--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: root in FC 10 > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:19 PM > Fred Silsbee wrote: > > > > > > You don't see it do you! What you are proposing > > would take a massive intricate system to protect > people from > > themselves. SELINUX is already a super mess > duplicating controls > > already in place and adding to the CPU burden. > > > You are the one that does not see it. SELinux does not > duplicate the > existing controls. It provides a finer grade of control. > Times > change, and the need for security changes with them. There > was a > time when services like telnet, and rlogin were secure > enough for > network use. Would you advocate using them now? I > wouldn't. > > > > that is why root has its own password > > > > Oregon once had a law prohibiting people pumping gas > into their own cars. > > > > People moved to the NEW world to escape the OLD > world...for freedom > > > > Let us put warnings on knives: "beware cutting > yourself" > > > > replace lawnmower blades with weedeater cord > > > > drive to the pharmacy every time meds are due > > > > pad all steps in case somebody falls down > > > > What can we do for a bunch of angry arrogant little > boys off > > their meds and skateboards learning a little bit about > admin and becoming God! > > > > We can pad their rooms so they don't hurt > themselves! > > > > Let them take up programming and THAT will put them in > their place. > > > > Understanding concepts is the basis for intelligence > > > You forgot eliminating seat belts, air bags, anti-lock > breaks. > People need to learn not to run into things, and how to > stop on > slippery surfaces. Why help them? > > Get rid of door locks and alarm systems while you are it. > So what if > someone takes something that was left in your car, or > drives away > with the car. > > Stop plowing and salting roads. People can learn to drive > through > the snow, and handle slippery roads. After all, I did. > Driving > through 2' of snow is fun! > > Get rid of traffic lights and stop signs. Drivers will > figure out > who gets to go through the intersection first. (Big trucks > ALWAYS > have the right of way!) > > Get rid of those pesky door and window locks on houses that > make you > have to carry a key to get in. > > Lets not forget about those pesky digital garage door > opener > controls that make you enable each new control so that it > will open > your door. It was a lot more fun when you could drive down > the > street and open up everybody's garage door! > > While you are at it, why not eliminate air traffic > controllers - > think of the money that would be saved if we didn't > have to pay > them. Never mind about plains crashing into each other - > the pilots > can handle things, right? > > Why would we need any of these things? People got by > without them > years ago, so why would they need them now? > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines also spell check!!! plains should be spelled planes every one of those checks has been defeated and many are even touted to create worse problems On TV a guy in California with 41 DUIs fin -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
