🚀 go-pugleaf

The '586 password idea is interesting in that Intel allows users to
be at the mercy of viruses not only for their data, but now (or soon)
for the cpu itself. The idea of the passwords being a rip-off (not being
able to fully use what you paid for), but also being told
that that same cpu will only work for x amount of math instructions
is outrageous. I *buy* a machine to do my work for me, and i might 
very well own it for several years, and now, i must *re-buy* my machine
to do my work with it!? Second, the cpu shuts off after 3 bad password
attempts $10 says that there *WILL* be a virus that tries 00000000
3 times, nailing people's cpus. Is that something that we end users REALLY
want? 


count me out.


-- craig hagan   HAGAN@ecs.umass.edu