[AusNOG] Oh this is a good laugh.

[Richard Phillis]

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 23:30 -0700, Scott Howard wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Richard Phillis
> <richard at staff.msi.net.au> wrote:
>         Yes, and the correct analogy would be that "if your car
>         detects that
>         your seatbelt isn't properly fastened, your car will refuse to
>         leave
>         your driveway".
> 
> No, that would be the correct analogy for your computer stopping you
> from accessing the Internet without AV software. Current versions of
> Windows already have the equivalent of the beeping "seatbelt" warning
> most cars have, in the form of up a pop-up that warns you if you don't
> have AV, and that you should.
> 
> The equivalent to what is being discussed here is if the ROAD was to
> stop you driving on it if your seat-belt isn't fastened.  And the idea
> makes about as much sense as that analogy too...


A valid point, however, what I'm eluding to is that no matter what the
law is on seatbelt use, there isn't a police officer in the back seat
24/7, so the analogy is flawed. There was nothing stopping me from
driving to work this morning without a seatbelt if I so chose. I'm
trusted to be smart enough to use one. If I don't, there's a 1 in 500
chance (or whatever) that I'll be caught. My car doesn't stop running if
I take it off.

I agree that analogies are silly, usually full of errors and best
avoided.

Richard