Keywords: Detweiler Yeah, one of his tentacles is posting to Cypherpunks again; unfortunately we haven't really decided how to do a good reputation system yet, so filtering out these sorts of attacks without also trashing newbies and causing other collateral damage isn't easy yet. However, I can report that at the December physical Cypherpunks meeting in the Bay Area, Tim May pointed out that *all* the major tentacles were there - Tim, Eric, John Gilmore, Nick Szabo, and Jamie Dinkelacker. Just for fun, I asked Jamie if I could see his driver's license (it's a "real" California license), and Tim, Eric, and Nick also presented theirs. (John was out of the room doing Cygnus business, but I've known him for 6-7 years.) Either they're all separate people, or Tim/Eric/Dr.Moriarty/Jamie/Medusa hired a bunch of actors and got good fake California ID for them. On the other hand, I suppose this just means that *I'm* one of the tentacles now, but I guess that's just a risk you've got to take in the search for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.... Tentacle #9 # Also known as # Bill Stewart NCR Corp, 6870 Koll Center Parkway, Pleasanton CA, 94566 # Voice/Beeper 510-224-7043, Phone 510-484-6204 # email bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com billstewart@attmail.com
wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (bill stewart) writes: [re: the return of LD]
Yeah, one of his tentacles is posting to Cypherpunks again; unfortunately we haven't really decided how to do a good reputation system yet, so filtering out these sorts of attacks without also trashing newbies and causing other collateral damage isn't easy yet.
It is very easy to write up a rule for various filtering programs that will nuke his messages when they arrive and save you the trouble of doing it yourself. In case no one noticed, this is his first posting in a little over a week and in that time the signal to noise ratio on the list has significantly increased. Why don't we continue this trend and just ignore him, okay? jim
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