In the long run that's probably true. But North Korea's internet penetration rates prove that the 'inevitable' can be delayed for decent amounts of time. Meanwhile, real-world consequnces accrue, some of which might be ameliorated with a nice VM-enabled gadget or two. Never hurts to scream like a litle baby, too...you never know who's gonna toss you a little sump'in-sump'in... -TD
From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> To: "Ulex Europae" <europus@gmail.com>, cypherpunks@jfet.org Subject: Re: Mixmaster? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:46:48 -0500
Walk away, come back to the desk, come back with a better answer.
At 10:04 AM -0500 11/27/06, Ulex Europae wrote:
And, when somebody writes code worthy of being ubiquitous and easy-to-use, there's nothing the market will be able do to "repress" it, either.
Prove it. You could use a few extra million dollars, couldn't you?
'tis a paradox, Mr. Fermi. Care to figure it out?
Hint: Prices are discovered...
:-)
Cheers, RAH
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