-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- An entity claiming to be Lance Cottrell wrote: : : >I think a blacklist of that sort is inherently bad. I would much rather : >have the public be able to RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS of snake oil, rather than : >just be spoon fed a list of good products vs. bad products. Pardon the : >cliche, but if you give a man a fish ... etc, etc. : > : >mark : > : : I agree in principle, but for the foreseeable future I think the list will : be a "good thing". : As long as the descriptions of the products are comprehensive. Concern about legal issues has been expressed from the beginning. But, I don't think that libel/slander laws will be a stumbling block, as long as the publication is similar in nature to "Consumer Reports" or somesuch. : "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly : it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice : weasels come." : --Nietzsche Matt Groening? mark - -- Mark Rogaski | Why read when you can just sit and | Member GTI System Admin | stare at things? | Programmers Local wendigo@gti.net | Any expressed opinions are my own | # 0xfffe wendigo@pobox.com | unless they can get me in trouble. | APL-CPIO -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMka3wxz4pZwIaHjdAQHm1gf/XTf+a2znIKWNWebUtWUDQnf2ypjX6QOY nTz3C3bjaoEqn0QicoDr3cvw7DgAde7taNK2RRUSB5wHdmhS4wSE3qacGcyLqmJ4 E51oUYoHoWju+JdTsFDq7IXeqzRhTh2WSdQx52OV7VG+PsFg6AICcDI+28sDqabU Z+H/3GpOezJqvRRAZEjUzqvKX4HEfs9BQgmlLdXGCRZQ52AxIxE44z8kQpgE2s66 iiPhUEdaSYBnwJGgngpTAVIOPZJYHZG+NthvJpwX/sQFSmTOeIGf6KcKm2nlF+4X cUELlHi8s9EqmEp/FlzKLQXd+Fd0QL20kNd+sshzU37HYnTKVDn75w== =dHBB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----