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From: steve.wray at paradise.net.nz (Steve Wray)
Subject: CyberInsecurity: The cost of Monopoly

Yeah you know, that has always been my theory as to why,
in Star Trek (and others), the control panels on starship
bridges sometimes explode with sparks and smoke for no better reason
than that some component on the outer hull got shot up by the
Klingons (or whoever); its an important feedback
mechanism ensuring that the operator knows that something
is very seriously wrong.

Now if only desktop PCs had such a system...

> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Cael Abal
[snip]
> I believe I can safely say that easily 75% of my users would 
> recognize that their computer needed attention if it started billowing
huge 
> noxious clouds of black smoke.
> 
> Okay, 50% at a minimum.