I like the ideas that the House presented, to say the least, they made me laugh. First is the idea to draft a bill to make it illegal to write a virus. How can this be one of the "few exceptions to the first ammendment," so soon after the Supreme Court just ruled that source code, and programming code in general *IS* protected by the first amendment, wouldn't that mean that virii are also included? It seems to me that the House Committe has never heard of Marbury vs. Madison. Furthermore, since the Melissa "virus" was actually a worm, where is the line drawn? Will worms be made illegal? If so, yeah that's smart, seeing as worms can easily accidentally be made (see the first worm by Robert Morris), if it's not, then where does it get them?

Another funny thing about the House Committe of Science, is the IDEA that they can get a bill passed restricting whom private corporations may employ. Is that another right that also can be made into an exception?

Oh well, like before it's just a bunch of bullshit. The best was when a few weeks ago, the AV industry and all the media got all up in arms about the "new 911 virus." Correct me if I'm wrong, but there has been a virus that does since ummmmm..... 1994? I remeber BBSing and seeing it in the virii section of boards. God this is pathetic.

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