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Story: Broadband boom makes UK worst for hacked PCs

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Posted by: Nick Daisley (Tuesday 22 March 2005, 10:31 AM)

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Only then??

From 1696 until 1851 England had a 'window tax' imposed on houses with more than six windows. Admittedly, it was not a popular tax.
Nevertheless I do wonder whether it might be appropriate to introduce a new 'Windows tax' that would be levied on anyone who is so _irresponsible_ as to connect a MS Windows computer to the internet, thereby making it slower, more dangerous and more compromised for the rest of us? There is little excuse for it any more.

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