Eric Hughes wrote:
I apply Tim's Calvinist Stoicism stance to this situation. Put crudely, if people bolt at the first sign of encroachment, fuck 'em.
Indeed. But if my messages are bounced or delayed excessively, I will of course have no reason to remain. My own Calvinist Stoicism. I won't jump through hoops to meet pointless syntactical purity checkes. Whether I sign all messages will depend on whether certain tools become available and easily installable...at the current rate, I doubt it (for me, Netcom, elm, etc.).
This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. On one hand, harmony is maintained. (I hear the guffaws too.) On the other, the message isn't nearly as strong. To reiterate, I am willing to use my ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ position to send a stronger message. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Bluntly, Eric, this is what is so disturbing about your position. You are willing to "use your position" to essentially purge the list (through bounces, a la "sign your articles to the list or they'll be delayed and eventually rejected") of many of us who are unlikely to solve the various problems mentioned so many times here. You don't sign, others of note don't sign (some that I can think of right now: Gilmore, Finney, Zimmermann, and probably many others). You are _planning_ to now begin working on getting your won signing situation squared away, but many of us are on different schedules (Hint: It's even lower on the list of things to do for me).
OTGH, pgp is a bigger cycle-sucker than I necessary want to have running all the time on our poor little microVAXen.
Yet another reason to have an less-than-fully secure key for that location.
I don't buy this, and hence will have my messages delayed or bounced. I want my key to be useful for real uses, not just "Power Ranger" (a la James Donald) uses. --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. Cypherpunks list: majordomo@toad.com with body message of only: subscribe cypherpunks. FAQ available at ftp.netcom.com in pub/tcmay