Re: Conservation Laws, Money, Engines, and Ontology
One thing that occurs here. I imagine a scenario where you have a "share" of resources on a system(and ISP for example). You're metered as to how much you can post or store. Actually as it is now posting is regulated through extra payments per meg above the limit. Spam is being somewhat regulated by Terms of Service type things, but my point is what is to prevent pooling resources among several system to achive the same Spam pursuits some have. Say for example that an individual gets several accounts to balance the load at thier point. The Usenet for example has no "choke point". How could ISP's apply conservation here? If you limit the amount of traffic you still aren't holding back the flow of "spam". Here's where reputations could come in. You cound't open a new account anywhere without a good "reputation". This could aid in balancing the load of certain people. ??????????????????????????????????????? Greg Kucharo sophi@best.com "Eppur si moeve" -Galileo ???????????????????????????????????????
Here's where reputations could come in. You cound't open a new account anywhere without a good "reputation". This could aid in balancing the load of certain people. Hey, if we're going to do that, why not go all the way and imagine a "virtuous society" in which e-cash is based on reputation. In order to obtain v$, one must submit to a "reputation asessment" by one of several firms, which then issue a given amount of v-cash based on their findings. An ISP simply requires an arbitrary amount of v-cash along with
On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Greg Kucharo wrote: the usual $$ every month. At the end of the month, your friendly Moral Monitor greps thru Usenet and all the mailing lists he monitors looking for your name, then adjusts your account accordingly. Different moral codes would have different agencies. :-) For this service, of course, you pay a modest fee. But it's a small price to pay for spiritual peace of mind. Perhaps we'd see the rise of reputation constultants in such a system. How about people with such large "fortunes" that they create wealth simply by being associated with someone else? Don't forget the block meetings. :-> -David Molnar Phil Dick is dead, alas...
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