At 11:28 AM -0800 12/16/98, Kevlar wrote:
I think the impact of the strike on December 14 against the Wassenaar Arrangement has been greatly under-estimated. Even though I can only comfirm a handfull of brave souls may have supported the cause, the discussion about it was enough to raise awareness. And wasn't that the point?
I submit this as proof for your aproval: (Orinigal story quoted directly from: http://www.zdnet.com/icom/e-business/1998/12/wassenaar/index.html )
December 14, 1998 Wassenaar Pact May Threaten Global E-com
By Jim Kerstetter - PC Week ...
I didn't see any mention of the little strike. If you think Wassenaar wasn't already a story, and that only the "strike" of 63 geeks made it into a story, you're just one of the nitwits. --Tim May Y2K -- LMGALMAO -- Loading my guns and laughing my ass off ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments.