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On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 09:44 +0100, James Fidell wrote: > tom wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 19:09 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> ... > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8117064.stm > >> --- > > While I thoroughly approve of the software I would hate to think you > > could just walk into a school/college and stick in a USB stick and do > > ANYTHING with it > > Tom te tom te tom > > On the other hand, the logical extension of this is perhaps that you > could have "your" entire computing environment stored on some sort of > "ultra-portable" storage and could then use any PC just as a source of > CPU cycles and connectivity. To a limited extent it's probably possible > to do it already. > > There are obviously environments where it shouldn't be allowed, but in > the general case being able to walk up to any PC in the world and turn > it into your personal system just the same as you have it anywhere else > is a great concept Unfortunately it leaves stuff WIDE-OPEN! From there you'd have to make sure all disks are securely encrypted so others cant touch them and from experience that leads to MSTM psychological problems - which is probably a good thing for computing but may have political ramifications. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html