[ILUG] [Slightly OT] TCP / M$

[Nick]

From: "Waider" <waider at waider.ie>
> At Thursday, 9 August 2001, Wesley Darlington <wesley at yelsew.com> wrote:
> >Perhaps tied in to something not unlike this thing called
> >a `computer driving licence'.  http://www.ecdl.com/
>
> Er. You /are/ aware that the ECDL is simply a basic certification
> in things like Word and Excel, right? Not, you know, some sort of
> regulatory
> thing?

I think he's imagining some sort of Microsoft controlled future where users
pass
some sort of driving license / competency test in ability to use the
internet, after
which they get a shiny new "passport" and plug themselves into the matrix /
collective
where they can be tracked and processed and counted and of course billed for
the
pleasure. eat my metaphor!