians every minute. Not hard to bomb 3 million women and children and hard working civilian men out of their homes in a single day. And that’s just the most rudimentary form of attack.</p>
<p>Any military strategist will tell you that this is a real and present danger to any society that values morality and an ethical basis in basic Christian family values. A well targetted attack of many thousands of experts in demolition and murder brings down thriving cultures, whole civilisations. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of ordinary Western people&#8217;s sense of perspective , etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.</p>
<p>- The arguments for my, admittedly flippant and unfocused, remarks run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives. Sadly I don&#8217;t have the time or the money to fully explain it here. Please take the little jibe above in good humour.</p>
<p>As regards my offensive remarks. Indeed. I did break my own rule there didn&#8217;t I. 400 lashes for me before bed.</p>
<p>Wise men drink while poor men think, Professor.</p>
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		<title>By: Ed</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-1118</link>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(Jus&#039; for fun)

The denial of basic human rights use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of highly trained experts in transportation and murder located all around the world. Ordinary people are turned into empty vessels that carry out thousands of orders resulting in the death of millions of innocent civilians every minute. Not hard to bomb 3 million women and children and hard working civilian men out of their homes in a single day. And that’s just the most rudimentary form of attack.

Any military strategist will tell you that this is a real and present danger to any society that values morality and an ethical basis in basic Christian family values. A well targetted attack of many thousands of experts in demolition and murder brings down thriving cultures, whole civilisations. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of ordinary Western people&#039;s sense of perspective , etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.

- The arguments for my, admittedly flippant and unfocused, remarks run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives. Sadly I don&#039;t have the time or the money to fully explain it here. Please take the little jibe above in good humour.

As regards my offensive remarks. Indeed. I did break my own rule there didn&#039;t I. 400 lashes for me before bed.

Wise men drink while poor men think, Professor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Jus&#8217; for fun)</p>
<p>The denial of basic human rights use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of highly trained experts in transportation and murder located all around the world. Ordinary people are turned into empty vessels that carry out thousands of orders resulting in the death of millions of innocent civilians every minute. Not hard to bomb 3 million women and children and hard working civilian men out of their homes in a single day. And that’s just the most rudimentary form of attack.</p>
<p>Any military strategist will tell you that this is a real and present danger to any society that values morality and an ethical basis in basic Christian family values. A well targetted attack of many thousands of experts in demolition and murder brings down thriving cultures, whole civilisations. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of ordinary Western people&#8217;s sense of perspective , etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.</p>
<p>- The arguments for my, admittedly flippant and unfocused, remarks run wide, are many-headed, and go deep, deep, deep through multiple disciplines and perspectives. Sadly I don&#8217;t have the time or the money to fully explain it here. Please take the little jibe above in good humour.</p>
<p>As regards my offensive remarks. Indeed. I did break my own rule there didn&#8217;t I. 400 lashes for me before bed.</p>
<p>Wise men drink while poor men think, Professor.</p>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-522</link>
		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apologies. I misquoted you.
Your original comment stated:

&quot;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&quot;

I&#039;m sure I remember reading something about &quot;offensive, disrepectful comments will not be tolerated on radical films.&quot; Hmmm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apologies. I misquoted you.<br />
Your original comment stated:</p>
<p>&#8220;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure I remember reading something about &#8220;offensive, disrepectful comments will not be tolerated on radical films.&#8221; Hmmm.</p>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-1117</link>
		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apologies. I misquoted you.
Your original comment stated:

&quot;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&quot;

I&#039;m sure I remember reading something about &quot;offensive, disrepectful comments will not be tolerated on radical films.&quot; Hmmm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apologies. I misquoted you.<br />
Your original comment stated:</p>
<p>&#8220;Who is this asshole? Will somebody please f—-ing fire this dickhead.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure I remember reading something about &#8220;offensive, disrepectful comments will not be tolerated on radical films.&#8221; Hmmm.</p>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-521</link>
		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, to give Sen Rockerfeller the benefit of the doubt, he actually says &quot;It almost makes you ask the question would it have been better if the internet had never been invented . . . and that&#039;s a stupid thing to say, but it has genuine consequences because it&#039;s on the internet that the department of defense is attacked 3million times a day.&quot;

He says &#039;it almost makes you ask the question&#039; amd he qualifies his comments with &#039;and that&#039;s a stupid thing to say&#039;.

I think his comments are actually well balanced. By no means is he all out condemning the internet per se. He&#039;s expressing his concern.

And, I for one believe the &#039;3 million a day&#039; figure to be conservative.

You have to realize that the term &#039;attack&#039; does not necessarily mean a single hacker tapping away at a keyboard.

Denial of service attacks use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of virus infected computers located all around the world. Ordinary PCs are turned into botnets that submit thousands of page requests per minute. Not hard to reach 3 million malicious page requests in a single day. And that&#039;s just the most rudimentary form of attack.

