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...delayed; the entire network suffers. And it is here, in the present state of technology, that most objections to Dan's action lie. His mass-mailing is supposed to have imposed a cost on all of us in the form of lessened network speed. Aside from the ridiculous graffiti on Dan's door claiming his action to be "immoral", all objections seem to lie in practical grounds...
...precedent he may set. If everyone thought they'd send messages to their 6,000 closest friends at once, the system would surely collapse. The framing of this nonevent as an "outrage" is meant to deter others from exercising similar capabilities. The threats of Ad Board action, the juvenile graffiti, the pontifications of administrators at the various Harvard computer committees are all out of proportion to the actual offense. They're putting on a show to ward off potential violators...
...pointed to two incidents that involved house masters in minority conflicts in past years: repeated incidents of racial graffiti in Mather House, and a student who hung a Confederate flag outside her Kirkland House room window...
Kamath still wanted to test Ford's merit for the Pot, however. Brining out a go-cart, he asked Ford to reprise his role as a drag racer in the movie American Graffiti...
Ford's film credits include "American Graffiti," "Apocalypse Now," "Blade Runner," "Working Girl," "Presumed Innocent," Patriot Games," The Fugitive" and "Clear and Present Danger." His most recent film is the 1995 remake of the Humphrey Bogart classic "Sabrina...