... if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.

Chaos is hard to create, even on the Internet. Here's an example. Go to Amazon.com. Buy a book without using SSL. Watch the total lack of chaos.

Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.

When my mother gets a prompt 'Do you want to download this?' she's going to say yes. It's disingenuous for Microsoft to give you all of these tools [in Interne…