As with "A. Melon," you apparently don't bother to read the news.
true, sadly i'm not as up-to-date as i could be, as i have little free time and (blah blah excuse, blah, yeah, you get the idea) but that's SORTOF one of the reasons i've subscribed to this list (btw, i appoligize to everyone for being less than constructive or conversational in this email)
Jacobson was giving a talk, using his laptop for the talk, and stepped away for a few moments to talk to some journalists.
i caught this, and i think this is foolish. the "wtf was he doing that" thing was sortof a figure of speech, sorry.
One can learn from his mistake, but the thrust of your comments, "walking around with secrets of that severity..." is way off-base.
one can learn from ones mistakes indeed (his or mine??), however wether or not my statement is "off-base" is debatable... and though i guess the importance of the secrets is as well. so is the guy out "trade secrets" (and what not) or is he just out a nice little laptop? so with that in mind i came to the conclusion that they felt that they suffered a larger loss than 4000$ (i don't really know the price of the laptop)... simply put, i guess, if i had trade secrets that could potentialy cause as much damage to worry people like that , i wouldn't leave it alone, not for 15-20, not for 5, and not to talk to some journalists. honestly, though, i'm not really one to judge, as i've never been in his position before. (though i still maintain his action foolish, much as you probably view my emails now ! :) )and i'll try and hold back the urge to join in conversation and add opinion and potential new views on various situations that arise on this list. perhaps i'll learn more about that way. -----Original Message----- X-Loop: openpgp.net From: owner-cypherpunks@Algebra.COM [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@Algebra.COM]On Behalf Of Tim May Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:51 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: RE: Qualcomm CEO loses laptop At 2:09 PM -0400 9/19/00, Templeton, Stuart wrote:
wtf was the "Qualcomm Chief" doing walking around with secrets of that severity, much less on a laptop, on a podium in a HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM ??????????
As with "A. Melon," you apparently don't bother to read the news. Jacobson was giving a talk, using his laptop for the talk, and stepped away for a few moments to talk to some journalists. One can learn from his mistake, but the thrust of your comments, "walking around with secrets of that severity..." is way off-base. Folks, if you don't read the news, or watch it on CNN and CNBC and the like, please don't feel compelled to add foolish remarks. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.