Has anyone else noticed that David Sternlight has been quiet for the past two weeks or so?
I hope he's not like you-know-who in that mentioning his name summons the fiend.
ObCrypto: Maybe he has decided that PGP 2.6 is okay, and now has had the wind removed from his sails... Doubt it.
-Bill
No, Sternlight has in fact posted a number of incisive articles--which I publically agreed with--in the cpsr and eff groups. His analysis of the public funding of a "free lane on the information highway" was accurate (he's opposed). And Sternlight and Carl Kadie have been debating the competing approaches to 'wiring the home,' with Sternlight arguing for a common carrier, "video dialtone" approach instead of a TCI "500 channels of what we think you want" approach. [Don't agree or disagree _here_, as I'm only giving a thumbnail sketch of the debate.] I find myself agreeing with some things Sternlight says, and I certainly find polite debate with him more rewarding than exchanging stupid insults. (Not saying Bill did here, of course, just saying many people seem to think debating with Sternlight means calling him clever names like "Sterndark," "Sterno," and "UnProfessor." Not quite.) --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."