now, I don't know if people here realize how much great potential this idea has. the media just LOVES to quote these kinds of judgements when it's a slow news day (witness Blackwell's "worst dressed" list or "best haircuts" or whatever else).
Well...nothing personal, but I'd rather cut my n*ts off than be the blackwell of the information industry... >:-) And not to poo-poo a nifty idea, but ultimately, I think that any c'punk cooperative effort like that is doomed to failure. Sure, people can manage to get together every month or so for a cypherpunk meeting (well, *I* can't, but I'm even more disorganized than most), but beyond that, things like official c'punk press releases, and official c'punk FAQs, and official c'punk seals of approval are just NOT going to happen and still be called Officially Cypherpunk. It's tough to have an "official" anything for a group that's not REALLY a group--just the name of a mailing list. Now, this doesn't stop Tim from creating his Cyphernomicon, and it doesn't stop other people on this list from issuing their own press releases. Nor should it stop you (and other interested parties) from issuing your seal of approval to worthy products. I just don't think it'll work to call it the Official Cypherpunk S-O-A. Besides, the idea of having an official seal-of-approval sticker sounds like we're only one step away from having Cypherpunk action figures. ("New Eric Hughes figure with crushing logic grip! Detweiler with whirling Tentacles of Doom (tm)!") Uh, I guess I should have put "NOISE" in the subject line... Corey Bridges Security Documentation Netscape Communications Corporation home.netscape.com/people/corey 415-528-2978