Time for a little air clearing, here... At 6:22 PM -0400 on 9/7/98, Ryan Lackey wrote:
(Note: my original message was posted to Cypherpunks, which I consider to be substantially different than DBS: had I been posting to DBS, I would have included different details...list differentiation is kin of useful, it's why the different lists were created in the first place)
Perils of the internet, Ryan, everything is everywhere forever. :-). That's okay, you didn't sound that much different than you do anywhere else. That was not perjorative, by the way...
I never said this. If you'd like to fabricate/summarize/editorialize, please make it clear that that's what you're doing, by using the traditionally accepted editorial convention of square brackets, or some other convention. I prefer Chicago Manual of Style, but I'm sure the AP Stylebook is acceptable.
Actually, I was quoting *myself*, talking about something you discussed later, and which crossed paths with the post in question. It might help to go back and reread the original, in the thread about the cypherpunk hyperarchive, but, you're excused in the meantime. :-).
Ian Goldberg isn't involved -- he's working on Zero Knowledge Systems, AFAIK, and I wish him luck, but I haven't really spoken to him in months. He's a Canadian, anyway.
I wasn't talking about *that* Ian. :-). As it is, Ian Grigg has outed himself on another list already, but he's not the one making expatriate noise, seeing as he's Australian, and all...
I haven't mentioned working with anyone else anywhere, other than that I'm working for "interesting" clients. If you know otherwise, it isn't particularly public knowledge at this point.
Um, yes. And I haven't said anything besides what's publically known. Certainly *who* you're working for hasn't been revealed yet, and I haven't done that. Even as much as I hate secrets. :-).
I'm not breaking US law. I'm a US citizen. I pay my taxes, respect US law, etc. It's just that I'm choosing to work on something somewhere other than the US, for a variety of reasons.
That's nice to know. Good to hear. See ya when you get back. At least you haven't made that trip to Antigua or Barbados, or wherever, yet. That, in my opinion, would be rather silly.
And, I wish Vince -- and now, apparently, Ryan -- good luck, whatever happens.
Vince formally renounced his citizenship, becoming a citizen of a small african country, and intends to remain in Anguilla. I left the US for a while to work on stuff, and to get away from a major US city for a while. I think there's a huge difference here.
Again, marvellous.
What I have done is fundamentally no different than going to Montana to write code for a while, other than that it was cheaper and more convenient for me to come to Anguilla.
Splendid. At the moment, I'd just barely prefer Anguilla to the North Fork of the Flathead River myself, but my opinion on the subject is changing...
(Of course, Vince seems to be doing quite well...) I just happen to not want to go back to the US right now, it's not that I can't if I decide I want to at some point.
Again, marvellous. I would just be careful you don't fall in with the wrong element while you're down there in the World's Best Place for Financial Cryptography (tm). ;-).
(who generally does not provide confidential information to people who do not like keeping secrets, out of kindness for them)
And, I might add, *you* didn't. :-). Any information I've revealed on this is public. However, I'm in an agressively public business, these days, yes? You don't put "Evangelism" in your business name and expect to hide your light under a bushel basket... Frankly, I'm only *really* obligated to keep secrets I'm paid to keep, anymore. Word to the wise, for anyone else out there who wants call me up and spill the beans. Past obligations will still be honored, of course, but the rent's gotta be paid, same as it ever was. This includes "keep this quiet, but..." in email, encrypted or otherwise, followed by This Week's Business Plan. Frankly, I don't want to hear that stuff anymore unless there's some remuneration behind it. Game over. Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'