.SIG HEILARCHY REVEALED
Logically, a pseudonym is simply a public key. However you may want to give it a human-readable name so other people may more easily refer to it. If you decide to do this, I suggest that you do not name the key on its first post because there is a high probability that you will decide to disgard the key. If you name it and throw it away, then you have unnecessarily cluttered up the limited name space.
- a new entity, as yet unnamed
"Cluttering up the namespace" is a growing problem. Fortunately, the InterNIC has taken on the important task of registering pseudonyms, and will coordinate the issuance of new pseudonyms with the Postal Service. [The issuance of these items is temporarily on hold due to the Government Shutdown (tm).] The fee for this will likely be quite reasonable, in the $300/year range, consistent with SAIC's plans for other emerging markets. The InterNIC also sees great promise in collecting fees for .sig blocks, tentatively priced at $10 per line per year. As SAIC Chairman Bobby Ray Inman points out, this is the easiest way to control the proliferation of long .sig blocks. --Klaus! von Future Prime, a Sanctioned Pseudonym [.sig removed by order of the InterNIC .Sig Heilarchy until Herr von Future Prime sends us his past due amount]