From wclerke@emirates.net.ae Wed Dec 17 23:17:14 2003 From: Wayne Clerke To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: Anguilla Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:17:14 +0000 Message-ID: <199703101510.TAA22641@ns2.emirates.net.ae> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7705848204989033888==" --===============7705848204989033888== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From: Vincent Cate > To: Charles Platt > Cc: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Re: Anguilla > Date: Sunday, 9 March 1997 9:22 > > Charles: > > his country shows few signs of libertarian ideology; e.g. they have a > > state-owned radio station, they haven't quite embraced the idea of > > competitive bids for government projects, and they still have a > > monopolistic phone service that has disabled all the pound and star keys > > on island phones so that people can't save money using American call-back > > services. > > I am going to have to check tomorrow and see about thse star and > pound keys. It would amuse me if we had seen the birth of an urban > legend. Hopefully stillborn. I use these services regularly and have never bothered to use the # or * keys. BTW a 'pound' symbol is NOT the same as a 'hatch', fer chrissake! While I'm on the soapbox, a 'hash' is NOT a 'hatch' as well ... but that's a losing battle. > > Anguilla vs USA > 1) Income taxes Libertarian Socialist > 2) Sales Taxes Libertarian Socialist > 3) State owned radio Yes Yes > 4) Competative bids Sometimes Sometimes > 5) Pound keys that work ? Will check Yes > 6) Reporting of finances Libertarian Totalitarian > 7) Free Speech Yes, sort of Yes, sort of > > -- Vince > Regards, Mail: Wayne Clerke PGP key ID: AEB2546D FP: D663D11E DA19D74F 5032DC7E E001B702 PGP mail welcome. Voice: +971 506 43 48 53 If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space. --===============7705848204989033888==-- From vince@offshore.com.ai Wed Dec 17 23:17:14 2003 From: Vincent Cate To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: Anguilla Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:17:14 +0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <199703101510.TAA22641@ns2.emirates.net.ae> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============9141723033919081928==" --===============9141723033919081928== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Vince: > I am going to have to check tomorrow and see about thse star and > pound keys. It would amuse me if we had seen the birth of an urban > legend. It is really true. Cable and Wireless has disabled the pound and star keys on *all* of the pay phones in the whole country (20 or so). I am sort of amazed because I have been here 2.5 years and never heard of this till this last week. I don't use pay phones much, but I wonder if maybe this is a new thing. -- Vince --===============9141723033919081928==-- From m1tca00@FRB.GOV Wed Dec 17 23:17:14 2003 From: Tom Allard To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: # (was Re: Anguilla) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:17:14 +0000 Message-ID: <199703101746.MAA12603@bksmp2.FRB.GOV> In-Reply-To: <199703101510.TAA22641@ns2.emirates.net.ae> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0009288220479541314==" --===============0009288220479541314== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > [...] BTW a 'pound' symbol is NOT the same as a 'hatch', fer chrissake! > While I'm on the soapbox, a 'hash' is NOT a 'hatch' as well ... but that's > a losing battle. What, you can't deal with a language that has synonyms or something? >From the Hacker Jargon file (2.9.10): > :ASCII:: [American Standard Code for Information Interchange] > > [...] > > # > Common: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; {crunch}; hex; > [mesh]. Rare: grid; cross-hatch; oc-to-thorpe; flash; , > pig-pen; tic-tac-toe; scratchmark; thud; thump; {splat}. > > [...] Note that the Jargon File doesn't list "#" as a "hatch" at all, and calls "cross-hatch" is rare. rgds-- TA (tallard(a)frb.gov) I don't speak for the Federal Reserve Board, it doesn't speak for me. pgp fingerprint: 10 49 F5 24 F1 D9 A7 D6 DE 14 25 C8 C0 E2 57 9D --===============0009288220479541314==-- From sunder@brainlink.com Wed Dec 17 23:17:14 2003 From: Ray Arachelian To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: # (was Re: Anguilla) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:17:14 +0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <199703101746.MAA12603@bksmp2.FRB.GOV> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6378253387142887494==" --===============6378253387142887494== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Tom Allard wrote: > > :ASCII:: [American Standard Code for Information Interchange] > > > > [...] > > > > # > > Common: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; {crunch}; hex; > > [mesh]. Rare: grid; cross-hatch; oc-to-thorpe; flash; , > > pig-pen; tic-tac-toe; scratchmark; thud; thump; {splat}. > > > > [...] > > > Note that the Jargon File doesn't list "#" as a "hatch" at all, and calls > "cross-hatch" is rare. A friend of mine calls this "the little fence"; this was coined by a clueless client who logged in as root, but didn't know what to do next. As in "Ok, I am at the little fence, what now?" =====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== .+.^.+.| Ray Arachelian | "If you're gonna die, die with your|./|\. ..\|/..|sunder(a)sundernet.com|boots on; If you're gonna try, just |/\|/\ <--*-->| ------------------ |stick around; Gonna cry? 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