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To: Scumbria who wrote (72732)	2/2/1999 7:07:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria and all, Brett Glass, a ZDNet "pundit" who wrote the article "Pentium III: Big Brother Inside?" mentions that the iMac also has a built-in serial number. Can anyone verify this? I guess the difference is that Apple isn't promoting this serial number as a feature for Internet security, but the privacy concerns are still there. Unless, of course, Apple decided to remove the serial number from future Macs after watching the big Pentium III controversy. If not, perhaps the privacy advocates should also be adding Apple to their boycott list. Oh yeah, I forgot, Apple isn't the leader in personal computing. zdnet.com About the Mac.... Ironically, the iMac has a built-in serial number too, though older Macs do not. So you can't escape a built-in serial number by buying a new Mac. Some people who've e-mailed me privately have suggested that this and the Intel serial number were both requested by Microsoft, which desired to begin locking software to CPUs. Of course, there's no public evidence either for or against this claim, but it's an interesting conspiracy theory. ;-)

To: Scumbria who wrote (72732)	2/2/1999 7:34:00 PM
From: herb will	Respond to of 186894

Scumbria In re: “Congressional Republicans have decided that they will not rest until they crash the stock market” Scumbie, I have been sore perplexed reading many comments on this board today until I looked outside and saw that the moon was full. Thus I invite you to read the following article at the address below along with quotations from same. wire.ap.org Clinton Budget Would Raise Taxes “The securities industry maintained that some of the proposals would hurt the stock and bond markets and undermine some transactions.” ''It is unfortunate that the administration is proposing taxes that would raise the cost of capital for companies seeking (money) to expand and strengthen their businesses,'' said Marc Lackritz, president of the Securities Industry Association. ''A pro-investing tax policy is critical to sustaining the engine driving the American economy.'' “Congress rejected some of the same proposed tax increases last year, and they could run into trouble with lawmakers again.” Thanks, Herb

To: Scumbria who wrote (72732)	2/2/1999 8:28:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

RE:"No matter how many chances they get to rescue themselves, Congressional Republicans have decided that they will not rest until they crash the stock market. Lucky for them, Wall Street doesn't take them very seriously and is counting on at least 35 Democrats to remain sane for a couple more weeks"... If the recent market action is indicative of whats going on in Washington then we SHOULD IMPEACH more often, don't you think Scumby? Jim

To: Scumbria who wrote (72732)	2/2/1999 10:13:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Scumby - Re: "The bad news is that Democrats are notoriously feeble-minded, and may sacrifice Clinton to free themselves from the demons they created in 1974." Feeble minded - maybe. They sure love to spend OPM = Other People's Money. Paul