17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 10:24 PM 3/29/97 -0500, Robert Hettinga wrote:
(By the way, I'm going to embarass Doug Barnes now by naming a law after him. He said a thing of beauty at FC97: "Any transaction protocol which has, as one of it's steps, '...and then you call the cops', isn't a real good idea on the internet." Shall we call it Barnes' Law, anyone? Sure, lots have said it before, but no one's said it better...)
Actually, I think it was "...and then you punish them". I second the motion. :-) -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi