-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 5 Aug 1997 stewarts@ix.netcom.com wrote: [...]
While trying to charge money for communications may work, I'm inclined to doubt it; the more interesting currency to try to model is Reputation, which leads to more like an Ender's Game kind of net, or to semi-closed communities like the Well (is?was?).
The semi-closed communities are forming even now. Usenet2, the fur hyrackies and the hyracky that shall not be named are all examples of this. - -- Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia see the url in my header. Never trust a country with more peaple then sheep. ex-net.scum and proud You Say To People "Throw Off Your Chains" And They Make New Chains For Themselves? --Terry Pratchett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM+dX+qQK0ynCmdStAQHLgQQAuctUCLt5CIUEkC0TzkrRcNtm0zjQwvQb 9QcfDNRcXnOyvRLnWEnM5hstA/Car7+7v+A2abLl/klMptSBmRKMeuScdMHu3n6w eohX22T1WzV49DCO0WIGMVkuPefxEoF13zGUASacNkFB/TwNliOw7KTnI2MpCJqC c/aF7V7kxxE= =7ZQn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----