On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, David Honig wrote:
At 08:59 PM 4/16/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, David Honig wrote:
At 02:06 PM 4/15/01 -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
regard to contract enforcement. There has to be a hook where someone who does a ripoff can be punished, or else there is no deal.
In infospace, there is only reputation, not meat and bones, that can be damaged.
Tell that to the insulin pump or the aircraft auto-pilot...
What a naive view of 'bits'.
We're not talking about life-critical apps.
And why not, they certainly aren't excluded by your earlier commentary above. Is your contention that crypto-anarchy only works in non-life-critical apps? Somehow I doubt that. ____________________________________________________________________ The ultimate authority...resides in the people alone. James Madison The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------