Is there really a point?
by Chris on Aug.20, 2005, under General Thoughts, Internet and Rants
Well, it’s more noise, more erosion…
This “travesty of legal action”:http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=906ecfe4-1adc-45e2-998d-cb5c96f01fb2 (also referenced “here”:http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2005/08/20/1180942-sun.html, “here”:http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/soundoff/story.html?id=1f0563cf-c372-4224-a917-5a3f27e0455b, “here”:http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=360edf23-b247-4f51-af14-45ced083696a, and “here”:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050819/COTLER17/TPNational/Canada) is… well, it’s pretty nasty.
Read it. And then marvel at the vast silence in the media (after a possible two or three days of notice) on the subject. And marvel further at the staggering indifference of the population at large to this.
This class of stupidity makes me sad.
August 22nd, 2005 on 10:28 pm
I don’t think it’s really fair to call that stupidity. Regardless, it’s kind of scary.
Since they are referring to specifically websites used for purchasing and financial transactions, how would that influence how you develop your software? Or would it?
Also, since it is putting such a high demand on isp’s, could it affect the level of service or the price since they may have to employ more people to aid the polic? Quite frankly, if they put you on hold for over 20 min before even talking to you, I’m sceptical that within their current staffing they could respond within 30 minutes to the police.