"Tim" == Timothy C May <tcmay@got.net> writes:
Tim> I sent him a note saying I would not give him such quotes. I wonder if you're likely to have your refusal to give quotes quoted. Tim> (methinks Vulis has a pretty strong latent Tim> fixation, given his constant focus on certain topics and words). Gee, I figured it was just a weak vocabulary. Tim> Sad that journalists cater to this kind of thing. I guess Tim> "personality pieces" are ever so much more popular than technical Tim> pieces, or even careful explications of things like crypto Tim> anarchy and the real implications of the tecnologies we are Tim> involved with. Sad, yes; surprising, no. It's been my experience that such things are often dependant on the journalist's audience (i.e., is it a trade rag like InfoWorld or the National Enquirier?) In any event, journalists (and/or their publishers) aren't usually noted for doing things that are interesting or important. Rather, they seem to have a preference for writing and publishing what will sell. (Just as is the case with TV talk shows, etc.) What's worrysome is that the degenerates who concern themselves with nonsense are numerous enough to make sufficient demand to keep the mainstream press focused on such trivial matters, allowing more significant things to go unreported outside of the small circles from which they've originated. It reminds me of something I saw on television while waiting for my car to be serviced last week. A talk show was on (I think Jenny Jones), and they brought on stage a woman who took her financially troubled sister in. The man of the house (apparantly they were unmarried, but had children together) ended up with the sister. During the course of telling the story, they brought more and more of them out, until they had all three people there in front of the audience. Everyone on stage was yelling at each other, the audience making judgemental comments to the people on the stage. I was attempting to read, but the volume was so loud I couldn't help but be distracted. A ridiculous commentary of the pathetic mentality of so many people. (And some people actually wonder why my geek code contains "!tv".) -- Matt Curtin cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com Megasoft, Inc Chief Scientist http://www.research.megasoft.com/people/cmcurtin/ I speak only for myself. Hacker Security Firewall Crypto PGP Privacy Unix Perl Java Internet Intranet