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Computer networks differ in the transmission medium used to carry their signals, the communications protocols to organize network traffic, the network's size, topology, and organizational intent. | Computer networks differ in the transmission medium used to carry their signals, the communications protocols to organize network traffic, the network's size, topology, and organizational intent. | ||
| β | It would be possible to set up a virtual fish tank as described. The main issue would be to make sure that you don't accidentally let anything escape from the fish tank. Consider it like a smallpox lab. Also, some viruses are quite malicious{{Citation needed}} and will prevent a computer from running normally, or at all. An aquarium of dead computers would not be very interesting to watch.{{Citation needed}} | + | It would be possible to set up a virtual fish tank as described. The main issue would be to make sure that you don't accidentally let anything escape from the fish tank. Consider it like a smallpox lab. Also, some viruses are quite malicious {{Citation needed}} and will prevent a computer from running normally, or at all. An aquarium of dead computers would not be very interesting to watch.{{Citation needed}} |
The first part of the title text refers to the difficulty viruses have in the common doomsday threat of "disabling the internet" as a whole, although {{w|SQL Slammer}} had some brief success. The second part of the title text indicates that Randall believes A) that Linux and Mac OS X are inherently less vulnerable to virus attacks than Windows, and B) that Windows will become less important and disappear, so the virus writers had better get their act together soon. | The first part of the title text refers to the difficulty viruses have in the common doomsday threat of "disabling the internet" as a whole, although {{w|SQL Slammer}} had some brief success. The second part of the title text indicates that Randall believes A) that Linux and Mac OS X are inherently less vulnerable to virus attacks than Windows, and B) that Windows will become less important and disappear, so the virus writers had better get their act together soon. | ||
