Longtime c'punks push D now... Just in case we have a zillion newbies, which I doubt, but judging from the email I've gotten on the PJD piece, I can't tell... I'm at GMU, as are Peter J Denning, the SO of Dorothy Denning, and lots of other folks who agree or disagree with c'punks, including the department of PSOL which is a spinnoff of the Econ department (which hard-core pro-market), Brad Cox of Objective C and superdistribution fame, etc. Peter was my MS/CS advisor, and may still be my PhD commitee chair. Please at least look at the .sig. tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) writes:
There are some people from GMU (Program on Social and Organizational Learning") talking [stuff elided] Brad Cox at GMU is one of the "superdistribution" advocates. In addition to his article in the latest "Wired," he's had pieces in "Byte" and elsewhere.
The GMU econ/PSOL folks were heavily into AMIX, which was a commercial faliure. Cox is getting a lot of press and is positioning his team to get some serious NIS&T money. There are serious privacy problems with Cox's superdistribution. There may be solutions, but so far, nothing that I've seen mitigates the 1984 aspects of Cox's ideas. I agree with Tim's comments on the snore factor of IMP-interest. Those folks couldn't get past credit, let alone get into untracable digital cash. If you take the time to read the PJD post that I sent out, even non-c'punks see digital cash, credentials without identity, and other technological ideas as both good and inevitable. Of course, six months ago, it looked like eric and sandy were starting the first intergalictic bank of e$. I was ready to sign up and deposit real money so I could join Tim in the Caribbean RSN.
I'm gonna miss these parties when I move to the Caribbean!) Gee, I thought you got 180 days in country once you are an official Ex-patriot. That is a lot of partying...
Yo Tim, where is the F-ing FAQ so the newbies can have a clue? Pat Pat Farrell Grad Student pfarrell@cs.gmu.edu Department of Computer Science George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Public key availble via finger #include <standard.disclaimer>