Any network engineer will  tell you that this is a real and present danger to any computer system. A well targetted attack of many thousands of synchronous page requests brings down servers, whole networks. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of network passwords, etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.

Why would you refer to the senator as a &#039;d1ck head&#039; for expressing his concern?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, to give Sen Rockerfeller the benefit of the doubt, he actually says &#8220;It almost makes you ask the question would it have been better if the internet had never been invented . . . and that&#8217;s a stupid thing to say, but it has genuine consequences because it&#8217;s on the internet that the department of defense is attacked 3million times a day.&#8221;</p>
<p>He says &#8216;it almost makes you ask the question&#8217; amd he qualifies his comments with &#8216;and that&#8217;s a stupid thing to say&#8217;.</p>
<p>I think his comments are actually well balanced. By no means is he all out condemning the internet per se. He&#8217;s expressing his concern.</p>
<p>And, I for one believe the &#8217;3 million a day&#8217; figure to be conservative.</p>
<p>You have to realize that the term &#8216;attack&#8217; does not necessarily mean a single hacker tapping away at a keyboard.</p>
<p>Denial of service attacks use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of virus infected computers located all around the world. Ordinary PCs are turned into botnets that submit thousands of page requests per minute. Not hard to reach 3 million malicious page requests in a single day. And that&#8217;s just the most rudimentary form of attack.</p>
<p>Any network engineer will  tell you that this is a real and present danger to any computer system. A well targetted attack of many thousands of synchronous page requests brings down servers, whole networks. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of network passwords, etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.</p>
<p>Why would you refer to the senator as a &#8216;d1ck head&#8217; for expressing his concern?!</p>
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		<title>By: Prof. Stephen Hawking</title>
		<link>http://radicalfilms.co.uk/2009/03/24/jay-rockefeller-internet-is-public-enemy-no1-it-should-never-have-been-invented/comment-page-1/#comment-1116</link>
		<dc:creator>Prof. Stephen Hawking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, to give Sen Rockerfeller the benefit of the doubt, he actually says &quot;It almost makes you ask the question would it have been better if the internet had never been invented . . . and that&#039;s a stupid thing to say, but it has genuine consequences because it&#039;s on the internet that the department of defense is attacked 3million times a day.&quot;

He says &#039;it almost makes you ask the question&#039; amd he qualifies his comments with &#039;and that&#039;s a stupid thing to say&#039;.

I think his comments are actually well balanced. By no means is he all out condemning the internet per se. He&#039;s expressing his concern.

And, I for one believe the &#039;3 million a day&#039; figure to be conservative.

You have to realize that the term &#039;attack&#039; does not necessarily mean a single hacker tapping away at a keyboard.

Denial of service attacks use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of virus infected computers located all around the world. Ordinary PCs are turned into botnets that submit thousands of page requests per minute. Not hard to reach 3 million malicious page requests in a single day. And that&#039;s just the most rudimentary form of attack.

Any network engineer will  tell you that this is a real and present danger to any computer system. A well targetted attack of many thousands of synchronous page requests brings down servers, whole networks. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of network passwords, etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.

Why would you refer to the senator as a &#039;d1ck head&#039; for expressing his concern?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, to give Sen Rockerfeller the benefit of the doubt, he actually says &#8220;It almost makes you ask the question would it have been better if the internet had never been invented . . . and that&#8217;s a stupid thing to say, but it has genuine consequences because it&#8217;s on the internet that the department of defense is attacked 3million times a day.&#8221;</p>
<p>He says &#8216;it almost makes you ask the question&#8217; amd he qualifies his comments with &#8216;and that&#8217;s a stupid thing to say&#8217;.</p>
<p>I think his comments are actually well balanced. By no means is he all out condemning the internet per se. He&#8217;s expressing his concern.</p>
<p>And, I for one believe the &#8217;3 million a day&#8217; figure to be conservative.</p>
<p>You have to realize that the term &#8216;attack&#8217; does not necessarily mean a single hacker tapping away at a keyboard.</p>
<p>Denial of service attacks use orchestrated networks of hundreds or even thousands of virus infected computers located all around the world. Ordinary PCs are turned into botnets that submit thousands of page requests per minute. Not hard to reach 3 million malicious page requests in a single day. And that&#8217;s just the most rudimentary form of attack.</p>
<p>Any network engineer will  tell you that this is a real and present danger to any computer system. A well targetted attack of many thousands of synchronous page requests brings down servers, whole networks. Add to this the social engineering aspect of the illicit acquision of network passwords, etc etc. and you have a real problem on your hands.</p>
<p>Why would you refer to the senator as a &#8216;d1ck head&#8217; for expressing his concern?!</p>
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