[70191] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worms versus Bots
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Tue May 4 17:19:50 2004
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 16:19:12 -0500
From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <p0610050fbcbdb1707bed@[10.0.1.40]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
chuck goolsbee wrote:
>> However, up to 90% of the users *are* stupid:
> Seriosuly though, the Internet might be a better place for it. After
> all, 90% of those "stupid" people just want email and HTTP.
Do we have a pointer to a rigorous study that indicates either
assertion?
Or is it possible there are other explanations?
What will be do when they figure out that paying us to let them hurt
themselves is a sub-optimal use of their money?
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