At 4:17 AM 7/18/96, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:

Knowing KGB habits as pertaining to releasing information to the public, I would expect 50% of the CDROM to be pure bullshit, 40% -- lies, and maybe 10% truth that was already publicly available.

It is like buying a CDROM about the history of the Net from Dr. Grubor. Maybe it would be interesting and amusing, but not worth $120.

NOW you tell me! I just shelled out $42 for "The History of the Net," by Dr. John Grubor and Dr. Dmitri Vulis, 1996. And here I thought it was the real history of the Net, especially the part about how "the dandruff-covered Peter Vorobieff (spit) conspired with the purebred Sovok Valery Fabrikant (spit) to spread the lies of the Jew cripples dying of AIDS in Sovok-controlled clinics." When Grubor and Vulis speak of the Usenet Cabal being a Sovok (spit) plot, I thought this was the actual truth. I guess not. Maybe Spafford is actually Rabbi Ruthenberg. --Tim May (hint: this a satire, based on the writings of Vulis, who speaks of people as "lying purebred Sovok Tchurkas" (whatever _they_ are), and attaches the charming word "(spit)" after nearly every person he references.) Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."