-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org> wrote:

Persistent identities suck. Ideas stand or fall on their own. Reputation capital is fairy gold, evaporating with the morning dew.

I do not believe this to be true. Of course, concepts are valid regardless of their source. It would be unwise to take the statements even of established identities on faith. The advantage of persistent identity is that it allows the exploration of more complicated ideas. Use of the persistent identity places a particular post in a greater context. There is only so much that can be done in a single post. It is the mailing list equivalent of a sound bite. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNHIGJJaWtjSmRH/5AQEjKQf+MpQ1c+5AgYYynh9bLJi0cmk7Q1+kWdH5 qPbLwvqlnq4LfIjOv9zgcmtjjfu3JL5UVSeUB6W0LDO0t0fwAEvm5SfeLWDAyC62 BfVf+pcNXV15nnkB8j3g9czUdLc5cn+0kYr42VK7G24t4aQyDZo8Je3KkvhWkRKN EUkZBCOMsTbBZClA7Q1DXMJyn4leTjdINm7XR9WobuiWPb1BrUmOSv+Jq1smUtcX QzrY1fRQAVCgO3oBbmE5SG2Hs7ycQ66o3krujzhv2W6KZDlfdXg7jO7Ia62opQ/W cAsWgbZ6bI+FWAcCXUqsvFwL+fCp/cSFcMjn/dgw2ssEAw46TRcn8g== =+mae -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----