Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:34:07 GMT

Nachi, the 'benevolent' worm has so far been responsible for shutting down a railroad and a hospital among other institutions. Please tell me no one is running a nuclear power plant on Windows… What? They are? [www.gulker.com – words and pictures from Silicon Valley]

yes, well, a few nuclear plants, an aircraft carrier or two; in a risk society occasional calamitous disasters are often traded amongst rich and poor, for various other values and uses. Windows is easy and common, who cares if we have a meltdown…. or don't.