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According to a recent United Nations study, threads that go off topic in
Internet news groups are 29% more likely to cause inflammation and severe
diarrhea, provided that everyone uses different sources for their talking
points.
--
Loren
"I'm Libertarian. That means the
Republicans annoy me slightly less than
the Democrats" - Larry Elder, Nov. 2000

"Telamon" <telamon_spamshield@pacbell.net.is.invalid> wrote in message
news:s7mm6.336$Vj1.2010@open-news.pacbell.net...
> In article <F2hm6.4068$S25.61442@typhoon.sonic.net>,
>  John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote:
>
> > [POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems.cable; PLEASE REPLY THERE]
> >
> > In <3a998be1.144983802@news.lig.bellsouth.net>,
> > REMOVE_THIS_xmundt@yahoo.com (Dave Mundt) wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings and Salutations..
> > >
> > >"Keith Paxton" <neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote in message
> > >>news:IXRl6.3973
> > >>> In <kYIl6.60587$_D.11160931@typhoon.we.rr.com>, "Keith Paxton"
> > >>> <neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> >Just like more and more gun laws aren't going to keep the
> > >>> >gang-banger in the neighborhood from poppin' a cap in
> > >>> >your ass when you look at him the wrong way.
> > >>>
> > >>> The why does the USA have one of the highest violent crime rates in
the
> > >>> developed world to go along with the highest rate of private
ownership
> > >>> of lethal weapons?
> > >
> > > Hum..I would question this statement, not because I think there
> > >are that small a number of guns in the USA, but, because I think it
> > >shows more of the preconceptions of the speaker than of reality.  ...
> >
> >    Most countries have produced data on firearm deaths, allowing
> >    researchers to estimate the number of suicides, homicides and
> >    unintentional deaths by firearms, and to make international
> >    comparisons. Such comparisons must be made cautiously because of the
> >    different approaches that countries take in keeping records of public
> >    health and crime statistics. The data collected through the United
> >    Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation (1998) allow for
> >    some preliminary comparisons. Twenty-nine countries submitted
> >    statistics on the rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 population. The
> >    highest rates were reported by Columbia at 55.8, Brazil at 26.9 and
> >    the United States at 14 per 100,000 population. About 21 of the
> >    countries reported a rate of less than 5 per 100,000 population,
> >    including Canada at 4.1; Australia at 3; New Zealand at 2.9; and
> >    Sweden at 2.3. Nine countries reported a rate of one or less,
> >    including Japan at 0.07 and the United Kingdom at 0.6 (United Nations
> >    International Study on Firearm Regulation. New York. 1998).
> >
> > Bottom line: US firearms death rate is over 20 times higher than the UK
> > and Japan.
>
>
> The thread starts out with the post below and ends up talking about
> driving and firearms? Everybody on this thread in the same drinking
> party except me? Wow! Talk about running amuck!
>
> So if I see a software bug should I put my seat belt on before I run it
> over with my car or should I just pull out my .45 cal pistol and shoot
> it?
>
> Message-ID: <3A966412.9336DCD8@mynetwatchman.com> wrote
>
> The last thing I want to do is give this guy any press, but figured I'd
> send a heads up:
>
> http://www.sharesniffer.com/FAQ.html#Q-001
>
> Advocates utilizing the open shares for extra disk space "...because
> it's there".
>
> My biggest concern is that it utilizes a newsgroup repository to collect
> and dissemenate IP addresses with known open shares.  Others (including
> automated worms) could easily leverage this data, facilitating system
> compromises.
>
>
> Expect an increase in Netbios scans over the coming days....sigh.
>
>
> lb.
> -------------------------
> Lawrence Baldwin
> Protocol Scientist
> 678-624-0924
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>
> --
> Telamon
>