[Southack]

"There's a difference between a piece of hardware and a person. No doubt, though, 200 posts from now you'll be saying I deny that packets of information are read by the hardware they go through."

Why leave such ambiguities to chance? Why not just state, unequivocably, that you either think that all internet packets are read by all machines (regardless of who owns each machine) that they cross, or not?

Is it really so difficult for you to take a black or white, firm stand on a single point?

[A.J.Armitage]

Why leave such ambiguities to chance? Why not just state, unequivocably, that you either think that all internet packets are read by all machines (regardless of who owns each machine) that they cross, or not?

Yes, and doesn't matter. The issue is having them read by people.