Peter writes: > Basically, it's a crime in Canada to use somebody > else's compute cycles without permission ... So your e-mail to this list committed a felony, since it reached my machine without my explicit authorization and used compute cycles thereon ... right? If not, explain why not. > BTW, those who think SPAM is "too cheap to meter" > need to look at the total costs involved in providing > services ... And those who say that spam is "too costly to tolerate" need to look at the total cost of downloading advertisements, animations, active content, and pop-ups when visiting Web sites--none of which are normally authorized by the person visiting the sites. Why isn't that illegal? > My kids' school pays a part time sysadmin who > in turn makes use of a couple of technically literate > parents to help him with various chores as he's > still learning his craft. Gee, that's reassuring!