On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Damian Gerow wrote:
Thus spake Greg Broiles (gbroiles@gmail.com) [13/03/06 18:31]: : > I've known for years (it was on the website holding the subscription form) : > that cypherpunks write code. But I've never seen discussion behind the : > phrase, only of the phrase itself. : : See "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto" at : <http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html>.
Now I know why Mr. Hughes 'writes code'. What about you? Or are you insinuating that Mr. Hughes speaks on your behalf?
In this forum, it is unlikely that anyone speaks on anyone elses behalf :-/ In all seriousness, except for the commonality of the CP agenda, self-identified "Cypherpunks" could not be categorized by any common property. I Wrote Code, and now help others to Write Code as a deliberately radical act in furtherance of my personal political agenda. I believe that only in *action* can a human claim the right to exist free of fetters, and that the most efficient action I can take is the one that impacts the most people with the least effort: code. In the end, I think that the code will set you free. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF 'The right of self defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.' St. George Tucker